Carlos López Estrada
| Carlos Lopez Estrada | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 12, 1988 |
| Occupation(s) | Music video director |
| Associated acts | Jesse & Joy, Passion Pit, Goo Goo Dolls, Saint Motel, Reptar, El Sportivo & The Blooz, MYPET, Maximum Balloon |
| Website | lopezestrada.com |
Carlos Lopez Estrada is a Mexican-American music video and commercial director and a Latin Grammy Award recipient.
Lopez Estrada has directed videos for a variety of artists, including clipping., Thundercat, Flying Lotus, Hook n Sling, Goo Goo Dolls,Reptar,Passion Pit, El Sportivo & The Blooz, MYPET, Saint Motel, Maximum Balloon,Bowerbirds,Capital Cities, and many more.
In 2011, Lopez Estrada directed a music video for Mexican pop band Jesse & Joy of their song "Me Voy." The video, which uses stop motion and found the production team trimming 2900 photographs in order to create the sequences included, earned the title of Best Short Form Music Video at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2012. Lopez Estrada also directed “Chocolate” from Electricidad for Jesse & Joy.
In 2013, Lopez Estrada co-directed a music video for Capital Cities’ "Kangaroo Court" which features American actor Darren Criss and American actress Shannon Woodward.
Lopez Estrada directed five videos for the experimental rap group clipping.’s major label debut titled CLPPNG. Lopez Estrada came in contact with clipping. after befriending Jonathan Snipes, a member of the trio that makes up clipping., while Lopez Estrada was in film school. “Work Work” was the first single from the album. Stereogum detailed Lopez Estrada’s work on the videos as being, “[An] inventive, memorable, and weirdly unsettling experience.” This work led to many collaborations with rapper Daveed Diggs, a member of clipping.
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