Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who has worked with a diverse range of artists, among them American Hi-Fi, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Paige, Hilary Duff, Aly & AJ, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mandy Moore, Natasha Bedingfield, Fountains of Wayne, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez and Britney Spears. He has also directed commercials, most notably the notorious Carl's Jr commercial featuring Paris Hilton. Thirty of his music videos have become #1 on MTV. He won MTV's Music Video of the Year in 2007.

Chris Applebaum was born in Los Angeles and studied film at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts where he started directing music videos for bands in the burgeoning independent alternative rock scene in the 90's. After seeing one of Applebaum's early videos, MTV offered the 19 year-old college student the opportunity to join their On-Air Promos department in New York City.

At 21, Applebaum became the youngest director to sign with Satellite Films, a division of the legendary Propaganda, where he directed over 250 videos and garnered multiple MTV Music Video awards and nominations. In 1998 Applebaum directed Semisonic’s video for “Closing Time,” which was the first video to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland and was heralded by MTV as a “Breakthrough” video. His video for Fountains of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom” was his second video to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and was also nominated for MTV’s coveted Viewer’s Choice Award in 2003.

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