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Martin Häusler in 2016
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Born |
Martin Häusler January 24, 1971 Heidelberg, Germany |
Residence | Heidelberg, Germany and Los Angeles, California, USA |
Nationality | German |
Other names | Martin Hausler |
Known for | Photography, music video direction, art direction |
Website | http://martinhausler.com/ |
Martin Häusler (born January 24, 1971 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a German portrait photographer, music video director and art director. In the United States, and other English speaking countries, he uses the adjusted spelling of his name Martin Hausler for his published works.
Häusler began his creative career in the 1990s as a designer and art director, producing books and calendars for international music acts including the Rolling Stones.,Backstreet Boys, and NSYNC.
From 2000, Häusler extended his creative spectrum and began working as a director of music videos for artists including Tito & Tarantula, Helloween,Krokus,Gotthard and Sweetbox. He also made music documentaries for the US actress and pop singer Hilary Duff, working closely with her in the following years and designing the artwork for several of her CD covers
Häusler expanded his creative outlets again in 2004, making his mark as a photographer and becoming known for his charismatic portraits, with photo shoots featuring rock legends including Meat Loaf, as the photographer on his 2010 album Hang Cool Teddy Bear , Brian May of Queen and Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead. Other notable shoots have been with Britney Spears, Jessica Sutta of the Pussycat Dolls, Bon Jovi, Queen + Paul Rodgers,Nikka Costa, Alex (Max) Band, Eva Simons, R5, Hollywood actors Terry Crews and Danny Trejo and Slayer.