Vincent Paterson

Vincent Paterson
Born	May 4, 1959
Occupation	Director, choreographer, dancer
Years active	1979-present

Vincent Paterson (born May 4) is a director and choreographer who has had an expansive career in many parts of the entertainment industry including film, theater, Broadway, concert tours, opera, music videos, television and commercials. He has achieved success worldwide as a director and choreographer.

Paterson collaborated with Michael Jackson and Madonna on various projects, including directing and choreographing Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour, the centerpiece for the documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare. He created Madonna's "Marie Antoinette/Vogue" performance for the MTV Awards and her appearance on the Academy Awards. He also choreographed Madonna in the film "Evita." He directed and choreographed Jackson's Bad tour as well as conceiving and choreographing "Smooth Criminal" and choreographed other Jackson music videos, "Black or White", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Dirty Diana", "Speed Demon" and live performances for the Super Bowl Halftime show, the Grammys. He also directed and choreographed the music video for Jackson's hit "Blood on the Dance Floor" and MTV 10th Anniversary segment on Michael Jackson including "Black or White" and "Will You Be There". He is one of the two fighter dancers in Michael Jackson's "Beat It" videoclip, and was assistant choreographer and a zombie dancer in "Thriller"

Paterson directed (with one hundred cameras) and choreographed the musical sequences in Lars Von Trier's film Dancer in the Dark, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He has choreographed several films, including The Birdcage, Closer for director Mike Nichols and Evita for Alan Parker. Threnody, his dance-film reflection on September 11, won the Gold Jury Award at the Houston World Film Festival. He also choreographed the videos "Hot for Teacher" for Van Halen and "California Girls" for David Lee Roth as well as videos for George Harrison, Donna Summer, Sheena Easton, Paul McCartney,and Julie Brown. His initiation into the opera world was his direction of the TV program Anna Netrebko: The Woman, The Voice. The DVD is the top selling classical DVD in European history. He directed the television film In Search of Dr. Seuss, which received seven Emmy Award nominations. He choreographed ABC's South Pacific starring Glenn Close and has served as choreographer for several Academy and Grammy Award programs. As a cinematic tribute to his direction and choreography in an array of electronic media, The Lincoln Center Film Society presented an evening entitled "Vincent Paterson, Master of the Media." A similar evening was previously held at Paris' Cinematheque Francais.

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