Alan Calzatti, is a director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, cinematographer

Cinematographer

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

, and a movie editor.

Calzatti is well versed in the creative and technical aspects of directing, shooting, editing and creating CGI/visual effects. He has directed videos for major companies such as Atlantic, Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

, EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

, A&M, SRC/Zoo Ent., East West Records, American Records, WEA International, Quality Records, Jive, Hollywood Records and BMG/RCA. Most recently, he shot the critically acclaimed "rockumentary" “Heima

Heima

Heima is a documentary film and double DVD set about the tour around Iceland in the summer of 2006 of the band Sigur Rós...

 - a film by Sigur Rós

Sigur Rós

Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...

". In 2010 Alan served as a cinematographer on "Go Quiet

Go Quiet

Go Quiet is a music film directed by Dean DeBlois, featuring acoustic renditions of all nine songs from the 2010 album Go by Jón Þór Birgisson. The film was created as a counterpart to the lavishly produced studio tracks of Go, with an emphasis on stripped-down intimacy...

", a film with jonsi (Jón Þór Birgisson

Jón Þór Birgisson

Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice. He is also blind in his right eye and is openly gay. His boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for...

), the film was directed by Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, animator and editor. He is best known for co-writing and co-directing The Oscar-nominated animated films Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon , and for directing the acclaimed Sigur Rós documentary/music film...

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Biography

Calzatti is a son of a Director of Photography and a grandson of a Director. At the age of six, his family migrated to Israel, where his father shot documentaries throughout the war torn Middle East. In 1981, Calzatti’s family moved to Los Angeles and shortly after high school, he began directing and producing numerous industrials and productions for the home video market. A few years later, he directed and shot his first music video for the group Compton's Most Wanted

Compton's Most Wanted

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Career

In 1990 (with partner Jeff Clark), Calzatti formed Calzatti/Clark Productions, later changing the name to Sputnik Films. Throughout the next 18 years, he completed over 250 music videos and numerous commercials for the US and international markets. In 1996, Calzatti received the MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 Viewers Choice Award for Get Down (You're the One for Me)

Get Down (You're the One for Me)

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. One year later, Calzatti repeated that success with 'N Sync

'N Sync

N Sync was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick...

, which climbed to a number one position on the European charts. In 2007, he directed a music video for the Russian singer Alsou

Alsou

- Early life :Alsou was born in Bugulma, Tatarstan. Her father, Ralif Rafilovich Safin is a Russian oligarch, a former LUKoil executive and a current member of the Federal Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament. He is also the owner of the FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi football team and was...

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