George Salisbury (director)
Encyclopedia
George E. Salisbury is a film
and music video director
and graphic design
er based out of Oklahoma City, OK.
and music video director with the American rock band, The Flaming Lips
.
Salisbury has also worked with The Starlight Mints, Stardeath and White Dwarfs
, and BMX biking legend, Matt Hoffman.
, lead singer of the Flaming Lips, are responsible for a distinct visual style that is the band's trademark for both their live shows and the album cover designs and packaging.
One of Salisbury's earliest contributions to the Flaming Lips' live shows, is the "Flames of Destiny" flaming cymbal. Salisbury orchestrated and executed the feat by filling an inverted cymbal on a stand with alcohol and then lighting it on fire while the band played in the background.
His eye is featured along with the tongue of J. Michelle Martin-Coyne on the cover of Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical EP in 1991.
Salisbury, along with Wayne Coyne
and Bradley Beesley
, co-directed Christmas on Mars
a full length feature film released in 2008.
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:...
and music video director
Music video director
A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...
and graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
er based out of Oklahoma City, OK.
Career
George Salisbury best is known for his work as the principal art directorArt director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
and music video director with the American rock band, The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
.
Salisbury has also worked with The Starlight Mints, Stardeath and White Dwarfs
Stardeath and White Dwarfs
Stardeath and White Dwarfs is an experimental rock band from Norman, Oklahoma, formed in late 2004. The band has released one album, one single and an EP, as well as contributing to The Flaming Lips' 2009 remake of The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.The band consists of Dennis Coyne, Casey...
, and BMX biking legend, Matt Hoffman.
The Flaming Lips (1994-Present)
Both Salisbury and Wayne CoyneWayne Coyne
Wayne Michael Coyne is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flaming Lips.-Early life:...
, lead singer of the Flaming Lips, are responsible for a distinct visual style that is the band's trademark for both their live shows and the album cover designs and packaging.
One of Salisbury's earliest contributions to the Flaming Lips' live shows, is the "Flames of Destiny" flaming cymbal. Salisbury orchestrated and executed the feat by filling an inverted cymbal on a stand with alcohol and then lighting it on fire while the band played in the background.
His eye is featured along with the tongue of J. Michelle Martin-Coyne on the cover of Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical EP in 1991.
Salisbury, along with Wayne Coyne
Wayne Coyne
Wayne Michael Coyne is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter for the band The Flaming Lips.-Early life:...
and Bradley Beesley
Bradley Beesley
Bradley Beesley is an American independent film and video director, producer and cinematographer. He has long been associated with the alternative music band, The Flaming Lips....
, co-directed Christmas on Mars
Christmas on Mars
Christmas on Mars is a science fiction feature film from the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg,...
a full length feature film released in 2008.
Films
- Blastula: Making of EmbryonicEmbryonicEmbryonic received general acclaim from critics upon release, garnering a 81/100 critic score on Metacritic. The New Musical Express noted that "ten years after their last masterpiece, The Flaming Lips have finally produced another one," while Paste Magazine described the record as "a wonderfully...
(2009, 21 min) - The Making of The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon (2009)
- Christmas on MarsChristmas on MarsChristmas on Mars is a science fiction feature film from the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg,...
(2008, 83 min) - UFOs at the Zoo (The Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
) (2007) - Live at the Hollywood Bowl (The Flaming Lips) (2006)
- All Tomorrow’s Parties 3D Series #01-20 (The Flaming Lips) (2009)
- March of 1000 Flaming Skeletons Promo (The Flaming Lips) (2009, 5 min)
- The Flaming Lips: March of 1000 Flaming Skeletons - Interviews (2009, 4 min)
- The Flaming Lips: ZaireekaZaireekaZaireeka is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. Released on October 28, 1997, the experimental rock album consists of four compact discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD...
10th Anniversary Virtual Wayne (2007)
Music Videos
- "I'm Working at NASA on Acid" - The Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
- "Do You Realize (Live at the Hollywood Cemetery)" - The Flaming Lips with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic ZerosEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic ZerosEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of the power pop group Ima Robot. Their first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released July 7, 2009, digitally and July 14, 2009, physically on Community Records...
- "See the Leaves" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Sparrow Looks up at the Machine" - The Flaming Lips
- "Powerless" - The Flaming Lips
- "Watching the Planets" - The Flaming Lips
- "I Can Be a Frog" - The Flaming Lips
- "Borderline" - Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White DwarfsStardeath and White DwarfsStardeath and White Dwarfs is an experimental rock band from Norman, Oklahoma, formed in late 2004. The band has released one album, one single and an EP, as well as contributing to The Flaming Lips' 2009 remake of The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.The band consists of Dennis Coyne, Casey...
- "Convinced Of The Hex (Live)" - The Flaming Lips
- "Silver Trembling Hands (Live)" - The Flaming Lips
- "Power Bleed" - The Starlight Mints
- "New Heat" - Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- "Age of the Freak" - Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) Wayne’s Big Mouth Version" - The Flaming Lips
- "The W.A.N.D (Cosmic Dancer Version)" - The Flaming Lips (Co-director/EditorEditorThe term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
) - "The W.A.N.D. (Slow Motion Reversed Version)" – The Flaming Lips (Editor )
- "Are You A Hypnotist??" – The Flaming Lips
- "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
- "Do You Realize??Do You Realize??"Do You Realize??" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It is widely considered to be one of the group's most accessible and popular songs...
Version 1" - The Flaming Lips (Editor) - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, released as the second single taken from their 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. It reached #18 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album, after which the...
" - The Flaming Lips (Editor) - "Fight TestFight TestFight Test is an EP by The Flaming Lips featuring the song of the same name, released on Warner Bros. Records in 2003. The single version of "Fight Test" was released on June 23, 2003, peaking at #28 in the UK Singles Chart...
" - The Flaming Lips (Editor) - "Race for the PrizeRace for the Prize"Race for the Prize" is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album...
" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
Packaging Design
- "Heady NuggsHeady NuggsHeady Nuggs is a box set by Oklahoma based band The Flaming Lips, containing vinyl reissues of the five albums that span the bands first decade on Warner Bros. Records. These five albums are Hit to Death in the Future Head, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, Clouds Taste Metallic, The Soft...
" - The Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What... - "EmbryonicEmbryonicEmbryonic received general acclaim from critics upon release, garnering a 81/100 critic score on Metacritic. The New Musical Express noted that "ten years after their last masterpiece, The Flaming Lips have finally produced another one," while Paste Magazine described the record as "a wonderfully...
" - The Flaming Lips - "The Birth" - Stardeath and White DwarfsStardeath and White DwarfsStardeath and White Dwarfs is an experimental rock band from Norman, Oklahoma, formed in late 2004. The band has released one album, one single and an EP, as well as contributing to The Flaming Lips' 2009 remake of The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.The band consists of Dennis Coyne, Casey...
- "Christmas on MarsChristmas on MarsChristmas on Mars is a science fiction feature film from the Oklahoma psychedelic alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg,...
" - The Flaming Lips - "At War with the MysticsAt War with the Mystics-At War with the Mystics 5.1:Like The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi, At War with the Mystics was released as a special edition 5.1 CD+DVD-Audio mix on October 24, 2006...
" - The Flaming Lips - "Fearless FreaksFearless FreaksFearless Freaks is a 2005 documentary, directed by Bradley Beesley and edited by JoLynn Garnes, chronicling the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips...
" - dir. Bradley Beesley - "VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)" - The Flaming Lips
- "Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots-Special edition DVD-Audio:-The Flaming Lips:* Wayne Coyne - guitar, vocals, artwork, mixing, production* Michael Ivins - bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, mixing, production, additional engineering...
" - The Flaming Lips - "The Soft BulletinThe Soft Bulletin-UK & Australian CD release:-Vinyl release:-The Soft Bulletin 5.1:On January 31, 2006, Warner Bros. re-released The Soft Bulletin in the US as a two-disc package titled The Soft Bulletin 5.1. It includes a remastered CD and a DVD-Audio disc that contains a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album...
" - The Flaming Lips - "ZaireekaZaireekaZaireeka is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. Released on October 28, 1997, the experimental rock album consists of four compact discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD...
" - The Flaming Lips