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Floria Sigismondi
Sigismondi in 2011
Born1973 (age 52–53)
Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
EducationOntario College of Art
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • music video director
  • artist
  • photographer
Years active1992–present
SpouseLawrence Rothman
Children1
Websitefloriasigismondi.com

Floria Sigismondi (/ˌsɪdʒɪzˈmɒndi/, born 1973) is an Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist, and photographer.

She is best known for writing and directing The Runaways, for directing music videos for performers including Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, David Bowie, Rihanna, Marilyn Manson, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Leonard Cohen, Katy Perry, Björk, The White Stripes, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and Ellie Goulding, and commercials. Sigismondi has also directed two episodes of The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods.

Life and career

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Sigismondi was born in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. Her parents, Lina and Domenico Sigismondi, were opera singers. Her family, including her sister Antonella, moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[1] when she was two. Starting in 1990, she studied painting and illustration at the Ontario College of Art, today's Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCADU).[citation needed]

Sigismondi started a career as a fashion photographer. She came to directing music videos when she was approached by the production company The Revolver Film Co., and directed music videos for a number of Canadian bands.[citation needed] Her innovative, but also disturbing video works, located in sceneries she once described as "entropic underworlds inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings,"[citation needed] attracted a number of very prominent musicians. She has further described her works as, "Something quite textural and brutal" and something quite beautiful and light. It's like blending two worlds."[2]

With her photography and sculpture installations she had solo exhibitions in Hamilton and Toronto, New York City, Brescia (Italy), Gothenburg (Sweden), and London.[citation needed] Her photographs also were included in group exhibitions, together with artists Cindy Sherman, Joel-Peter Witkin, and Francesco Clemente.[citation needed] The German art press Die Gestalten Verlag has published two monographs of her photography, Redemption (1999) and Immune (2005). Sigismondi also creates her own set props for various music video productions such as, Perfume Genius's "Die 4 U". "If I don't create them myself, I design or draw them, I can get quite tactile detailed as far as what I see."[2] She has an affinity for strange yet alluring things and created a flesh-esque chair to appeal to the sexual tension and desire to the spectator.[2]

Floria Sigismondi, Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart

Film director

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Sigismondi's first feature-length film was The Runaways, a period piece about the 1970s all-girl rock and roll band The Runaways. The film is largely about the relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie. Sigismondi wrote the screenplay based on Currie's book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway. The film premiered in 2010 at the Sundance Film Festival and was released in Canada and the United States in March 2010.[citation needed]

In 2020, Sigismondi directed the horror film The Turning, which was inspired by the 1898 Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw, and stars Mackenzie Davis and Finn Wolfhard.[3]

Filmography

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Short film

Feature film

Television

Year Title Episode(s)
2014 Hemlock Grove "Bodily Fluids"
2016 Daredevil "Kinbaku"
2017 The Handmaid's Tale "A Woman's Place"
"The Other Side"
American Gods "Come to Jesus"

Music videos (selection)

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Director

Title Year Artist Notes
"This is My Life" 1992 Rita Chiarelli
"Not Quite Sonic" 1993 I Mother Earth
"A Certain Slant of Light" The Tea Party
"Save Me" The Tea Party
"The River" The Tea Party
"The Birdman" 1994 Our Lady Peace version 1
"Blue" 1995 Harem Scarem
"Four Leaf Clover" 1996 Catherine
"The Beautiful People" Marilyn Manson [4]
"Anna Is a Speed Freak" Pure
"Tourniquet" Marilyn Manson
"Little Wonder" David Bowie [5][6]
"Black Eye" 1997 Fluffy
"Dead Man Walking" David Bowie
"Makes Me Wanna Die" Tricky
"(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" Filter & The Crystal Method
"Anything but Down" 1998 Sheryl Crow [4]
"Sweet Surrender" Sarah McLachlan [7]
"Most High" Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
"Chinese Burn" Curve
"Can't Get Loose" Barry Adamson
"Get Up" 1999 Amel Larrieux
"I've Seen It All" 2000 Björk interactive "webeo" version
"4 Ton Mantis" Amon Tobin [8]
"In My Secret Life" 2001 Leonard Cohen [9][6]
"Black Amour" 2002 Barry Adamson
"She Said" Jon Spencer Blues Explosion version 2[10]
"John, 2/14" Shivaree [10]
"Untitled #1 (Vaka)" 2003 Sigur Rós MTV Europe Music Award 2003 Best Video[11][12]
"Obstacle 1" Interpol [4]
"Anything" Martina Topley-Bird
"Bombs Below" Living Things version 1
"Fighter" Christina Aguilera JUNO Award 2004 Video of the Year[4][6][13]
"Megalomaniac" 2004 Incubus [4]
"The End of The World" The Cure [14][6]
"I Owe..." Living Things [6]
"Talk Shows on Mute" Incubus
"Bombs Below" Living Things version 2[4]
"Blue Orchid" 2005 The White Stripes [4]
"Bom Bom Bom" Living Things [15][6]
"O' Sailor" Fiona Apple [4]
"Supermassive Black Hole" 2006 Muse [16][4]
"Red Flag" Billy Talent [17]
"Hurt" Christina Aguilera [11][18][6]
"Broken Boy Soldier" The Raconteurs [11]
"Let It Rain" 2009 Living Things [19]
"Die by the Drop" 2010 The Dead Weather [20]
"Cherry Bomb" Dakota Fanning & Kristen Stewart [6][4]
"E.T." 2011 Katy Perry [21][6]
"The One That Got Away" Katy Perry [22][6]
"Har Megiddo" Living Things
"Fake It Baby, Fake It (La Dame Nature)" 2012 Living Things
"Anything Could Happen" Ellie Goulding [6][23]
"Try" P!nk [24][6]
"Leaning Towards Solace" Sigur Rós [25]
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" 2013 David Bowie [26]
"Mirrors" Justin Timberlake MTV Video Music Award 2013 Video of the Year[27]
"The Next Day" David Bowie [28]
"Montauk Fling" Lawrence Rothman [29]
"#1 All Time Low" Lawrence Rothman [30]
"Fatal Attraction" Lawrence Rothman [31]
"California Paranoia" 2015 Lawrence Rothman ft. Angel Olsen [32]
"Oz vs. Eden" Lawrence Rothman [33]
"Users" Lawrence Rothman
"H" 2016 Lawrence Rothman [34]
"Sledgehammer" Rihanna [35]
"Die 4 You" 2017 Perfume Genius [36]
"Without Love" Alice Glass [37]
"Ain't Afraid Of Dying" Lawrence Rothman ft. Marissa Nadler [38]
"Designer Babies" Lawrence Rothman ft. Kim Gordon [39]
"Jordan" Lawrence Rothman ft. Kristin Kontrol [40]
"Swan Song" 2019 Dua Lipa From Alita: Battle Angel
"Lifetime" Yves Tumor
"Into Happiness" Phantogram
"Unholy" 2024 Sam Smith ft. Kim Petras [41]
"Destiny" 2025 Ellie Goulding
"Return to Myself" Brandi Carlile
"Human" Brandi Carlile


Cinematographer

Awards

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  • 1997 MTV Music Video Awards, USA - Nomination for Best Rock Video: "Beautiful People" (Marilyn Manson)
  • 1998 British Music Video Awards, UK - Nomination for Best Video: "Little Wonder" (David Bowie)
  • 1999 German Kodak Photobook Award, for her book Redemption
  • 2003 MTV European Awards - Best International Video Award, for Untitled (Sigur Rós)
  • 2003 New York Underground Film Festival - Audio/Visual Award, for Untitled (Sigur Rós)
  • 2003 Advertising and Design Awards, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Special Merit Award for Music Video, for "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera)
  • 2004 Juno Awards, Canada - Best Music Video, for "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera)
  • 2013 MTV Music Video Award, USA - Winner for Video of The Year, for Mirrors (Justin Timberlake)
  • 2024 UK Music Video Awards - Icon Award

References

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  1. ↑ "Official web site: Floria Sigismondi". Retrieved 18 January 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 Nobil, Taryn (13 October 2017). "Director Floria Sigismondi Talks David Bowie, 'The Handmaid's Tale,' 'Fleshy' Love and Fellini". Variety. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (24 August 2017). "Floria Sigismondi To Direct Henry James-Inspired 'The Turning' For Amblin". Deadline. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "'The Runaways' Director Floria Sigismondi's 10 Best Music Videos - MTV". MTV. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "David Bowie, Floria Sigismondi. Little Wonder. 1997". MoMA. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Film". Floria Sigismondi. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Hear and Now: Feb. 13, 1998". Entertainment Weekly. 13 February 1998. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "4 Ton Mantis. Videoclip di Amon Tobin diretto da Floria Sigismondi - CultFrame - Arti Visive" (in Italian). December 2006.
  9. ↑ "2002 - Best Video - Floria Sigismondi, Leonard Cohen - The JUNO Awards". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  10. 1 2 "2003 Music Video Production Association Awards". Billboard. 10 March 2003.
  11. 1 2 3 "Artist Profile: Interview with Floria Sigismondi". revolutionartmagazine.com. 3 June 2010.
  12. ↑ "2004 - Video of the Year - Sigur Ros, Floria Sigismondi - The JUNO Awards". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "2004 - Video of the Year - Christina Aguilera, Floria Sigismondi - The JUNO Awards". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "2005 - Video of the Year - Floria Sigismondi - The JUNO Awards". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "2006 - Video of the Year - Living Things, Floria Sigismondi - The JUNO Awards". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Muse "Supermassive Black Hole" (Dir: Floria Sigismondi)". videos.antville.org. 22 May 2006.
  17. ↑ "Billy Talent - Red Flag (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "2007 - Video of the Year - Christina Aguilera, Floria Sigismondi - The JUNO Awards". Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Living Things' Let It Rain by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 22 January 2009.
  20. ↑ "The Dead Weather's Dark "Die By the Drop" Video Surfaces". Rolling Stone. 23 March 2010.
  21. ↑ "Katy Perry's ET (feat. Kanye West) by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 1 April 2011.
  22. ↑ "Katy Perry 'The One That Got Away' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 16 November 2011.
  23. ↑ "Ellie Goulding 'Anything Can Happen' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 11 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Pink's 'Try' Video: Daring Choreography and Sexy Paint". Billboard. 10 October 2012.
  25. ↑ "Sigur Ros 'Leaning Towards Solace' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 14 December 2012.
  26. ↑ "David Bowie 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 26 February 2013.
  27. ↑ "Justin Timberlake 'Mirrors' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 21 March 2013.
  28. ↑ "David Bowie 'The Next Day' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  29. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman 'Montauk Fling' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 20 June 2013.
  30. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman's '#1 All Time Low' Video Is The Creepiest Thing You'll See Today". HuffPost. 16 September 2013.
  31. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman – Fatal Attraction: New music". The Guardian. 17 October 2013.
  32. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman ft. Angel Olsen 'California Paranoia' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 20 October 2015.
  33. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman – Oz vs. Eden". HUNGER TV. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  34. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman reveals new "H" video by Bowie director Floria Sigismondi". thelineofbestfit.com. 15 January 2016.
  35. ↑ "Rihanna 'Sledgehammer' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 3 July 2016.
  36. ↑ "Perfume Genius 'Die 4 You' by Floria Sigismondi". Promo News. 11 May 2017.
  37. ↑ "Alice Glass "Without Love" (Floria Sigismondi, dir.)". Videostatic. 10 August 2017.
  38. ↑ "Watch Lawrence Rothman's Heartbreaking "Ain't Afraid Of Dying"". The FADER. 16 August 2017.
  39. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman f/ Kim Gordon "Designer Babies" (Floria Sigismondi, dir.)". Videostatic. 5 September 2017.
  40. ↑ "Lawrence Rothman's New Video for "Jordan" Is a Tender Sci-Fi Dreamscape". Noisey. 19 September 2017.
  41. ↑ "Watch Sam Smith and Kim Petras in Underground Sex Club in 'Unholy' Video". Spin. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Sigismondi, Floria (1999). Redemption. Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 3931126188.
  • Sigismondi, Floria (2005). Immune. Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 3899550692.
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