Jake Nava

Jake Nava is a British director, best known for his work in music videos and TV commercials.

Career

Nava graduated with a degree in film from the University of Westminster.^[1] After college, he began his career directing music videos and films for MTV Sports.^[2] He's created videos for various artists, including Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Arctic Monkeys and Adele.^[3] Nava has also directed advertising campaigns for Armani, Puma, Bacardi, and more. In 2013, he directed three music videos for Beyoncé’s visual album (“Partition,” “Grown Woman,” and “Flawless”).

2014 saw his first collaboration with Lana Del Rey on 'Shades of Cool' (nominated best music video by Camerimage Film Festival). In 2015, he directed his first commercial for Guinness 'Intolerant Champion'. In 2016, he directed Martini's 'Play With Time' for their global relaunch which received 5 stars on David Reviews and also 'We Are Made of Football" a second spot for Guinness with AMV. 2017 saw him directing campaigns for Bacardi, Mastercard featuring SZA, Vauxhall "Pyjama Mamas" for Mother and Levi’s "Circles" which went onto be one of 2017’s 10 most viewed ads on YouTube.

Honors and awards

In 2017, Nava received the “Icon Award” at UK Music video Awards in recognition of his achievements in music video industry throughout his career. ‘Unthinkable’ for Alicia Keys was awarded outstanding music video NAACP image award. Nava's advertisement for Lucozade was featured in Campaign Magazine’s Top 10 TV & Cinema Ads. Entertainment Weekly named Nava the fifth best music video director for his videos “Monster” and "Someone Like You” (which went on to notch up 779 million views on Vevo).

The Times placed Nava's video for Beyoncé, "Single Ladies", at #3 in The 25 Most Influential Music Videos of All Time. Time Magazine - placed it in its 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos and Rolling Stone Magazine voted it #2 best music video of the decade. It also won "Video of the Year" at the MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards and the BET Awards and was put on display in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity” exhibition.

Jake Nava’s music videos and commercials have been awarded numerous other accolades throughout his career including:

Cannes Lions 2018 Silver Lion for Levi's "Circles"
Best International Video Award MuchMusic Awards
Most Earthshattering Collaboration MTV VMA
CADS Video of the Year
MTV VMA Best Female Video & Best R&B Video
MTV VMA Best Choreography
Best Collaboration Award MTV VMA's Japan
Nava was acclaimed for directing an anti-gun campaign to reduce inner city gun crime in London. The film was highly successful, reaching over 90% of its target audience and it received three D&AD nominations.

Commercials

Mastercard - Start Something Priceless
Levi's - Circles
Bacardi - Dress To Be Free
Vauxhall - Pyjama Mamas
Katy Perry - Covergirl
Guinness - We Are Made Of Football
Guinness - John Hammond Intolerant Champion
Martini - Play With Time
Tanquearay - Let The Party Begin
James Franco - Coke Light
Ministry of Defense Army - More Than Meets The Eye
Powerade - New Mix
Lucozade - Tinie Tempah & Travis Barker
Trident — Anti Gun Crime" Metropolitan Police
Vogue Magazine FNO — Glee
Kate Moss — Rimmel "16 Hours", Rimmel "Circle Line", Rimmel "Backseat"
Naomi Campbell — Cat Deluxe
Gigi Hadid and Jourdan Dunn - Maybelline
Armani — Diamonds
Rochas — Music of the Body
Halle Berry — Revlon Cinderella, Revlon Magic Mirror, Revlon So Good, So Long
Jessica Biel — Revlon In Full Bloom
Beyoncé — Rise, Heat, Pepsi
David & Victoria Beckham — Intimacy
Cindy Crawford — 5th Ave
Laetitia Casta and Doutzen Kroes – L’Oreal "Honeygloss"
Doutzen Kroes —L'Oreal Solare
Maria Sharapova — Clear
Balentine Whiskey
Vinny Jones — Puma
Samuel Eto’o – Puma
Perez – Puma
HSBC — Haute Couture, Guide
Janet Jackson — The system

Music video

US artists

Lana Del Rey — "Shades of Cool" (2014)
Lana Del Rey — "High by the Beach" (2015)
Beyoncé — "Partition" (2013)
Beyoncé — "Flawless" (2013)
Beyoncé — "Grown Woman" (2013)
Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
Beyoncé — “If I Were a Boy” (2008)
Beyoncé — “Naughty Girl” (2004)
Beyoncé & Shakira — “Beautiful Liar” (2007)
Beyoncé featuring Jay Z — “Crazy in Love” (2003)
Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul — “Baby Boy” (2003)
Kanye West featuring Jay Z, Nicki Minaj & Rick Ross — "Monster" (2010)
B.o.B featuring Taylor Swift - "Both of Us" (2012)
Britney Spears — “My Prerogative” (2004)
Britney Spears — ”If U Seek Amy” (2008)
Alicia Keys — ”Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)” (2009)
Shakira — “She Wolf” (2009)
Pink — “Nobody Knows”
Usher — “Burn” (2004)
Utada — "Easy Breezy"
Kelis — "Milkshake" (2003)
Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri — “Get Your Number” (2006)
Mariah Carey — “Shake It Off” (2005)
Lindsay Lohan — "Rumors" (2004)
Lindsay Lohan — "Over" (2004)
Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis — "Not in Love"
Paul Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy — "Faster Kill Pussycat"
Destiny's Child — "Cater 2 U" (2004)
System of a Down — "B.Y.O.B." (2005)
Tina Turner — "Whatever You Need"
Brandy — "Who Is She 2 U"
Blaque featuring Missy Elliott - "'I'm Good"
112 featuring Super Cat - "Na Na Na Na"

UK artists

Arctic Monkeys "Arabella"
Adele “Someone like You”
Emeli Sandé "Heaven"
So Solid Crew featuring Lisa Maffia "All Over"
George Michael "An Easier Affair"
Kylie Minogue "Red Blooded Woman"
The Rolling Stones "Streets of Love"
Delilah "Inside My Love"
Audio Bullys "Way Too Long"
Lo Fidelity Allstars featuring FTR Pigeonhed "Battle Flag"
Natalie Imbruglia "Shiver"
Leona Lewis "Run"
Robbie Williams "Lovelight"
Spice Girls "Holler"
Roni Size "Dirty Beats"
Mark Morrison "Crazy"
Mark Morrison "Return of the Mack"
Ms. Dynamite "It Takes More"
Ms. Dynamite "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee"
Mis-Teeq "Scandalous"
Roll Deep "Bad Man"
Beverley Knight "Made It Back (The Good Times Mix)"
Shola Ama "Need Somebody"
Urban Species featuring Imogen Heap "Blanket"
Glamma Kid "Bills 2 Pay"
Blue "Too Close"
Blue "Fly By II"

References

↑ "Photography and Film - Westminster School of Media Arts and Design - University of Westminster, London". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ "Jake Nava | Cherry". www.cherrystudio.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
↑ "Jake Nava | IMVDb". IMVDb. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

External links

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[1] "Photography and Film - Westminster School of Media Arts and Design - University of Westminster, London". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[2] "Jake Nava | Cherry". www.cherrystudio.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[3] "Jake Nava | IMVDb". IMVDb. Retrieved 2015-11-27.