Dean Karr

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Dean Karr (born February 22, 1965) is an American photographer and director. A prolific creative, Karr has photographed dozens of album covers and directed a substantial amount of music videos, commercials, and films.

Early life and education

A native of

Karr's early work in the arts led to him being asked to direct the music video for Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

Recent clients have included: Trident Gum (Saatchi & Saatchi), LG Phones (Alcone), Busch Gardens/SeaWorld Entertainment (Momentum), Palms Hotels (S+K Group), Mazda Automobiles (Foote, Cone & Belding), Woolrich (Siquis, Ltd.), Mortal Kombat (DDB Needham), and eight annual campaigns for Universal Studios and Coca-Cola's Halloween Horror Nights (David & Goliath Agency).

Karr has worked with artists on their respective music videos, including Evanescence, Lisa Marie Presley, The Dave Matthews Band, X-Japan, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Velvet Revolver, Damian Marley, Ozzy Osbourne, Cypress Hill, Tommy Lee, Everlast, Dr. Dre, Queens of the Stone Age, Godsmack, and Iron Maiden.

His commercial print campaigns include: Universal Studios, HBO, Tommy Hilfiger, Busch Gardens, Astrella Designs and the National Ad Council. His entertainment print work includes artists such as: Chris Rock, T-Pain, Tool, Marilyn Manson, Lenny Kravitz, Busta Rhymes, AC/DC, Tommy Lee, Undercover Slut and 3 Doors Down. Karr's art photography has been the subject of exhibitions at museums and galleries, including: LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Art Modern Gallery, Moscow; Institute of Actual Art, Kiev; and the prestigious Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles."

Karr is currently represented by Mirror Films for broadcast commercials and new media, Wild Indigo for video and film, and Grannyfinger for photography.

Photography, printwork and other designs

Album art

Music videos

Feature-length DVDs and films

• "Welcome to the House of Shock" (2012) Currently in Post-Production
• "Las Meninas" (co-directed with Ihor Podolchak) (2008)
• "Still Reigning" by Slayer (2004)
• "Rock in Rio" by Iron Maiden (2002)

Commercials

• Best Buy/Ncompass "4K" (2014)
• Best Buy "Game On Santa"
• Dark-Hunter
  "Acheron"
• Palms Casino Resort
• Dirty Harry
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• Universal Orlando (Halloween Horror Nights)
• Universal Hollywood
• K'Nex
• LG Nitro HD Cellular
• Mortal Kombat
• Mazda
• Hasbro Bio Bots
• Hasbro Hit Clips
• Woolrich
• Seaworld
• Sankyo Games
• St. Martin's Press
• Busch Gardens
• Coca-Cola

Producer or executive producer

• "Disciples of the 36 Chambers, Chapter 2" by Wu-Tang Clan
• "Rude Awakening" by Megadeth

References

• Music Video Database, retrieved April 10, 2008
• Gorson, Arthur, Internet Movie Database, retrieved April 10, 2008
• Karr, Dean, Dean Karr, retrieved April 10, 2008
• Wild Indigo, LLC, archived from the original on January 3, 2008, retrieved April 10, 2008
• AllMusic.com, retrieved April 10, 2008

External links

• Official website
• Dean Karr at
  IMDb
• Mirror Films
• Wild Indigo
• Music Videography at Music Video Database Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• Artist Page at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
• Juxtapose Article
• Swindle Magazine Article