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Dick Carruthers
Dick Carruthers
OccupationMusic video director
Years active1990s–present
Websitewww.cinefromage.com

Dick Carruthers (born 25 March 1966, Sussex, England) is an English music video and film director, based in London, England. He directed the Led Zeppelin

BAFTAs
.

Education

Carruthers attended Winchester University (then known as King Alfred's College) where he completed a BA (Hons) degree in Drama Theatre and Television Studies.

Career

Before success in the music and film industries, Carruthers worked in corporate videos and in the conference and events industries. He began his directing career in the music business touring with English pop group

Metropolis Studios
in London England working as M: Productions. Cheese Film Video Ltd. was incorporated in 2005.

Work with Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin being welcomed to the stage by Dick Carruthers to talk to press about the film Celebration Day at its premiere at the Hammersmith Apollo in London

Carruthers was introduced to

The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000). Page wanted to sort through unseen footage of Led Zeppelin in its prime and spent a year and a half with Carruthers making the retrospective double-disc Led Zeppelin DVD with vintage footage from concerts filmed in London, Paris, New York and elsewhere.[2] The release won numerous awards, was nominated for a BAFTA and remains one of the best selling music DVDs of all time.[3] Carruthers continued his association with Led Zeppelin as the creative director on the Warner Home video Special Edition release of The Song Remains the Same (recorded during three nights of concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden
, on the band’s 1973 concert tour of the US), adding feature extras, cuts of new songs, and surround sound.

When the band agreed to the O2 reunion (2007), a benefit for the

Ahmet Ertegün Education Fund, Carruthers was hired to direct the filming. The resulting film Celebration Day was released to worldwide acclaim on 17 October 2012 (UK).[4][5][6]

Work with Oasis

Carruthers first worked with the British rock band Oasis on their Earls Court shows in 1995, and the Maine Road shows in 1996, later released as ...There and Then (1996). In 2000 as director on the documentary Familiar to Millions (recorded at Wembley Stadium on 21 July 2000),[7] as well as Standing On The Edge Of The Noise (Channel 4), Live At Union Chapel (Channel 4), and Glasgow Barowlands (Sky TV). To mark the tenth anniversary of its original release Carruthers also directed Definitely Maybe released on DVD in September 2004.

Carruthers later worked with the band's guitarist, songwriter Noel Gallagher on his Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds debut album documentary DVD.

Documentaries and live concerts

Other documentaries and live concerts include

Glasgow Barrowlands), the rockumentary film Lord Don't Slow Me Down (2007), Standing on the Edge of the Noise (2008), a Josh Groban (2015) PBS TV special, and an Imagine Dragons
(2016) live DVD filmed at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Work with Julian Lennon

In 2012 Carruthers worked with Julian Lennon on the feature length video documentary Through The Picture Window which followed Lennon's journey in the making of his album Everything Changes and includes interviews with Steven Tyler, Bono and Paul Buchanan from The Blue Nile.[8][9] Through The Picture Window was also released as an app in all formats with bespoke videos for all 14 tracks from the album.[10][11][12]

Work with The Script

In 2011 Carruthers directed The Script's DVD Homecoming: Live at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, which was part of the Irish group's Science & Faith Tour and was their biggest headline show to date (50,000 people).[13]

Work with Aerosmith

In 2014 the Aerosmith Rocks Donington DVD was released directed by Carruthers. The film captures the group headlining the massive Download Festival at Donington Park as they deliver a set of their greatest hits.

Awards

Selected music video credits (as director)

References

  1. ^ "Dick Carruthers on the art of a great concert film". Music Week.
  2. ^ Barbara Hodgson (4 July 2010). "Music filmmaker Dick Carruthers comes to Newcastle". journallive. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 13, 2015". riaa.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
  4. ^ "Led Zeppelin Concert Film Director: 'This Is How the Band Will Be Remembered'". Rolling Stone. 16 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Director Dick Carruthers Discusses Led Zeppelin's 'Celebration Day'". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  6. ^ "Dick Carruthers Earns UK Music Video Award for "Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day" - Snell - Snell". snellgroup.com.
  7. ^ "Edit Share November 29, 2012". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  8. ^ Arellano, Joseph (21 December 2013). "Music Review: Julian Lennon – 'Everything Changes' [2013 Reissue]". Blogcritics.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  9. ^ Rick Fulton (20 December 2013). "Scots singer Paul Buchanan insists Julian Lennon has put his demons to bed and emerged from shadow cast by his Beatle father John". dailyrecord.
  10. ^ "'Through The Picture Window': A Second Glimpse into What Makes Julian Lennon through Director Dick Carruthers' Eyes". galomagazine.com.
  11. ^ Through The Picture Window Interview With Dick Carruthers. YouTube. 12 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Julian Lennon gives fans a look "Through the Picture Window" with new documentary". cbsnews.com. 22 November 2013.
  13. ^ "Music - The Script talk about their Live at the Aviva Stadium DVD - entertainment.ie". entertainment.ie. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  14. ^ "UK Music Video Awards: Julien Temple, Dick Carruthers amongst winners". Music Week.
  15. ^ "What's eating Jack?". the Guardian. 14 November 2004.

External links

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