Edd Griles
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Edd Griles (born Edward Mori Griles, November 18, 1945) is an American television producer and music video director.[1]
Early life
He was born to Pearl "Corky" Griles (née Hirsch) and Daniel Griles (born Greilshiemer) in New York City, and was raised in Astoria and Flushing, Queens.
Career
After graduating from School of Visual Arts in New York City, Griles began his professional career in 1965 in advertising at Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Advertising (DDB Worldwide) as an Art Director. In 1972 he became creative director for the National Hockey League and served as editor and creative director of Goal Magazine and Executive Producer of NHL Films. In 1975 he created People and Properties, a sports and entertainment marketing company and in 2002 he founded Timing Is Everything Productions, a multi-media creative marketing company.
In 1979 he began directing music videos for musical groups such as
Television producer
Griles produced the first
In 2004 he created and produced AutoRox, the first Automotive Awards show ever televised. In 2004 he also created and produced the Ultimate Chop, the
Music video director
Griles directed the following music videos:
- Rainbow - featuring Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover
- "I Surrender"
- "Can't Happen Here"
- "Death Alley Driver"
- "Stone Cold"
- Novo Combo - featuring Michael Shrieve (formerly the drummer of Santana)
- "Tattoo"
- Blue Angel - featuring Cyndi Lauper
- "Late"
- "I Had a Love"
- "I'm Gonna Be Strong"
- "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
- "Time After Time"
- Winner; April 1985 American Video Awards for Best Pop Video and Best Director.[2]
- Also indications; MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
- "She Bop"
- Indication; MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
- "Hole in My Heart" (Theme from Vibes)
- "The Heart of Rock & Roll"
- "If This Is It"
- "Stuck with You"
- Be-Fore - A documentary airing on Showtime by filmmaker Les Blank about the making of "Stuck with You".
- "Do It for Love" - Marked the debut of a young actor named Billy Zane. Zane went on to star in the 1997 film Titanic.
- "Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
- "So Far So Good" - From the soundtrack of the 1986 film About Last Night...
- "Oo-Ee-Diddley-Bop!"
- "Come as You Are"
- "God Bless the USA"
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- "Land of a Thousand Dances" - Featuring Cyndi Lauper, Meat Loaf, Rick Derringer, and over 50 wrestlers from the WWE.
References
- ^ "Edd Griles". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ "Lauper dominates American Video Awards". The Daily Spectrum. St. George, Utah, USA. UPI. April 4, 1985. p. 2. Retrieved August 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Official Website
- Edd Griles at IMDb