Gabriel Coss

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Gabriel Coss
Occupation(s)Music video director

Gabriel Coss is a

Regional Emmy Award-winner music video director. Coss also has credits for directing the documentaries Aljuriya (2004), Sonó, Sonó, Tité Curet!!! (2011) and Armonía (Doctv Latinoamérica 2014).[1] In 2005, Coss launched 939 Films with Israel Lugo, which they merged with Rojo Chiringa Films in 2007.[2]

Coss was awarded the

2007 losing to "Ven a Mi Casa Esta Navidad" by Voz Veis.[6]

Coss and Lugo directed Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado's "All Good Things (Come to an End)", in a video that "finds Furtado frolicking with a male model in Puerto Rico."[7] About the video, Furtado stated: "It's very tropical and romantic. It reminds me of old Sarah McLachlan videos, it has that element of art to it. It's kind of like cinema."[7] Furtado recorded with Calle 13 a remix version of "No Hay Igual" and shot a video in La Perla, San Juan, Puerto Rico also directed by Coss and Lugo.[4]

The music video for "

La Perla" by Calle 13 featuring Rubén Blades which was shot at slum of the same name.[9][10] The music video for "Vamo' a Portarnos Mal", included on Entren Los Que Quieran by Calle 13, was directed by Coss and Lugo in 2010, with locations on Las Monjas, Barrio Obrero and Las Gladiolas at San Juan, Puerto Rico.[11]

Gabriel Coss holds the record for the most Latin Grammy wins as a director, with a total of two.

References

  1. Internet Movie Database
    . Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  2. ^ López Ortiz, Miguel. "Feliz Israel Lugo con el nuevo filme boricua "El Clown"" (in Spanish). Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  3. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "A La Perla Calle 13 y Nelly Furtado" (in Spanish). latinrapper.com. June 25, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Revisiting Calle 13". Grandes Estrellas. February 21, 2007. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "Complete list of Latin Grammy nominees & winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Vineyard, Jennifer (November 6, 2006). "Nelly Furtado Double-Dips With Two Soaking-Wet Videos". MTV News. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  8. ^ "Protagonizan Maná y Juan Luis Guerra el video de \'Bendita tu luz\'" (in Spanish). Tabasco Hoy. October 15, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  9. ^ "Residente, de Calle 13, dice que la gente "cree en la música de verdad"". Emol. El Mercurio. September 17, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  10. ^ "The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards: Scorecard". Los Angeles Times. September 17, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  11. ^ Del Aguila, Mariano. "La videoteca del Sí!". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved August 23, 2012.