Lots of Watts

There are some pretty sweet music videos out there right now. The Spinto Band's "Oh Mandy," TV on the Radio's "Wolf Like Me," as well as some past videos by Death Cab For Cutie and The Thrills. Little did I know that they were all directed by the same person!

Meet Jon Watts. The director of ten music videos and three television commercials, each piece he works on looks and feels so different from his past works that he almost takes the form of a creative chameleon. With a body of work as exceptional as this, Watts may be poised to become the next Michel Gondry. Take a look:

The Spinto Band - "Oh Mandy"


The Thrills - "The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing"


All of his videos can be viewed in QuickTime format at the link above. I also recommend Death Cab for Cutie's "Soul Meets Body" video as well as the Frosted Flakes and NY Times commercials, the latter of which uses one of my favorite songs, "Me and My Arrow" by Harry Nilsson.