"German-born Marcus Nispel started his career in advertising as an art director for Young & Rubicam in Frankfurt, Germany. He came to America on a Fulbright scholarship in 1984 at the age of 20 and made his directing debut in 1989 with the first music video for C&C Music Factory. While in New York Nispel founded and operated his own production company, Portfolio Artists Network, before merging with Ridley and Tony Scott with their bi-coastal company RSA-USA, Inc. Nispel has been awarded with numerous international advertising accolades including several Clio Awards, the Moebius Award, the Grand Prix at the BDA Awards, honors from the New York, Houston, and Chicago Film Festivals and the Art Directors Club. His work has garnered 12 MTV Music Video Award nominations resulting in four MTV Music Video Awards, including a 1993 MTV Best European Video Award for �Killer, Papa Was A Rolling Stone� by George Michael. Marcus has won several Billboard Awards and Music Video Producer's Association Awards. Nispel has been the subject of two documentaries and was featured in Time Magazine's year-end issue �Best of 1996� for his Fidelity campaign. In 1997, Marcus was featured as a speaker at the AICP MoMA show. His work garnered many AICP awards, and is now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art. His work was highlighted and screened at the New York Film Festival, the Art Director's Club and at the Film Broadcast Museum. In 1996 he was honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Cross Cultural Dreams retrospective on his music videos. He was featured in a chapter of Armond White's book on the pop revolution. Marcus is a recipient of the Nubian Award and is a NAACP Image Award Nominee for the positive portrayal of African-American in mass media. In 1995 Adweek named Nispel as one of the year's best directors. He is a voting member of the DGA, ADC, and the Grammy Awards Committee. To date, Nispel has directed up to a thousand commercials and music videos. His commercial clients include: Mercedes, Showtime Network, Motorola, Kodak, Pepsi, Audi, Fidelity, L&M, Bell South, Schick, Canon, Philips, Chase, Dr. Pepper, Unisys, Sprint, Converse, Marlboro, Visa Gold, US Postal Service, UPS, AT&T, Panasonic, Sprite, Dulux, RCA, Nike, L�Oreal, Nynex, Coca-Cola, Levi's and the three big networks ABC, CBS and NBC. His music videos include over fifteen #1 songs and several breakthrough videos for artists such as the Spice Girls, Simply Red, Puff Daddy, Bush, No Doubt, The Fugees, George Michael, Janet Jackson, Elton John, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Cher, Mariah Carey, Curtis Mayfield, k.d. Lang, Crystal Waters, Tony Bennett, C&C Music Factory, Amy Grant, Bette Midler, LL Cool J, Bryan Adams, Gloria Estefan, Fu Schnickens, Terrence Trent D�Arby, Nina Hagen, Gypsy Kings, Soul II Soul and the B-52's. Nispel is represented by Creative Artists Agency for feature films, MJZ for commercials, and by You Media for music videos."

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