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Simón Brand
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Brand at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival
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Simón Brand
July 28, 1970 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, music video director |
Simón Brand (born July 28, 1970) is a famous film director from Colombia. He is well-known for directing over 200 TV commercials for big companies. Some of these companies include Coca-Cola, Apple Inc., and BMW.
Simón Brand has also directed many music videos for popular singers. These include Shakira, Juanes, Enrique Iglesias, and Ricky Martin. In 2006, he directed his first movie called Unknown. His next movie, Paraiso Travel, was very popular in Colombia in 2008. Today, he lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children.
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Simón Brand's Career Journey
Simón Brand started his career very young, at just sixteen years old. His first job was directing a music video for a Colombian band called Pasaporte. Two years later, he directed another music video for the group Estados Alterados.
Soon after, he moved to Miami because he received a scholarship. This scholarship was from the Music and Video Academic school. His first job in the United States was recording voices for phone companies. After he finished school with great results, Brand started his own company. It's called Kree8. He has produced most of his commercials and music videos through this company.
Before he started making films, he studied different subjects. These included Communications and Advertising at a university in Bogotá, Colombia. He also worked at a local radio station as a broadcaster.
Making Movies: Unknown and Paraiso Travel
For his first movie, Unknown, Simón Brand worked with famous Hollywood actors. These included Jim Caviezel and Greg Kinnear. The movie earned more than US $17 million around the world.
His second movie, Paraíso Travel, came out in 2008. It was the highest-earning movie in Colombia that year. Time magazine even called it one of the best Latin American movies of the first ten years of the 2000s. Well-known Latin American actors like John Leguizamo were in this film.
In 2006, Variety magazine recognized Simón Brand. They named him one of the top 40 most important Latin Americans in Hollywood. He has also been nominated for several important awards. These include the Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Award.
Simón Brand's Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | |||||
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| Director | Actor | Cinematographer | Notes | ||||
| 2006 | Unknown | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2008 | Paraíso Travel | Yes | |||||
| 2010 | Aftermath | Yes | One episode (When the Earth Stops Spinning). | ||||
| 2011 | La sombrilla | Yes | TV movie. | ||||
| 2011 | Encuere | Yes | Documentary. | ||||
| 2011 | Mentes en shock | TV series. Creator. | |||||
| 2011 | Fronteras | Yes | TV series. One episode (La Sombrilla). | ||||
| 2011 | Cane/Cain | Yes | Short. | ||||
| 2013 | Paper Giants: Magazine Wars | Yes | One episode (Episode 2). | ||||
| 2014 | Default | Yes | |||||
Music Videos Directed by Simón Brand
Simón Brand has directed many music videos for famous artists over the years. Here are some of them:
- 1991: Estados Alterados - "El velo"
- 1995: Shakira - "Estoy Aquí"
- 1999: Chayanne - "Salomé"
- 1999: Noelia - "Tú"
- 1999: MDO - "Groove With Me Tonight"
- 1999: Jaci Velasquez - "Llegar A Tí"
- 1999: Jaci Velasquez - "De Creer En Tí"
- 1999: Westlife - "Seasons in the Sun"
- 1999: Steps - "After the Love Has Gone"
- 2000: Steps - "When I Said Goodbye"
- 2000: Thalía - "Entre El Mar Y Una Estrella"
- 2000: Thalía - "Regresa a Mí"
- 2000: Thalía - "Arrasando"
- 2001: Jessica Simpson - "Irresistible"
- 2001: Juanes - "Fíjate Bien"
- 2001: Ruff Endz - "Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes"
- 2001: Paulina Rubio - "I'll Be Right Here (... Lover)"
- 2002: Enrique Iglesias - "Mentiroso"
- 2002: Enrique Iglesias - "Quizás"
- 2002: Paulina Rubio - "Baila Casanova (Casanova)"
- 2003: Enrique Iglesias feat. Lionel Richie - "To Love a Woman"
- 2003: Ricardo Arjona - "Minutos"
- 2003: Enrique Iglesias - "Para Qué la Vida"
- 2003: Chayanne - "Un Siglo Sin Tí"
- 2003: Chayanne - "Sentada Aquí en Mi Alma"
- 2004: Alejandro Fernández - "Me Dediqué A Perderte"
- 2006: Ricardo Arjona - "Mojado"
- 2006: Juanes - "A Dios le Pido" (European version)
- 2006: Ricky Martin - "It's Alright"
- 2007: Alejandro Fernández - "Te Voy A Perder"
- 2007: Verónica Orozco - "Miénteme"
- 2008: Fonseca - "Paraíso"
- 2008: Fanny Lú - "Tú No Eres Para Mi"
- 2008: Fonseca - "Enrédame"
- 2009: Fanny Lú - "Celos"
- 2009: Volumen Cero - "Hollywood"
- 2009: La Quinta Estación feat. Marc Anthony - "Recuérdame"
- 2010: Juan Luis Guerra - "Bachata en Fukuoka"
- 2010: Belanova - "Nada de Más"
- 2011: Fanny Lú - "Fanfarrón"
- 2011: Wisin & Yandel - "Tu Olor"
- 2012: Calle 13 - "La Bala"
- 2012: Stephanie Cayo - "El Alquimista"
- 2013: Alejandro Fernández feat. Christina Aguilera - "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti"
- 2013: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Details Of My World"
- 2016: Ricky Martin feat. Yotuel Romero - "La Mordidita"
See also
In Spanish: Simón Brand para niños
