George Salisbury (director)
George E. Salisbury (born October 4, 1971) is a film and music video director and graphic designer based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Career
[edit]George Salisbury is best known for his work as the principal art director and music video director with the American rock band The Flaming Lips.[1]
Salisbury has also worked with The Starlight Mints, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, and BMX biking biker Matt Hoffman.
The Flaming Lips (1994–present)
[edit]Both Salisbury and Wayne Coyne, lead singer of the Flaming Lips, are responsible for a distinct visual style that is the band's trademark for both their live shows and the album cover designs and packaging.[2] One of Salisbury's earliest contributions to the Flaming Lips' live shows, is the "Flames of Destiny" flaming cymbal. Salisbury orchestrated and executed the feat by filling an inverted cymbal on a stand with alcohol and then lighting it on fire while the band played in the background.[3]
His eye is featured along with the tongue of J. Michelle Martin-Coyne on the cover of Yeah, I Know It's a Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical EP in 1991.[3]
Salisbury, along with Wayne Coyne and Bradley Beesley, co-directed Christmas on Mars a full-length feature film released in 2008.[4]
Works
[edit]Films
[edit]- Blastula: Making of Embryonic (2009, 21 min)
- The Making of The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon (2009)
- Christmas on Mars (2008, 83 min)
- UFOs at the Zoo (The Flaming Lips) (2007)
- Live at the Hollywood Bowl (The Flaming Lips) (2006)
- All Tomorrow’s Parties 3D Series #01-20 (The Flaming Lips) (2009)
- March of 1000 Flaming Skeletons Promo (The Flaming Lips) (2009, 5 min)
- The Flaming Lips: March of 1000 Flaming Skeletons - Interviews (2009, 4 min)
- The Flaming Lips: Zaireeka 10th Anniversary Virtual Wayne (2007)
Music videos
[edit]- "I'm Working at NASA on Acid" - The Flaming Lips
- "Do You Realize (Live at the Hollywood Cemetery)" - The Flaming Lips with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- "See the Leaves" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Sparrow Looks up at the Machine" - The Flaming Lips
- "Powerless" - The Flaming Lips
- "Watching the Planets" - The Flaming Lips
- "I Can Be a Frog" - The Flaming Lips
- "Borderline" - Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- "Convinced Of The Hex (Live)" - The Flaming Lips
- "Silver Trembling Hands (Live)" - The Flaming Lips
- "Power Bleed" - The Starlight Mints
- "New Heat" - Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- "Age of the Freak" - Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) Wayne’s Big Mouth Version" - The Flaming Lips
- "On the Lips" - JD McPherson
- "The W.A.N.D (Cosmic Dancer Version)" - The Flaming Lips (Co-director/Editor)
- "The W.A.N.D. (Slow Motion Reversed Version)" – The Flaming Lips (Editor )
- "Are You A Hypnotist??" – The Flaming Lips
- "Mr. Ambulance Driver" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
- "Do You Realize?? Version 1" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
- "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
- "Fight Test" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
- "Race for the Prize" - The Flaming Lips (Editor)
Packaging design
[edit]- "Heady Nuggs" - The Flaming Lips
- "Embryonic" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Birth" - Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- "Christmas on Mars" - The Flaming Lips
- "At War with the Mystics" - The Flaming Lips
- "Fearless Freaks" - dir. Bradley Beesley
- "VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)" - The Flaming Lips
- "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Soft Bulletin" - The Flaming Lips
- "Zaireeka" - The Flaming Lips
- "The Terror" - The Flaming Lips
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Cooper, Sean, From the Lips to Your Ears Wired Magazine issue #14.04 (April, 2006). "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2017-10-14.{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Stasukevich, Iain, Rock Star Visuals DV Magazine (April, 2011). "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2017-10-14.{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b DeRogatis, Jim (March 2006). Staring at Sound: The True Story of Oklahoma's Fabulous Flaming Lips. Broadway Books. ISBN 978-0-7679-2140-4.
- ^ http://www.deadcenterfilm.org/the-guest-spot/a-look-back-with-dwight-edwards-of-the-filmcake-the-2007-festival/ Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today Edwards, Dwight, "A Look Back With Dwight Edwards of The Filmcake: The 2007 Festival" deadCENTER Film Festival (May, 2010)
External links
[edit]- Official website, featuring a gallery of his work as well as work done with his company, Delo Creative.
- George Salisbury at IMDb
- George Salisbury on Vimeo
- George Salisbury on YouTube
- George Salisbury on Twitter