Evan Bernard


Evan Bernard is an American director of commercials and music videos who has directed videos for artists such as The Chicks, Moby, the Beastie Boys, Green Day, Lit, Cibo Matto and many others.

Life and career

After studying advertising design at Syracuse University and Saint Martin's School of Art and Design in London, Bernard moved to New York and found a job as a "cruise director" on the 1994 Lollapalooza music tour festival. It was there that he first met and befriended the Beastie Boys, who allowed him to direct the video for their song "Root Down'" in 1995. This proved to be a jump-off point for his career, leading immediately to his direction of music videos for other bands, including several acts on the Beastie Boys' own Grand Royal record label. Since then he has continued to direct music videos, but has also branched out into commercials, directing televisions ads for companies like Toyota, Puma and Red Stripe. In 1996, he acted as a cinematographer for the film Free Tibet, a documentary about the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco, which was organized by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch in order to raise awareness plight of people in Tibet.
In June 2007, Bernard released Pound, a short, two-minute viral video onto the web to rather successful results. The video depicts two friends
who meet on the street and greet each other by engaging in an impressively long and complex handshake and once its completed, say goodbye by starting another minute-long handshake.
Bernard was mentioned in the Beastie Boys top 10 hit "Get It Together" with the lyrics "drive the lane like I was Evan Bernard".

Partial filmography

Film

  • Patriots Day Yankees Fan
  • Pound - director
  • Free Tibet - cinematographer

    Commercials

  • 2K Sports - "Cool Kids"
  • 2K Sports - "Iguodala Day"
  • 2K Sports - "J in Your Face"
  • 2K Sports - "KG Goes Cold"
  • 2K Sports - "OBF Soldiers"
  • 2K Sports - "Westside"
  • Adelphia - "Taco"
  • Alltel - "Window"
  • Altice - "Soccer Mom Goals"
  • Champs - "Flight Crew"
  • Chicago Music Exchange - "Encore"
  • Chicago Music Exchange - "Expert"
  • Chicago Music Exchange - "Love Salad"
  • Chicago Music Exchange - "Smash"
  • ESPN-WNBA - "5-0"
  • ESPN-WNBA - "Moves"
  • ESPN-WNBA - "Snack Flips"
  • ESPN-WNBA - "Streetball"
  • ESPN-WNBA - "Suburbs A"
  • Foot Locker - "The Nike 20 Collection"
  • Foot Locker - "The Hack"
  • Foot Locker - "Weight"
  • Hula Hoops - "Football"
  • Hula Hoops - "Snog"
  • Icehouse - "Jay"
  • Icehouse - "Supermodels"
  • Kiss - "Stay Sexy"
  • Levi's - "Dog Anxiety"
  • Mastercard - "Moving"
  • Mastercard - "Showdown"
  • McDonald's - "Press Conference"
  • McDonald's - "Help"
  • New Jersey Department of Health - "Break"
  • New Jersey Department of Health - "Headstand"
  • New Jersey Department of Health - "Mind Bender"
  • New Jersey Department of Health - "Simon Says"
  • New Jersey Department of Health - "Staring"
  • Nike - "Aquarium"
  • Nike - "Bars"
  • Nike - "Broken Nose"
  • Nike - "Crying"
  • Nike - "Dawn"
  • Nike - "Dominos"
  • Nike - "Grandma"
  • Nike - "Hot Dog"
  • Nike - "NBA James"
  • Nike - "Portraits"
  • Nike - "Shut Up"
  • Nike - "Zone"
  • PlayStation - "Every Angle"
  • Puma and Foot Locker - "Red Army"
  • Prudential - "And So On"
  • Prudential - "Last Chance Trendy"
  • Reebok - "Undercover Fury"
  • Snickers - "The Snickers Write-Off"
  • Toyota - "Sasquatch"
  • Virgin Radio - "Woof"
  • Red Stripe
  • ''X-Large Action Suit''

    Music videos

1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
  • Soulwax - "E Talking"
  • Moby - "Lift Me Up"
  • Ben Lee - "Catch My Disease"
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
  • Moby - "The Day"
2021