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Bruce Gowers is an English television and music video director. He is presently the director of live episodes of American Idol, having returned to the show for its 2009 season, having resigned in the 2008 season after a dispute with now-departed executive producer Nigel Lythgoe.

His first video was for Queen for their song "Bohemian Rhapsody" and was also considerated as the "First Video Clip" of the music history. The band asked him to get their Queen II album cover to come to life. Since then Gowers was established as an important director for this medium. He translated these talents to children's videos with his long-running series Kidsongs, for home video and public television. Gowers was also the director of the U.S. version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and the television special Delirious with Eddie Murphy. He also directed the 59th Emmys, was nominated for an Emmy for the 2007 Idol finale, and won at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards for his "Idol" work in 2009.

Contents 1 Videos 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Videos

Selected music videos directed by Bruce Gowers:

• Queen: "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
• Queen: "You're My Best Friend" (1976)
• Queen: "Somebody to Love" (1976)
• Queen: "Tie Your Mother Down" (1977)
• Genesis: "Robbery, Assault and Battery" (1976)
• Genesis: "Ripples" (1976)
• Genesis: "A Trick of the Tail" (1976)
• Michael Jackson: "Rock with You" (1979)
• Michael Jackson: "She's Out of My Life" (1980)
• The Jacksons: "Can You Feel It" (1980)
• Prince: "Controversy"
• Prince: "Sexuality"
• Prince: "1999"
• Huey Lewis and the News: "The Heart of Rock & Roll" (1984)
• Tony Christie and Peter Kay: "Amarillo" (2005)^[1]
• Rod Stewart: "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
• Rod Stewart: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
• Rod Stewart: "I Was Only Joking"
• Rod Stewart: "Hot Legs"
• John Cougar (Mellencamp): "Jack and Diane"
• John Cougar (Mellencamp): "Hurts So Good"
• John Cougar (Mellencamp): "This Time"
• John Cougar (Mellencamp): "Ain't Even Done with the Night"
• KISS: "World Without Heroes"
• Rose Royce: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
• Rod Stewart: "You're Insane"
• Electric Light Orchestra: "Rockaria!"
• Mike Oldfield: "In Dulce Jubilio"

[edit] See also

• Music videos directed by Bruce Gowers
• Kidsongs

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.filewiz.co.uk/paam/karl_lucas.pdf

[edit] External links

• Bruce Gowers at the Internet Movie Database

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