Death Cab for Cutie: Directions (2006)
Death Cab for Cutie presents: Directions, an innovative anthology of 11 short films inspired by each song on the band's acclaimed album Plans. Every song was directed by a different director and includes 2 bonus videos of unreleased songs. The unprecedented collection came about as the brainchild of otaku-house, the production company owned and run by childhood friends Nick Harmer, bassist for Death Cab for Cutie, and video director Aaron Stewart-Ahn. They saw the opportunity to enlist a variety of talented young artists to each make a short film set to a Death Cab song, without the constraints of the traditional music video- no arbitrary performance footage, the band themselves would not appear in the films. The ultimate goal was to create a series of small films that worked together as both individual pieces of art and as a unified whole.
Directors: Aaron Stewart-Ahn, P.R. Brown, Cat Solen, Lightborne, Autumn de Wilde, Monkmus, Jeffrey Brown, Ace Norton, Rob Schrab, Laurent Briet, Josh Victor Rothstein, Keith Schofield, Lance Bangs.
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Nick Harmer as Nick Harmer |
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Jason McGerr as Jason McGerr |
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Chris Walla as Chris Walla |
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Benjamin Gibbard as Benjamin Gibbard |
| Editing | Robert Ryang | Editor |
| Directing | Aaron Stewart-Ahn | Director |
| Camera | Tarin Anderson | Director of Photography |
| Directing | P.R. Brown | Director |
| Directing | Cat Solen | Director |
| Directing | Lightborne | Director |
| Directing | Autumn de Wilde | Director |
| Directing | Monkmus | Director |
| Directing | Jeffrey Brown | Director |
| Visual Effects | Eliza Kinkz | Animation |
| Directing | Ace Norton | Director |
| Directing | Rob Schrab | Director |
| Directing | Laurent Briet | Director |
| Directing | Josh Victor Rothstein | Director |
| Directing | Keith Schofield | Director |
| Directing | Lance Bangs | Director |
| Sound | Benjamin Gibbard | Music |
| Sound | Nick Harmer | Music |
| Sound | Chris Walla | Music |
| Sound | Jason McGerr | Music |