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David LaChapelle

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David LaChapelle
Trailer for Dancer
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Dancer (2016)
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By 2011, LaChapelle had a major exhibition of new works at The Lever House in New York and went on to have retrospectives at the Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico, the Hangaram Design Museum in Seoul, and Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague. In the following years, LaChapelle's works were also exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in LA (2012), the Musee de Orse in Paris(2013), and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.(2014). His retrospective at Fotografiska Museet in Sweden (2013), was the largest solo artist show the museum had ever exhibited. In 2014, LaChapelle exhibited his series, "Land Scape" in New York, Vienna, London and Paris. Alongside his solo show at OstLicht Galerie fur Fotografie in Vienna, Austria (2014). Throughout 2015 LaChapelle had exhibitions internationally, including MAC Lima in Peru, Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Chile. In 2016 LaChapelle's work was showcased at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, DSC Gallery in the Czech Republic, at several venues in Montevideo in Uruguay, and at The Edward Hopper House in New York. Other selected museum exhibitions include: the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum in Krakow, the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hanover, Germany,Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto, Palazzo Reale in Milan, the Kunsthaus Wien in Vienna.
BornMarch 11, 1963
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Rize (2005)
    Rize
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2005
    Krumped
    9.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2004
    Guetcha in Off Hiatus (2021)
    Off Hiatus
    Short
    • Director
    • 2021
    Gwen Stefani in No Doubt: It's My Life (2003)
    No Doubt: It's My Life
    7.2
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 2003

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    • Jade: Fantasy
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Daphne Guinness: Time (2024)
      Daphne Guinness: Time
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Guetcha in Off Hiatus (2021)
      Off Hiatus
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Make Love Not Walls (2017)
      Make Love Not Walls
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Britney Spears in Britney Spears Feat. G-Eazy: Make Me (2016)
      Britney Spears Feat. G-Eazy: Make Me
      6.9
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Sergei Polunin in Sergei Polunin: Take Me to Church (2015)
      Sergei Polunin: Take Me to Church
      9.0
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Queen Feat. Michael Jackson: There Must Be More to Life Than This (2014)
      Queen Feat. Michael Jackson: There Must Be More to Life Than This
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Wash the Day Away: Kohler TV Commercial
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Daphne Guinness: Evening in Space
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Happy Accidents (2013)
      Happy Accidents
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Mariah Carey: Almost Home (2013)
      Mariah Carey: Almost Home
      4.6
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Florence and the Machine and Florence Welch in Florence + the Machine: Spectrum (Say My Name) (2012)
      Florence + the Machine: Spectrum (Say My Name)
      7.3
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Elton John: Believe - The Red Piano Version
      6.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2008)
      Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
      6.8
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Elton John: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - The Red Piano Version
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2008

    Producer



    • Domiziano Arcangeli, Robert Axelrod, Jason Davis, Robert Paul Taylor, Vianessa Castaños, and J.D. Driskill in The Bathroom Diaries (2014)
      The Bathroom Diaries
      7.0
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2014
    • Making of Deluge
      Short
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Rize (2005)
      Rize
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2005
    • Krumped
      9.0
      Short
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Clowns in the Hood
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2003

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Madonna in Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009)
      Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
      8.4
      Video
      • still photographer
      • 2009
    • Britney Spears in 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000)
      2000 MTV Video Music Awards
      4.5
      TV Special
      • still photographer
      • 2000
    • Madonna in Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999)
      Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
      8.4
      Video
      • still photographer: cover and back
      • 1999

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    Dancer
    Trailer 1:47
    Dancer

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      • David La Chapelle
    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • March 11, 1963
      • Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    • Other works
      Directed music video for Christina Aguilera feat. Redman, "Dirrty".
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      • 2 Print Biographies
      • 1 Interview
      • 6 Articles

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      Andy Warhol offered him his first professional job, shooting for Interview magazine.
    • Quotes
      My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.

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      62 years old
    • When was David LaChapelle born?
      March 11, 1963
    • Where was David LaChapelle born?
      Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    • How tall is David LaChapelle?
      6 feet 2 inches, or 1.88 meters
    • What is David LaChapelle known for?
      Krumped, Rize, and Off Hiatus

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