Michael Salomon

Music video director

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Who is Michael Salomon?

Michael Salomon is an American music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos. His directorial career began when he directed the video for Metallica's "One", which was nominated for "Best Heavy Metal Video" at the MTV awards, established the band nationwide, and was declared one of the "Top 75 Videos Of All Time" in Rolling Stone's critics' poll.

He later won numerous awards, including the CMT "Director of the Year" awards in 1994, 1995 and 1996, Michael again performed his magic, creating memorable and award winning videos for Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Alan Jackson, Lonestar, Brooks & Dunn, over twenty videos for country band Sawyer Brown and countless others. His association with Toby earned Salomon the CMT Flameworthy Awards in 2002, including one for "Director of the Year" and awards in 2003 including "Video of the Year."

Most recently, Salomon teamed up again with Toby and directed the 2008 film Beer For My Horses, which starred Toby Keith, with guest stars Rodney Carrington, and Willie Nelson. Salomon had also directed the music video for "Beer for My Horses" in 2003.

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Also known as
  • Micheal Salomon
  • Michael Saloman
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession

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on July 23, 2013

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