VFX/Beauty

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Wiz Khalifa feat. Snoop Dogg & Ty Dolla $ign – “You And Your Friends”

Director/Editor/FX: Kurt Nishimura Producer: David Cho DP: Sing Howe Yam EP: Kerri Kleiner Label: Atlantic Records A fun video for Wiz Khalifa feat. Snoop Dogg & Ty Dolla $ign.

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Herb Alpert – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”

Director/Animator: Kurt Nishimura DP: Will DaRosa EP: Kerri Kleiner I had the privilege of directing a music video for the legend Herb Alpert.  It’s a mix of stop animation, rotoscoping, & 2D animation.  All animated artwork is Herb Alpert’s own fine art paintings I animated to life.  Please enjoy!

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OneRepublic – “Burning Bridges” Lyric Video

Director: Kurt Nishimura DP: Ryan Kunkleman Additional Paint FX: Adam Lima Label: Interscope Records Had the privilege of directing this lyric video for OneRepublic.

B.o.B – “So Good”

I helped with the VFX on this music video. The red umbrellas and chairs in the beginning, yeah they all had Coke-a-Cola logos all over them. I painted those puppies out. The video was directed by the great Justin Francis.

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B.o.B feat Andre 3000 – “Play The Guitar”

Director/Animator: Kurt Nishimura Producer: Chris Spanos EP: Kerri Kleiner DP: Sing Howe Yam Make-Up: Kara Lindquist Label: Atlantic Records

Popcaan – “The System”

I worked again with Director Dayo. I colored and did the VFX on this “one take” video. Enjoy.

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Adobe “Magic” Commercial

Adobe “Magic” Commercial from Kurt Nishimura on Vimeo. A decided to do a little fun spec commercial for Adobe. Woman: Kara Lindquist Man: Alex Skinner Runner: Amy Hessler Writer/Director: Kurt Nishimura Producer: Chris Spanos DP: Ryan Kunkleman 1st Asst Camera: Matt Shaw Sound Design/Mixer: Johnny-5 (Johnny Connally) VFX: Kurt Nishimura, Noe Chavez, Kara Lindquist, Matt […]

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Darling Parade – “Never Wrong”

Director: Kurt Nishimura DP: Ryan Kunkleman Producer: Chris Spanos Stylist: Kara Lindquist

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Olivia Broadfield – Silence

Director: Kurt Nishimura Animators: Kurt Nishimura & Matt Shaw

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The Decemberists – “O’Valencia!”

Director: Kurt Nishimura Producer: Johnny Le DP: Spencer Gentz Animation: Adam Long Compositors: Kurt Nishimura, Shirak Agresta, Adam Long

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Jes Hudak – “No One In The World”

Created using fan videos from all around the world. See if you know anyone. Director: Kurt Nishimura  

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Olivia Broadfield- “Don’t Cry”

Created with cut outs of video and animated with construction paper. Every frame was cut out and colored by hand. Thanks to everyone who helped make this crazy video possible. Director: Kurt Nishimura Animators: Kurt Nishimura & Matt Shaw Artists: Brandi Wiklund, Kalina Torino Additional Help: Colbie Corrales, Steph Schuurmans, Ali Konrady, Lindsay Konrady, Shaun […]