Nima Nourizadeh

Nima Nourizadeh (Persian: نیما نوری‌زاده; born on 12 November 1977) is a British-Iranian film, music video, and commercials director. Nourizadeh is the son of political activist Alireza Nourizadeh and his siblings are electronic music producers Omid 16B and Navid.

Nima Nourizadeh
Born	(1977-11-12) 12 November 1977 (age 47) London, England
Nationality	British/Iranian
Alma mater	Central Saint Martins
Occupation(s)	Film director, music video director, commercial director
Years active	2003–present
Known for	Project X

Career

Nourizadeh has directed music videos for Dizzee Rascal, Pink Grease, Franz Ferdinand, Bat for Lashes, Santigold, Hot Chip, Yelle and Lily Allen. In 2008, he won Best Director at the UK Music Video Awards.^[1]  He also directed commercials for Adidas and is currently signed as a commercial director at international production company SMUGGLER.^[2]

His debut film, Project X, released in March 2012, was nominated for 3 MTV Movie awards.^[3] His second film was the 2015 action comedy American Ultra, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Connie Britton, John Leguizamo, and Topher Grace.

Nourizadeh directed two episodes of the second season of Gangs of London, a British action-crime drama television series for AMC.^[4]

Filmography

Film

• Project X (2012)
• American Ultra (2015)

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Star Wars: Adidas Originals - Cantina 2010	Television Commercial
2020	Little America	Episode: "The Rock"
2022	The Wilds	2 Episodes
2022	Gangs of London	2 Episodes
2023	Warrior	Episode: "Exactly the Wrong Time to Get Proud"
2024	The Gentlemen	2 Episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2003	"Rhythm Bandits"	Junior Senior	With Simon Owens (The Imaginary Tennis Club)	[5][6]
	"Jus' a Rascal"	Dizzee Rascal		[7][8]
2004	"The pink G.R.Ease"	Pink Grease		[9][10]
	"Birth, School, Work, Death"	Manhead		[11]
	"Playboy"	Hot Chip		[12][13]
	"Radio"	Ludes		[14]
2005	"Love Is A Number"	White Rose Movement	version 1	[15][16]
	"The Drill"	The Drill		[17]
	"Good Weekend"	Art Brut		[18]
	"Do the Whirlwind"	Architecture in Helsinki	version 2 (UK)	[19][20]
	"Hoodie"	Lady Sovereign		[21]
2006	"Over and Over"	Hot Chip		[22][23]
	"Salvador"	Jamie T	Both versions	[24][25][26]
	"My Patch"	Jim Noir		[27]
	"Sheila"	Jamie T		[28]
	"Colours"	Hot Chip		[29]
	"LDN"	Lily Allen		[30]
	"Carlights"	Pink Grease		[31][32]
	"Littlest Things"	Lily Allen		[33]
2007	"Calm Down Dearest"	Jamie T		[34][35]
	"Our Velocity"	Maxïmo Park		[36]
	"Me and My Imagination"	Sophie Ellis-Bextor		[37]
	"Oh My God"	Mark Ronson ft. Lily Allen	Kaiser Chiefs cover	[38]
	"A cause des garçons"	Yelle	À Caus' des Garçons cover	[39]
	"Bonafied Lovin"	Chromeo		[40][41]
2008	"Ready for the Floor"	Hot Chip		[42]
	"L.E.S. Artistes"	Santigold		[43][44]
	"Ladies of the World"	Flight of the Conchords		[45]
	"Rat Is Dead (Rage)"	CSS		[46][47]
2009	"Pearl's Dream"	Bat for Lashes		[48]
	"No You Girls"	Franz Ferdinand		[49]