German film director

Marcus Nispel is a German film director and producer, best known for several high-profile American remakes such as The Texas Chainsaw M*acre, as well as an extensive career in television commercials and music videos. He started a production company with partner Anouk (Frankel) Nora Portfolio Artists Network which later merged with RSA (Ridley Scott *ociates) Black Dog Films to form Portfolio/Black Dog. He also worked at RSA as a commercial director for several years.

Contents

• 1 Early life and career
• 2 Feature career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Film
  • 4.2 Trailers
• 5 Videography
  • 5.1 1990
  • 5.2 1991
  • 5.3 1992
  • 5.4 1993
  • 5.5 1994
  • 5.6 1995
  • 5.7 1996
  • 5.8 1997
  • 5.9 1998
  • 5.10 1999
  • 5.11 2000
  • 5.12 2001
  • 5.13 2006
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life and career

Nispel was born in Frankfurt. He grew up near McNair Barracks and was able to learn English from hanging out with children of soldiers. At the age of 15, he got a job at a boutique called Hessler and Kehrer. When he had his first interview at an American ad agency, he was asked what do Oreos mean, and he realized the importance of understanding American culture, and how working in advertising helped him understand that. He received a Fulbright Scholarship at the age of 20 and attended Brooklyn College and New York Ins*ute of Technology. He was also an art director for Young & Rubicam.

In 2000, Nispel ran a print ad in Shoot for a temporary office in South Africa in the wake of a union strike. The ad depicted an old African woman's breasts with the tagline, "In South Africa, this is what SAG means." The ad was decried by SAG as anti-union and racist, and after an apology was issued from Ridley and Tony Scott, Nispel was forced to resign from RSA, along with two other employees involved with the ad. He later signed to MJZ for commercial work.

Feature career

Nispel was set to make his directorial debut with the film End of Days, but stepped down before shooting due to issues with the budget. He found that films with large budgets would end up not letting him do anything with them. Around the same time, a 64-page manifesto he had written for on-set demands was leaked publicly.

In 2002, Nispel signed on to direct The Texas Chainsaw M*acre. He was initially opposed to remaking the film, but Daniel Pearl, the cinematographer for the original film and regular collaborator with Nispel, convinced him to direct. The film was released on October 17, 2003 to negative reviews but was financially successful, grossing $107 million worldwide.

After directing The Texas Chainsaw M*acre, Nispel signed on to direct a psychological thriller called Need, starring Diane Lane. He picked the film as he wanted something 'diametrically opposed to TCM', but it was never released. Throughout the 2000s and into the 2010s, Nispel would direct several more remakes of prominent genre films, such as Friday the 13th (reuniting him with Platinum Dunes, who made Texas Chainsaw) and Conan the Barbarian. In 2015, Nispel directed the ghost exorcism film Exeter, formerly *led Backmask.

In a 2021 interview, Nispel announced he had retired from film directing, becoming a property developer.

Personal life

He is married to singer/songwriter/commercial editor Dyan Humes-Nispel, who has written songs for various artists including Whitney Houston. They have two children.

Filmography

Film

Trailers

• "Regenerate", a teaser trailer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004).

Videography

1990

• Al B. Sure! – "Had Enuf"
• Curtis Mayfield featuring Ice-T – "Superfly 1990"
• Olé Olé – "Love crusaders"
• Olé Olé – "How Can I Believe You"

1991

• C+C Music Factory – "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
• C+C Music Factory – "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..."
• C+C Music Factory – "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)"
• Divinyls – "Love School"
• Inner City – "Till We Meet Again"
• Joe Jackson – "Obvious Song"
• Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam – "Let the Beat Hit 'Em"
• LL Cool J - "6 Minutes of Pleasure"
• Mantronix – "Don't Go Messin' with My Heart"
• Mariah Carey – "Make It Happen"
• Nia Peeples - "Street of Dreams"

1992

• Faith No More – "A Small Victory"
• Lisa Stansfield – "Someday (I'm Coming Back)"
• Martha Wash – "Give It to You"
• Trey Lorenz – "Photograph of Mary"

1993

• George Michael – "Killer/Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"
• The B-52's – "Good Stuff"
• Billy Joel – "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
• Eternal – "Stay"
• Hi-Five – "Unconditional Love"
• Pauline Henry – "Feel Like Makin' Love"
• Hi-Five – "Never Should've Let You Go"
• Go West – "Tracks of My Tears"

1994

• All-4-One – "I Swear"
• Crystal Waters – "100% Pure Love"
• Fu-Schnickens – "Breakdown"
• Gloria Estefan – "Turn the Beat Around"
• Amy Grant – "House of Love"
• Jade – "Every Day of the Week"
• Tevin Campbell – "I'm Ready"
• Wet Wet Wet – "Love Is All Around"

1995

• Bette Midler – "To Deserve You"
• Janet Jackson – "Runaway"
• Mylène Farmer – "XXL"
• Mylène Farmer – "L'Instant X"
• Elton John – "Believe"
• No Doubt – "Spiderwebs"

1996

• Scorpions – "You and I"
• Fugees – "Ready or Not"
• Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy – "No Time"
• Mylène Farmer – "Comme j'ai mal"
• Luis Miguel – "Dame"
• Herbert Grönemeyer – "Bochum (Live)"

1997

• Elton John – "Recover Your Soul"
• Spice Girls – "Spice Up Your Life"
• Bush – "Greedy Fly"

1998

• Puff Daddy & The Family featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes – "Victory"
• Sunz of Man featuring Ol' Dirty * and Earth, Wind & Fire – "Shining Star"
• Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C – "When You're Gone"

1999

• Terror Squad – "Whatcha Gon' Do"
• Mylène Farmer – "Souviens-toi du jour"
• Bryan Adams – "Cloud Number Nine"
• Nobody's Angel – "If You Wanna Dance"
• Paradise Lost - "So Much is Lost"

2000

• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "So Sad to Say"
• Ronan Keating – "Life Is a Rollercoaster"

2001

• The Charlatans – "Love Is the Key"

2006

• Kyosuke Himuro – "Sweet Revolution"

References

External links

• Official website
• Marcus Nispel at IMDb
• The Hollywood Reporter
• Marcus Nispel at the Music Video Database