# Robert Hales (director)

Robert Hales is a British graphic designer and music video director. Hales has directed music videos by artists such as Westlife, Bridgit Mendler, Avril Lavigne, Tame Impala, Jet, the Veronicas, Fuel, Stereophonics, the Donnas, Justin Timberlake, Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab For Cutie, Miley Cyrus, Gnarls Barkley, Imagine Dragons and Crowded House. Robert Hales has co-directed the video for Nine Inch Nails' "Starfuckers, Inc.", and he also designed the artwork for the CD single of Nine Inch Nails' "The Day the World Went Away."
On 31 August 2006, Hales received an MTV Video Music Award for directing the Gnarls Barkley single "Crazy".
Robert Hales directed the video to "Kiss You Off" by the Scissor Sisters. Hales directed the groundbreaking music video for Justin Timberlake's "LoveStoned" and Britney Spears' animated video for "Break The Ice". In 2012, he directed the video to "Look Around" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

## Filmography

| Year | Artist | Music Video |
| 1999 | Stone Temple Pilots | "Down" (co-directed with Mark Racco) |
| 2000 | Nine Inch Nails | "Starfuckers, Inc." (co-directed with Marilyn Manson) |
| 2000 | Richard Ashcroft | "Money to Burn" |
| 2002 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | "Love Burns" |
| 2002 | Vex Red | "Can't Smile" |
| 2002 | Kid Rock | You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me |
| 2002 | The Datsuns | "In Love" |
| 2002 | The Donnas | "Take It Off" |
| 2003 | Stereophonics | "Madame Helga" |
| 2003 | Jet | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" |
| 2004 | Switchfoot | "Dare You to Move" |
| 2004 | Jet | "Look What You've Done" |
| 2004 | Elefant | "Misfit" |
| 2005 | Rooster | "Deep and Meaningless" |
| 2005 | Kano featuring Mike Skinner | "Nite Nite" |
| 2005 | Craig David | "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" |
| 2005 | Fort Minor | "Petrified" |
| 2005 | The Veronicas | "Everything I'm Not" |
| 2006 | Craig David | "Unbelievable" |
| 2006 | Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" |
| 2006 | Gnarls Barkley | "Smiley Faces" |
| 2006 | The Panic Channel | "Why Cry" |
| 2006 | Jet | "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" |
| 2006 | Snow Patrol | "Open Your Eyes" |
| 2006 | Oasis | "Acquiesce" |
| 2006 | Pete Yorn | "For Us" |
| 2007 | Gnarls Barkley | "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" |
| 2007 | Justin Timberlake | "LoveStoned" |
| 2007 | Kings of Leon | "Charmer" |
| 2007 | OneRepublic (Timbaland Remix) | "Apologize" |
| 2008 | Jonas Brothers | "When You Look Me in the Eyes" |
| 2008 | Britney Spears | "Break the Ice" |
| 2008 | N.E.R.D | "Spaz" |
| 2008 | Shwayze | "Buzzin'" |
| 2008 | Delta Goodrem | "In This Life" (US version) |
| 2008 | Robin Thicke | "Magic" |
| 2009 | Demi Lovato | "Don't Forget" |
| 2009 | Jeffree Star | "Get Away with Murder" |
| 2009 | Janet Jackson | "Make Me" |
| 2010 | Miley Cyrus | "Can't Be Tamed" |
| 2010 | Miley Cyrus | "Who Owns My Heart" |
| 2010 | Tame Impala | "Lucidity" |
| 2012 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Look Around" |
| 2012 | Soundgarden | "Live to Rise" |
| 2013 | Avril Lavigne | "Here's to Never Growing Up" |
| 2013 | Bridgit Mendler | "Hurricane" |
| 2014 | Lea Michele | "Cannonball" |
| 2014 | Jack White | "Would You Fight for My Love?" |
| 2014 | Chris Lane | "Broken Windshield View" |
| 2014 | Meg Myers | "Go" |
| 2015 | Death Cab for Cutie | "Black Sun" |
| 2015 | Imagine Dragons | "Shots" |
| 2015 | Muse | "Dead Inside" |
| 2015 | Death Cab for Cutie | "The Ghosts of Beverly Drive" |
| 2017 | Morrissey | "Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage" |
| 2017 | Walk the Moon | "One Foot" |
| 2018 | Pale Waves | "Kiss" |
| 2019 | Westlife | "Hello My Love" |
| 2019 | Westlife | "My Blood" |