Bob Giraldi
Chair, MPS Film Directing Department, School of Visual Arts; president, film director, GIRALDI MEDIA
Education
BFA, Pratt Institute
Commercial spots include
More than 4,000 commercials, including award-winning campaigns for Freedom Center, McDonald’s, Pepsi-Cola (with Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie), Miller Lite, Chili’s, 2012 Olympics, I Love NY (with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin)
Productions include
Writer, director, short films: The Routine, Second Guessing Grandma, The Grey Coat, Honey Trap, Cambio, Siren. Feature films: Dinner Rush, Hiding Out
Music videos include
Writer, director, “Beat It,” Michael Jackson; “Say, Say, Say,” Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney; “Just the Two of Us,” Will Smith; “Love is a Battlefield,” Pat Benatar; “Hello” and “Running with the Night,” Lionel Richie; “Loaded,” Ricky Martin; “Don’t Drive Drunk,” Stevie Wonder
Collections include
Museum of Modern Art, Baseball Hall of Fame
Awards and honors include
Living Legend Award, Grand Award, gold and silver medals, New York Festivals; Hall of Fame Laureate, Art Directors Club; Gold Lion, Cannes Film Festival; Gold Award, AICP; Gold Award, ADDY; Golden Remi Award, World Fest Houston; People’s Choice Award; CLIO; ANDY;Rolling Stone; Billboard Music Video Award; Hershel Levit Award, Pratt Institute; MTV Video Music Award; “One of 101 Stars Behind 100 Years of Advertising,” Advertising Age; Media Project Shine Award; MoMA New Directors/New Film series