Brian Lockwood (director)

{{short description|American television director (born 1959)}}
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| birth_date             = {{Birth date and age|1959|05|19}}
| birth_place            = [[Clearwater, Florida]], United States
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| occupation            = Television director, film editor
| years_active           = 1983–present
| spouse                = Tina Lockwood
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| website               = http://brianlockwood.com//
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'''Brian Lockwood''' (born May 19, 1959) is an American television director. He has made numerous music videos for artist such as: [[The Pretenders]], [[Bon Jovi]], [[Metallica]] and [[Mötley Crüe]]. His sports and entertainment specials have included Directing the [[X Games]], running the International master control for [[The Academy Awards]] and directing the "[[Tournament of Roses Parade]]". In 1987 Lockwood founded Broadcast Edit, a [[post-production and studio]] facility operating from [[Southern California]].  He currently resides in Huntington Beach, California with his wife Tina and raises guide dogs for [[Guide Dogs of America]].

==Career==


Lockwood directed [[MTV]]'s "My New BFF  Special" by [[Paris Hilton]], [[Animal Planet]]'s "Trail Mix", and 14 "Miss [[Hawaiian Tropic]] International" pageants. Brian has also directed concert specials and music videos for [[George Strait]], [[Bon Jovi]], [[Cypress Hill]], [[Dave Matthews Band]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]], [[Elton John]], [[Great White]], [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]], Sherly Crow, [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]], [[Linkin Park]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Peter Gabriel|John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel]], [[Pussycat Dolls]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Twisted Sister|The Pretenders, Twisted Sister]], Willie Nelson, [[Van Halen]] and [[Metallica]]. He has also directed 13 [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] commercials and [[Comedy Central]]'s comedy/dating hybrid show "Defending Your Date".

Lockwood has also directed more than 190 episodes of poker programming including [[NBC]]'s "[[Poker After Dark]]" & "[[National Heads-Up Poker Championship]]", "[[Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament]]" for [[Fox Sports Net|FSN]], and the "[[United States Poker Championship]]",“[[Pro-Am Poker Equalizer]]" and "[[The World Series of Poker]]" for [[ESPN]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rumbumstudios.com/brian-lockwood/ | title=Brian Lockwood Director | publisher=Rum Bum Studios | accessdate=May 17, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211174930/http://rumbumstudios.com/brian-lockwood/ | archive-date=February 11, 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also done sports programming for shows such as "Championship Boxing" for [[DSKN]], "[[NASCAR Racing]]" for [[Fox Sports]] and [[Speed Channel]], "[[Supercross]]" for [[CBS]], the "U.S. Pro Ski Tour" for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[TORC: The Off Road Championship]] for [[NBC]], Fox Sports and beIN Sports & and the "Professional Bull Riders Tour" for [[Turner Network Television]]. Lockwood is a member of the Directors Guild of America.

==Awards==
Brian has won many awards, including a ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' "Best Music Video of the Year" Award for his [[Boxing Gandhis]] video, three [[Recording Industry Association of America]] Platinum awards for [[Mötley Crüe]] and [[Eric Clapton]], and has won nine Telly Awards. He has had 7 [[EMMY]], nominations and three wins.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://brianlockwood.com//}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1201539|name=Brian Lockwood}}

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[[Category:American music video directors]]
[[Category:American television directors]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
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