Chris Applebaum
@ChrisApplebaum
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Director | Cinematographer | Creative Director | Music Videos, Commercials, Digital | Tons of MTV Awards, Tons of Humility | IG: chrisapplebaum
Los Angeles
Joined January 2012
A few days after its anniversary, and we still can’t believe it’s been 26 years since we released “Closing Time,” a song that forever changed our lives. Gratitude overflows for all of the incredible souls who shaped the record and have supported us!
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I forgot I Directed this video for @JessicaSimpson back in the day. Still looks good!
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I agreed with Britney & this was scrapped.
"Psss throwback to when they wanted me in my pajamas for the Overprotected video but I said … please that’s too sweet, give me some damn clothes 😂👗😳 !!!" — Britney Spears via Instagram.
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Chris Applebaum describes working with Britney Spears on the set of a music video. The music video director says Britney had an unparalleled work ethic, and strived to perfect every shot. @JujuChangABC reports on Britney’s career, relationships and new memoir in #IMPACTonHulu.
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…performed a song solely for me in consideration of a music video. It was incredible. Yet this day with Britney surpassed that just by sheer WTF: how could anyone be that exciting to watch? 🍒
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She was so hot, so focused, and so possessed with inspiration as a performer I forgot I was directing & failed to yell Cut at the end of one take. To put it in context, Prince had me over to the Purple Mansion in Beverly Hills once where he (and his entire band)…
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When people ask me questions like, “what’s your favorite artist you’ve ever worked with?” it’s hard. It’s like asking who’s your favorite child. However, I’ve never witnessed or seen a performance as magnetic or exciting as Britney’s that day.
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The shoot ended when her manager put his hand over the camera lens and directed us to stop shooting. That’s why the scene was edited out in the VEVO version. It wasn’t “on-brand” for marketing despite Britney loving it.
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The Director’s Cut of “I Love Rock N Roll” by @britneyspears 🍒 I’ve seen other versions out there but this is a snippet of the actual, official Director’s Cut. The issue with this cut was the oil/crawling sequence. Britney really loved it but management didn’t.
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Here’s another good (previously unpublished) story about the ILRAR video 🧵
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Director Chris Applebaum recalls finding Britney Spears sitting on the floor with her legs crossed, her makeup smudged, and in tears during the filming of the Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix) music video. She held up her Motorola flip phone and said, 'I can't believe it. Look
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“I was so happy that this person who was the biggest star in the world was everything I wanted her to be and then more.” Me on Britney Spears: https://t.co/qX2Yutjd8t
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Don Coffey Jr, Tom Pappas & John Davis on the set of the "Sucked Out" video at Johnie's Broiler, Downey, CA, 1996. #Superdrag #SuckedOut #DonCoffeyJr #TomPappas #JohnDavis #JohniesBroiler
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Thanks Kavinsky for spending 1,338 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to Trigger. #SpotifyWrapped
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I can’t believe I directed this 18 yrs ago!
18 years ago, natasha bedingfield released ‘unwritten’
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🧨 Stacy’s Mom 🧨
Not Bailey Zappe casually singing along to “Stacy’s Mom” after hopping off the bench to lead back-to-back touchdown drives. 💀
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Amazing
To the best fans in baseball, You make Wrigley Field the Friendly Confines.
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