music video directing portfolio
2024 DIRECTING REEL
CHIP THA RIPPER - "DON'T YOU SEE I'M ON THA PHONE?!"
featuring cameos from Dave Portnoy & Josh Richards of Barstool Sports
and Caleb Shomo of Beartooth
SYLAR - "SHOOK!"
via Hopeless Records
HAIL THE SUN - "ENTERTAINMENT LIES"
via Equal Vision Records
FREDO SANTANA x KING CHIP - "DESTROY"
Exclusive Premiere on WorldStarHipHop
SYLAR - "ASSUME"
via Hopeless Records
ICARUS THE OWL - "DREAM SHADE"
via Blue Swan Records
DREW FISH BAND - "SMALL PRICE TO PAY"
Exclusive Television Premiere on CMT
HAIL THE SUN - RELAX/DIVIDE
via Blue Swan Records
WE CAME AS ROMANS - "A WAR INSIDE"
via Equal Vision Records
Won Award for "Best Live Music Video"
I'm a filmmaker and movie connoisseur obsessed with making music videos. Let's collab on your next project!
Originally from Texas, Cole founded the Austin Film Critics Association in 2005 at the age of 16, developing it into an internationally renowned organization during his eight-year tenure as President. (Entertainment Weekly referred to the group as "wildly contrarian!") As a film critic, he reviewed hundreds of films in magazines, online, and live on TV for networks such as CNN and Fox — all while attending high school and college.
After graduating from the University of Texas, he moved to Los Angeles and began his Hollywood career as a production assistant, working on productions like "Top Chef" and a Kevin Hart pilot while pursuing his passion of directing. He worked for The Gersh Agency, Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures, and under former DreamWorks & HBO studio head Bob Cooper as a Creative Executive.
WRITER
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
Cole was recently commenced by a production company to write a motion picture screenplay.
He has written various feature-length screenplays and television pilots that are currently in development.
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
Cole has directed over one-hundred music videos and promotional pieces for Billboard-charting artists.
Over the past decade, he has traveled
the world as a videographer and photographer for multiple bands.
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DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
Cole produced the acclaimed feature-length documentary, THE KINGDOM WITHIN, and helped broker a sale to Gaia TV's streaming service. The film premiered at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, Africa.
He is currently developing multiple film and television projects, including VIEWER DISCRETION, written by J Pinder.
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