Steven Hanft (May 3, 1966) is a film and video director. He is best
known for directing several videos for Beck, most notably "Loser" and
"Where It's At", the latter of which won the MTV Video Music Award for
Best Male Video in 1996.Steven Hanft was born in Ventura, California
where he started making films at age eleven.He studied film at
CalArts, where he made his first feature film, Kill the
Moonlight.Steven Hanft is a writer/director known for original films
and music videos. In 2001, Hanft released his second feature film
Southlander at South by Southwest. The film, featuring cameos by Mark
Gonzales, Beck, Hank Williams III, Billy Higgins, Elliott Smith, and
Royal Trux was shot in two weeks. In 2008, he released his third
feature film, a music documentary Return of the Rub-a-Dub Style, about
the original sound system reggae artists performing in Los Angeles.
The film screened at Anthology Film Archive in New York, and Don't
Knock the Rock Film Festival, in Los Angeles, and was released to DVD
in 2011 on the Stones Throw Records website and Ernie B's Reggae
site.
known for directing several videos for Beck, most notably "Loser" and
"Where It's At", the latter of which won the MTV Video Music Award for
Best Male Video in 1996.Steven Hanft was born in Ventura, California
where he started making films at age eleven.He studied film at
CalArts, where he made his first feature film, Kill the
Moonlight.Steven Hanft is a writer/director known for original films
and music videos. In 2001, Hanft released his second feature film
Southlander at South by Southwest. The film, featuring cameos by Mark
Gonzales, Beck, Hank Williams III, Billy Higgins, Elliott Smith, and
Royal Trux was shot in two weeks. In 2008, he released his third
feature film, a music documentary Return of the Rub-a-Dub Style, about
the original sound system reggae artists performing in Los Angeles.
The film screened at Anthology Film Archive in New York, and Don't
Knock the Rock Film Festival, in Los Angeles, and was released to DVD
in 2011 on the Stones Throw Records website and Ernie B's Reggae
site.
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