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Meiert Avis

Music Video Director 8 videos the 80s to 00s

Irish-born Meiert Avis built his reputation on live-performance aesthetics, most notably with U2's rooftop shoot for "Where The Streets Have No Name" and the stark, single-take intimacy of "With or Without You" (co-directed with Matt Mahurin). He brought a documentary-influenced approach to music video that emphasized raw emotion over effects. After working with Springsteen and U2 in the '80s, he continued directing into the 2000s with artists like Audioslave and Avril Lavigne.

80s
New Year's Day 5:36
U2 — New Year's Day
1983 rock 29M views
Brilliant Disguise 4:15
Bruce Springsteen — Brilliant Disguise
1987 rock 31M views
Tunnel of Love 5:09
Bruce Springsteen — Tunnel of Love
1987 rock 11M views
Where The Streets Have No Name 7:14
U2 — Where The Streets Have No Name
1987 rock 76M views
With or Without You 4:53
U2 — With or Without You
1987 rock 215M views
00s
Like a Stone 5:02
Audioslave — Like a Stone
2003 alternative 1.5B views
My Happy Ending 4:01
Avril Lavigne — My Happy Ending
2004 pop 302M views
Again 3:13
Flyleaf — Again
2009 metal 26M views

Frequent Collaborators

Artists with 2+ videos directed by Meiert Avis

U2
U2 3 videos
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen 2 videos