Spawned from the San Fernando Valley, Mike Piscitelli dropped out of ninth grade to pursue skateboarding, hardcore music and teenage girls. He ended up working as an assistant on porn films, which spurred his interest in photography and film. At age eighteen he moved to New York and proceeded to shoot editorials for Dazed & Confused, Another and i-D magazine. He went on to direct the SoCal Summer Campaign for MTV, which earned him a coveted Art Directors Club Award. In 2003, he moved back to Los Angeles to focus on film work and surfing. He soon found himself directing music videos for Iggy Pop, John Frusciante, Linkin Park and The Walkmen, among others. In 2006 he won Pitchfork Media's "Video of the Year" for Bonnie "prince" Billy and Matt Sweeny's "Superwolf"; in 2007 he was voted one of Print magazine's New Visual Artist. He is currently finishing work on a feature length documentary about Ozzy Osbourne, as well as shooting various editorial, advertising and personal projects.
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2k Sports
72andsunny
Analog
Another Magazine
Capitol Records
Columbia Records
Dazed & Confused
Details
Dvs Shoes
Etnies Footwear
Epic Records
Geffen Records
Harpers Bazar
HBO
Hurley
iD Magazine
Inked Magazine
Insight
Interscope Records
Ksubi
Malibu Magazine
Matix Clothing
Mojo Magazine
Mtv
Nike
Nylon
Quiksilver
Sleaze Nation
Sony Music
Stewart + Brown
Stop Smiling Magazine
Vice Magazine
Warner Bros Records