List of filmmakers that directed music videos of songs for Academy Award nominated movies: An Oscar Legends spin-off list

80 items • Updated 5/5/2026
For that is not on this list is somethings both related and not related to this topic are video game to publishing companies that had famous product placement in or did tie-ins to Academy Award nominated movies that are:

* Interplay Entertainment (Total Recall and Waterworld) * Ubisoft (The Fifth Element, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Emperor's New Groove, Ice Age, King Kong, Surf's Up, Avatar and The Adventures of Tintin) * JumpStart Games (Quest for Camelot, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World) * D3 Publisher (Coraline and The Croods) * Titus Interactive (Dick Tracy and Quest for Camelot) * Psygnosis (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Toy Story and A Bug's Life) * Argonaut Games (Days of Thunder, The Emperor's New Groove and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) * TDK Mediactive Inc. (Shrek and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) * Take-Two Interactive Entertainment (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) * High Voltage Software (Lilo & Stitch, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Iron Man 2) * Crave Entertainment (Babe: Pig in the Big City) * SouthPeak Games (Men in Black) * The 3DO Company (Jurassic Park) * Sunsoft (Platoon, Batman and The Mask of Zorro) * Data East (Robocop) * Digital Bros/505 Games (Top Gun: Maverick) * Universal Interactive Studios (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) * Fox Interactive (Independence Day, Anastasia and Ice Age) * Post Consumer Brands (The Polar Express) * Keebler Company (Spider-Man 2) * Ferrero SpA (Despicable Me 2, Big Hero 6, Inside Out, Zootopia, Moana, Frozen II and Avatar: The Way of Water) * Pepperidge Farm (Toy Story 4 and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) * Conagra Brands (Surf's Up) * KFC (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Superman Returns and F1) * Wendy’s (Quest for Camelot, American Beauty, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) * Jack in the Box (Meteor, Total Recall and Babe) * Sbarro (The Godfather) * Papa John's (Superman Returns) * Little Caesars (The Batman) * Dairy Queen (About Schmidt and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) * Denny's (Drive, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Solo: A Star Wars Story) * Applebee's (Ad Astra and Top Gun: Maverick) * Panda Express (Turning Red) * Piggly Wiggly (Bugonia) * Ralph’s and ampm (Die Hard) * 7-Eleven (Back to the Future Part II, Sherlock Holmes and Jurassic World: Rebirth) * Toys 'R' Us (Back to the Future and Cars) * Hakusensha (La Maison en Petits Cubes) * Viz Media (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Cruella and Turning Red) * Yen Press (Big Hero 6 and Mirai) * Boom! Studios (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two) * Titan Publishing Group (Blade Runner 2049 and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) * IDW Publishing (Monster House, Transformers and Star Trek) * Dynamite Entertainment (Django Unchained, The Lone Ranger, No Time to Die and Zootopia 2) * Papercutz/Mad Cave Studios (Trolls and Inside Out 2) * Tokyopop ("Monsters, Inc.", Finding Nemo, Shrek 2, The Incredibles and Cars) * eBay.com (Ralph Breaks the Internet) * Aflac (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Up and Toy Story 3) * State Farm (Inside Out) * Progressive Corporation (Despicable Me 2) * Instagram (No Time to Die) * Facebook (The Social Network, No Time to Die and Black Box Diaries)

Newest update: I am now adding directors that made commercials for tie-ins to Academy Award nominate movies now.

New Newest update: I will now add the production companies of the music videos of the songs or commercials of the tie-ins to the Academy Award nominated movies that also produced different Academy Award nominated movies that are:

* Propaganda Films (Top Gun, Dirty Dancing, The Princess Bride, Rain Man, Batman, Black Rain, Dick Tracy, Days of Thunder, Sabrina, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Music of the Heart) * A Band Apart (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Training Day, The Wild Thornberrys Movie and Spider-Man) * DNA Productions/Reel FX Creative Studios (Bulworth, Armageddon and Life) * Anonymous Content (Trolls) * Cosgrove Hall Films/Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment (Batman Forever) * Scott Free Productions (Skyfall)
1Paul Thomas AndersonPaul Thomas Anderson
Director
2David FincherDavid Fincher
Producer
3Gus Van SantGus Van Sant
Director
4Michel GondryMichel Gondry
Director
5Mike FiggisMike Figgis
Director
6Dion BeebeDion Beebe
Cinematographer
7Diane KeatonDiane Keaton
Actress
8Michael BayMichael Bay
Producer
9Antoine FuquaAntoine Fuqua
Producer
10F. Gary GrayF. Gary Gray
Director
11Ted DemmeTed Demme
Director
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Albert Magnoli
Director
13Brett RatnerBrett Ratner
Producer
14Catherine HardwickeCatherine Hardwicke
Director
15Richard BaskinRichard Baskin
Composer
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Kevin Godley
Director
17Len WisemanLen Wiseman
Producer
18Trudie StylerTrudie Styler
Actress
19Kenny OrtegaKenny Ortega
Director
20David YaroveskyDavid Yarovesky
Director
21Steve BarronSteve Barron
Director
22Mark RomanekMark Romanek
Director
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David Hogan
Director
24Phil JoanouPhil Joanou
Director
25Scott MarshallScott Marshall
Actor
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Geoffrey Edwards
Director
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Peter Sinclair
Cinematographer
28Anton CorbijnAnton Corbijn
Director
29Julien TempleJulien Temple
Director
30Mary LambertMary Lambert
Director
31Steve CarrSteve Carr
Director
32Francis LawrenceFrancis Lawrence
Director
33Marc WebbMarc Webb
Producer
34Bille WoodruffBille Woodruff
Director
35Kevin BrayKevin Bray
Director
36Floria SigismondiFloria Sigismondi
Director
37Rupert WainwrightRupert Wainwright
Director
38Joseph KahnJoseph Kahn
Director
39Doug NicholDoug Nichol
Director
40Dominic SenaDominic Sena
Director
41Nigel DickNigel Dick
Director
42Benny BoomBenny Boom
Director
43Darren GrantDarren Grant
Director
44Oley SassoneOley Sassone
Cinematographer
45Bill FishmanBill Fishman
Director
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Philip G. Atwell
Director
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Dave Meyers
Director
48Marcus NispelMarcus Nispel
Director
49Andrew MorahanAndrew Morahan
Director
50Jonas ÅkerlundJonas Åkerlund
Director
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