Wayne Isham

Wayne Isham (born December 2, 1958) is an American film director and music video director who has directed films and music videos of many popular artists.

Early life and education Isham was born on December 2, 1958 in Vinita, Oklahoma. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara in the 1970s. While at UC Santa Barbara, David Bowie's music video for "Ashes to Ashes" was released. Costing £250,000, it was the most expensive music video made at the time. Isham has cited this music video as his inspiration to start producing music videos.

In 1998, Isham ventured into feature film directing with 12 Bucks.

Honors and awards Isham, alongside Bon Jovi, was a co-winner of MTV's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 1991.

For Isham's direction of the Spanish-language version of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs", he won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2001 in addition to "Video of the Year" at Premio Lo Nuestro 2001.

At the 16th Annual Music Video Production Association Awards held on May 16, 2007, Isham was awarded The Lifetime Achievement Award at the Orpheum Theatre.

At the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, Isham won numerous awards for Britney Spears's "Piece of Me" music video including the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, and MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video.

Personal life Isham is married with two children. "Soak Up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow 2003 "Out of Control" - Hoobastank "Frantic" - Metallica "The First Cut Is the Deepest" - Sheryl Crow 2004 "Let Me Go" - 3 Doors Down "Days Go By" - Keith Urban "Survival of the Sickest" - Saliva "Don't!" - Shania Twain 2005 "Welcome to Wherever You Are" - Bon Jovi "Mississippi Girl" - Faith Hill "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" - Joss Stone "I Ain't No Quitter" - Shania Twain "Come On, Come In" - Velvet Revolver 2006 "Landing in London" - 3 Doors Down "Seize the Day" - Avenged Sevenfold "If I Didn't Know Any Better" - Alison Krauss and Union Station "It Ends Tonight" - The All-American Rejects "Speak" - Godsmack "It's Not That Easy" - Lemar 2007 "Non Siamo Soli" - Eros Ramazzotti & Ricky Martin "If That's OK with You" - Shayne Ward "Piece of Me" - Britney Spears (Winner of 3 MTV Video Music Awards) "Manda Una Señal" - Maná 2008 "Let Me Be Myself" - 3 Doors Down "The Best Damn Thing" - Avril Lavigne "Forgive Me" - Leona Lewis "Catch Me If You Can" - Boys Like Girls "Your Love Is a Lie" - Simple Plan "Afterlife" - Avenged Sevenfold "In Love with a Girl" - Gavin DeGraw "Light On" - David Cook "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" - Darius Rucker "My Hallelujah Song" - Julianne Hough "Winter Wonderland" - Darius Rucker 2009 "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson "Modern Day Delilah" - Kiss "Broken, Beat & Scarred" - Metallica "It Won't Be Like This for Long" - Darius Rucker "Rusted from the Rain" - Billy Talent "Alright" - Darius Rucker "All The Right Moves" - OneRepublic "Time for Miracles" - Adam Lambert "Resistance" - Muse "Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México" - Metallica 2010 "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias "Nightmare" - Avenged Sevenfold "Sign Your Name" - Sheryl Crow "Summer Day" - Sheryl Crow "Love Left to Lose" - Sons of Sylvia "Beautiful Monster" - Ne-Yo "Champagne Life" - Ne-Yo "One in a Million" - Ne-Yo "Insatiable" - Nadine Coyle "What Do You Got?" - Bon Jovi 2011 "Hollywood Tonight" - Michael Jackson "So Far Away" - Avenged Sevenfold "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour 2012 "These Days" - Foo Fighters "Goodbye in Her Eyes" - Zac Brown Band "Quebec Magnetic" (concert film) - Metallica 2013 "Shepherd of Fire" - Avenged Sevenfold 2014 "Edge of a Revolution" - Nickelback "What Are You Waiting For?" - Nickelback "Nothing But a Heartache" by Neil Diamond "Something Blue" by Neil Diamond 2015 "Irresistible" – Fall Out Boy featuring Demi Lovato 2016 "Church Bells" – Carrie Underwood 2018 "Zombie" - Bad Wolves