Emil Nava

Emil Nava
Born
Emil William Capper Nava

(1985-03-29) 29 March 1985 (age 39)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationMusic video director
Websiteemilnava.com

Emil William Capper Nava (born 29 March 1985)[1] is a British music video director.[2]

After leaving school at 16, Emil started his career as a chef. He shot to fame after directing Jessie J's song "Do It Like A Dude".[3] He has since directed over 100 music videos for global musicians such as Jessie J, LunchMoney Lewis, Calvin Harris, Jennifer Lopez, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, Alesso, Juicy J, Ed Sheeran, Zara Larsson, PrettyMuch, Nick Jonas, Bebe Rexha, Camila Cabello, Liam Payne, Charlie Puth, Julia Michaels, Hailee Steinfeld, Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, Pharrell, T.I., Ne-Yo, Taio Cruz, Rudimental and Post Malone among others.[4] In 2019, Emil founded Ammolite, Inc., a creative and production studio in Los Angeles, California.

He is the younger half-brother of fellow director Jake Nava.

  1. ^ "Director Info – Emil Nava". UKBizDB. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Cameron (29 January 2013). "Emil Nava Exclusive Interview". FemaleFirst Ltd. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ Lilia Diu, Nisha (8 May 2011). "Jessie J: 'I've been with boys and I've been with girls'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. ^ Gottlieb, Steven (10 February 2015). "The Videostatic Interview: Emil Nava, director". VideoStatic. Steven J. Gottlieb & VideoStatic.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.