Bob Giraldi (born January 17, 1939) is an American film and television director known for directing the film Dinner Rush and the music video for Michael Jackson's song "Beat It." His work has garnered many accolades, including several London International Awards, Cannes Advertising Awards, NY International Awards, Addy Awards, Chicago Film Festival Awards and hundreds of Clio Awards. He has also been named one of the "101 Stars Behind 100 Years of Advertising."
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Commercials
Movies
Michael Jackson: Number Ones, Dinner Rush, HIStory on Film, Volume II, Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory, Hiding Out, Club Med, Voyage of the Rock Aliens, National Lampoon's Movie Madness, A Poet Long Ago, Redeploy, Second Guessing Grandma, The Routine, A Conversational Place
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Fact
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Was former creative director of advertising agency DellaFemina & Partners in early 1970s before starting his own production company which has produced and directed close to 3000 commercials, music videos and short films.
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With his jock sensibility, he successfully directed series of very popular Miller Lite commercials in the 1980s, ("More taste, less filling") featuring many famous athletes, plus the much-less athletic Dangerfield, Rodney.
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Film and television director best known for directing the music video for Michael Jackson's song "Beat it".
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Attended Pratt University in Brooklyn, New York on a baseball and basketball scholarship, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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Born to a working-class Italian-American family.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Consensual
2016
Short executive producer completed
Dime Crimes # 34
2015
Short executive producer completed
Directions
2015
Short executive producer completed
People Who Don't Know Me
2014
Short executive producer post-production
Legroom
2013
Short executive producer completed
Bedsteadied
2012
Short executive producer completed
Hide-and-Seek
2012
Short executive producer completed
Cork Man
Short executive producer post-production
Direction-less [Sleepwalking on a Banana Peel]
Short executive producer post-production
Runner
Short executive producer completed
Dreamer
2016/V
Short executive producer
The Hobbyist
2016
Short executive producer
A World Like Ours
2016
Short executive producer
Night Job
2016
Short executive producer
Catching Fireflies
2016
Short executive producer
Severance Pay
2016
Video short executive producer
The Still Life
2016
Short executive producer
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir
2015
Short executive producer
Isolated Incident
2015
Short executive producer
Enigma
2015/I
Short executive producer
Gone Into the Clearing
2015
Short executive producer
Remembrance
2015
Short executive producer
Lady
2015/I
Short executive producer
The Passage
2015/III
Short executive producer
Destiny Jones
2014
Short executive producer
Dilemma
2014
Short executive producer
The Boy Under the Piano
2014
Short executive producer
From Adam
2014
Short executive producer
Oh, Brother
2014
Short executive producer
The Devil in the Doorway
2014
Short executive producer
The Little Violinist
2014
Short executive producer
El Cuco
2013
Short executive producer
Lucky Story
2013
Short executive producer
Redeploy
2013
Short producer
The Fling
2013
Short executive producer
Calaveras
2013
Short executive producer
Quiet on the Set
2013
Short executive producer
Retire for the Evening
2013
Short executive producer
The Pod
2013/II
Short executive producer
The Womb
2013
Short executive producer
Transparent
2013
Short executive producer
Adrift
2012/I
Short executive producer
Blue Beat
2012
Short executive producer
Self Portrait
2012/I
Short executive producer
The Film of a Liar
2012
Short executive producer
Ben's Morning
2012
Short executive producer
Bubble Girl
2012
Short executive producer
A Heart of Gold
2012
Short executive producer
Capone: The Rehearsal
2011
Short producer
Delivery
2011/II
Short executive producer
Everyday
2011/II
Short executive producer
Morse Code
2011
Short executive producer
Nexus
2011
Short executive producer
Losing Grandma
2011
Short executive producer
Defilement
2011
Short executive producer
La Mia Famiglia
2011
Short executive producer
Taxi Cab Teranga
2011
Short executive producer
Friends and Strangers
2011
Short executive producer
Caught Up
2010/I
Short executive producer
Honored
2007
Short executive producer
Luchador Love
2007
Short executive producer
Dinner Rush
2000
producer - uncredited
My Hometown
1984
Short producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
New Year's Eve @ Sunny's
2016
completed
A Conversational Place
Short completed
A Poet Long Ago
2013
Short
Capone: The Rehearsal
2011
Short
The Grey Coat
2010
Short
Second Guessing Grandma
2008
Short
Honey Trap
2005
Short
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
2003
Video documentary video "Beat It"
The Lionel Richie Collection
2003
Video documentary videos "All Night Long", "Running With the Night", "Penny Lover", "Hello", "Ballerina Girl"
Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection
2003
Video video "Love is a Battlefield"
The Routine
2002
Short
Pat Benatar: Best Shots - The Videos
2002
Video video "Love is a Battlefield"
Dinner Rush
2000
The Will Smith Music Video Collection
1999
Video documentary video "Just the Two of Us"
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II
1997
Video documentary video "Beat It"
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory
1995
Video documentary video "Beat It"
The King of Ads
1991
Documentary segment "Dr. Pepper commercial"
Hiding Out
1987
Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection
1986
Video video "Love is a Battlefield"
Club Med
1986
TV Movie
Jean Michel Jarre Rendez-vous Houston: A City in Concert
1986
TV Special
City Boy
1985
TV Movie
Visions of Diana Ross
1985
Video
Pat Benatar: Hit Videos
1984
Video short video "Love is a Battlefield"
Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember
1984
TV Movie documentary
My Hometown
1984
Short
Pat Benatar: Love Is a Battlefield
1983
Video short
Movie Madness
1982
segments "Growing Yourself", "Success Wanters"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Grey Coat
2010
Short
Honey Trap
2005
Short
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II
1997
Video documentary treatment - segment "Beat It"
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory
1995
Video documentary treatment - segment "Beat It"
Pat Benatar: Love Is a Battlefield
1983
Video short written by
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
He's With Me
2016
TV Series
Gibson
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
1984
director: first musical sequence
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Top of the Pops 2
2009
TV Series director - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Pod
2013/II
Short special thanks
Wrestling with Alligators
1998
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
2015
TV Series
Himself
Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection
2003
Video
Himself
The Essential Michael Jackson
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Director 'Beat It'
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2001
Audience Award - Honorable Mention
Sarasota Film Festival
Best Feature
Dinner Rush (2000)
2000
Audience Choice Award
St. Louis International Film Festival
Dinner Rush (2000)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2009
Audience Award
New York City Short Film Festival
Audience Choice Program A
Honey Trap (2005)
2002
Gold Hugo
Chicago International Film Festival
Best Short Film
The Routine (2002)
Known for movies
Dinner Rush (2000) as Producer
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) as Director
Hiding Out (1987) as Director
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) as Director