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Ángel Gracia (Caracas) is a Venezuelan-born American film director.〔(nytimes.com )〕 In 2010, Gracia directed his first feature film, ''From Prada to Nada'', which starred Alexa Vega, Camilla Belle, Wilmer Valderrama and Adriana Barraza. The film was nominated for NCLR’s Alma Awards 2011 Best Picture and won two Alma Awards and two Imagen Awards, including Favorite Movie Actress and supporting actress. ==Early career== His career started when he moved from his native Venezuela to Miami to study film and television at Florida International University where he won a Student Academy Awards for his experimental short "The Three Cornered Hat," a flamenco-flavored music video.〔(angelgracia.com )〕 The following year he won an Emmy for his music video "If I Were Alone" for singer song writer John Bauer. Shortly thereafter, in collaboration with Cliff Guest, he won MTV's first-ever music video contest for Madonna’s "True Blue" single, which went to win an Emmy and became one of the network's most requested videos. This video caught the attention of Geffen Records which offered him a contract to direct in-house music videos; which led to a collaboration with hit artist Snap! making 6 of their music videos, including the ground breaking 3D and Motion Controlled video for their hit single "The World in my Hand", which led the giant label BMG Ariola to move him to England to direct videos for some of Europe’s top artists, including Enigma's award winning music video for their single "Out from the Deep", one of the first video fully integrating live action with computer graphics animation. Today, his work includes jobs for globally-known powerhouses like Coca-Cola, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Ford, VW, Dodge, MasterCard, Coors, ING, Schweppes, Snickers and FIAT, and celebrities such as Shaquille O’Neal, soccer legends Kaká and Fabio Capello, as well as actors including Penélope Cruz, Val Kilmer, Terry Crews, Sofia Vergara and Hugh Laurie. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Angel Gracia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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