Tony Kaye (born 1952, London, United Kingdom) is a director of films, music videos, advertisements and documentaries.
Kaye is a director of music videos, including the video for "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum, which won a Grammy Award; "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers; "What God Wants" by Roger Waters; and "Help Me" and "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash.
His only feature film to date is American History X (1998), a drama about r...
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Tony Kaye (born 1952, London, United Kingdom) is a director of films, music videos, advertisements and documentaries.
Kaye is a director of music videos, including the video for "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum, which won a Grammy Award; "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers; "What God Wants" by Roger Waters; and "Help Me" and "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash.
His only feature film to date is American History X (1998), a drama about racism. Kaye was not happy with the film as released; He says that he was largely excluded from the cutting process and claims, among other, that co-star Edward Norton re-edited the film to give himself more screen time. Norton was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in American History X; however, Kaye feels that if they had let him finish the movie his way, Norton would have won the Academy Award. He attempted to remove his name from the credits and use the traditional pseudonym Alan Smithee. After the...
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