Nick DenBoer

ABOUT NICK DENBOER

Film and music video director best known for directing several music videos for the Canadian electronic music artist Deadmau5 , beginning with "Monophobia" in 2018. He later directed the music videos for his songs "Drama Free," which featured pop singer Lights , and "Pomegranate," which was a collaboration with the songwriting/production duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo , known collectively as The Neptunes.

He briefly attended the Ontario College of Art and Design. After dropping out 2 years into his attendance, he founded a construction company in Toronto. Video production and animation, which he had previously done only as a side gig, became his primary focus in 2009 when he created the video production company Generic Versatility, Inc.

He received a Prism Prize Audience Award nomination in 2019. The following year, he won a Webby Award for "Best Use of Social Media 2020." He was also nominated for a Juno Music Video of the Year Award in 2021.

He is married to Leanne O'Brien.

He worked as a visual effects artist for the Flying Lotus music video "Fire is Coming," which featured director David Lynch . From 2012 to 2015, he worked as a producer of satirical sketches for late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien .