Biography

Alan Calzatti was born in Moscow, the son of a Director of Photography and grandson of a Director. His family immigrated to Israel at the age of six where his father filmed documentaries in their new country and throughout the war torn Middle East. Upon immigrating to Los Angeles and shortly after high school, Alan directed and produced numerous industrials as well as films for the home video market. A few years later, he made the transition into music videos with the rap group, Compton's Most Wanted.

Alan co-founded Sputnik Films (previously known as Calzatti/Clark Productions) with producing partner Jeff Clark in 1990, and what followed was a collaboration that spanned over 250 music videos and commercials for both the US and international markets. His past clients include: Universal Music Group, Sony, Atlantic, EMI, A&M, East West, American, Warner Bros., Jive, Hollywood Records and BMG/RCA to name a few.

In 1996, Alan received the MTV Viewer's Choice Award for the Backstreet Boys "Get Down." A year later Alan repeated that success with N'Sync which climbed to the top of the European charts.

More recently, Alan Calzatti shot the critically-acclaimed, feature documentary Heima - a film by Sigur Ros for Dean DeBlois (director of How to Train Your Dragon) and worked together again for a long play, music video DVD for Sigur Ros lead singer Jonsi's first solo CD.

His professional experience has provided him with the expertise in the creative and technical aspects of directing, shooting, editing, grading and creating VFX.
- IMDb mini biography by: Barmak Behdadnia