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Zach Merck

Hey Buddy!!!

About Me

This is some of the work that I have done...DORITOS SUPERBOWL 2008 - LANDON AUSTIN "Waitin"BLUE OCTOBER - "Into the Ocean" ***my classicESCAPE THE FATE - "Situations"SHADOWS FALL - "Redemption" BEST BAND EVER HANDS DOWNI love my wife Amanda, my mom and sister, my family, my fucking friends true til death, my support at @radical media, the ride, the visuals, music that rips my brains out, the endless fight, the unexplained or unexpected, the darkness in the back of the closet, real characters, anamorphic lenses, vibrant color, creativity and collaboration, real voices, and a good cold budweiser times twenty. Sometimes I dig it, some days I wanna give up. And I miss my Dad more every day - that shared time will never be replaced, and I wish everyday I had talked to you just a little bit more when I took your time for granted....xo

My Interests

Amanda, my Family and Friends, Music, Movies, Music Videos, Hardcore shows, Killer epic concerts you remember for years, Photography, Art

I'd like to meet:

Met her. and Kurt Russell.

Music:

Slayer, SHADOWS FALL, BLUE OCTOBER (we did it guys), Fugazi, Smiths, Morrissey, Cure, Escapet the Fate, Demonhunter, Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Strife, Earth Crisis, Rites of Spring, Manowar, Handoverfist, Age of Reason, YOT, Inside Out, Rage, 30 Seconds (yeah Wachter), Minor Threat, BAD RELIGION, Rise Against, SKOH, Air Supply, Angels and Airwaves, Cro Mags, Bad Brains, Neurosis, Overcast, Lamb of God, Tool, Isis, Vaux, Ideel, Hubrubber, Bleeding Through, Bravery, Bloc Party, Blink 182, +44, A7X, Iron Maiden, Hatebreed, JayZ, Tupac, Hot Water Music, Alkaline Trio, Oasis, Cold, Hinder, Life of Agony, Lacuna Coil, Verve, 12 Stones, Goatsnake, Electric Wizard, The Obsessed, pretty much all cheesy hair metal like White Lion (i am from jersey), Black Flag, In Flames, POD, Pixies, Pet Shop Boys, Lionel Ritchie, Dropkicks, American Nightmare, Last of the Believers, Turning Point, Lifetime, NOFX, Tiger Army, Collective Soul, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, and the mighty Converge. Tons more.

Movies:

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (perfect movie), Punk Like Me, Transformers, Star Wars, Children of Men, Big Fish (miss you Dad), Predator, Heat, Goodfellas, Conan The Barbarian, Die Hard, Incredibles, Poltergeist, Texas Chainsaw, Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, Anchorman, Tommy Boy, Talladega Nights, Pootie Tang, Untouchables, Scarface, Legend, Alien, Blade Runner, Enemy of the State (first job in the wood), Flash Gordon, Beverly Hills Cop, Goonies, Lost Boys, Evil Dead 2, Top Gun, Scarface, Carlitos Way (carlito, i cant walk....cant ump...) Exorcist, Krull, Superman Returns and the originals, Rocky and Rambo, The Thing, Bullitt, Breakfast Club and anything John Hughes, Escape from NY, Basquiat, Shawshank, and of course BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Tons more. Ready to make one...

Television:

Family Guy. Simpsons. Miami Ink. Magnum. Miami Vice. Threes Company (the three roomates are confused again!). Happy Days. Iconoclasts. My shit.

Books:

The Dirt. Stephen King. Scandal infused biographies. Anything music related. Anything scifi and twisted.

Heroes:

Amanda Merck, my Mum and Dad, Jessica. Matt. Nathan. Mario. Kevin. Kalvert. Gary. Pike. Poorman. Rev. Labisi. Evan, Raul, SS, Jennifer. Calitri. Bryman, Raul, Steve, Bo. Mick. Mr. Fair, Jake, Ketil and the rest of the team. You all fucking rule. And with Rev as an influence, WILE E COYOTE. Who gets fucked that much, but keeps getting back up? No one. Then, as artistic inspiration - Mann, Cox, Mares, Karr, Scorcese, Spielberg, Singer, Rohde, Stanley, Fincher, Milk, Meyers, Toll, Raimi, Cuaron, Khondji, Labisi, Dietrichson, Richardson, and the Scotts.

My Blog

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES and the GRAMMIES

Hey Everybody. Super stoked. Tomorrow during the sunday afternoon NFL games will be the premiere of the new commercial campaign i just directed for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. I got to spend the last month...
Posted by Zach Merck on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:00:00 PST

My new CISCO campaign!

Hey Everybody. Super stoked because the Cisco commercial and content campaign i just finished up has gone live on both television and the internet. Over the past month, I shot four complete campaign...
Posted by Zach Merck on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:34:00 PST

Whirlwind of a week....

This week was awesome. On Tuesday I shot the super popular punk band ESCAPE THE FATE for their new killer single "Situations", with Christopher Pearson as my DP. The concept is an updated punk rock ...
Posted by Zach Merck on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:05:00 PST

TNA IMPACT!!

This is the Spike TV short I directed, featuring wrestler Kurt Angle. Super campy and fun. Check it out! The more hits we get, the better....http://www.ifilm.com/video/2884382/show/20271Get ready t...
Posted by Zach Merck on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:39:00 PST

BAD RELIGION in Vegas!

I just wrapped up directing a concert for BAD RELIGION in Vegas for my MySpace show THE LIST, and needless to say, it was unbelievable. I was lucky enough to direct their concert film - BAD RELIGION ...
Posted by Zach Merck on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:06:00 PST

COLLECTIVE SOUL!

Shot the reunion of COLLECTIVE SOUL last week. I have to say, I am a bigger fan now than ever. Its funny, because I remember all the biggest hits that plagued the radio when I was much younger, but ...
Posted by Zach Merck on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:47:00 PST

MYSPACE THE LIST!

If you have a free moment, head on over to the "music" section and check out THE LIST. We just shot LCD Soundsystem in Philly.FORT AWESOME - ie: me and Nathan Cox - have been doing this show for a ye...
Posted by Zach Merck on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:11:00 PST

TIGER ARMY "Forever Fades Away" video

I was totally stoked to do this video. TIGER ARMY is a band that has slowly but surely grown to immense popularity in the last decade, so to be able to work with them was just awesome. I shot last T...
Posted by Zach Merck on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:09:00 PST

SPIKE TV WRESTLING PROMO

Havent updated in some time. Been doing a lot of super cool stuff - commercials, music videos, and long form.In April I had the chance to shoot a long form promo for Total Nonstop Action on Spike TV....
Posted by Zach Merck on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:02:00 PST

SHADOWS FALL REDEMPTION VIDEO

I just received some good news. We just wrapped up the epic new video for SHADOWS FALL for the first single "Redemption" - the Bands major label debut on Atlantic. In it we combine animation with re...
Posted by Zach Merck on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:31:00 PST