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EDUCATION Educated at Gresham's School , Holt , in the East of England and the University Of Bath , Dick began to train as an Architect before pursuing a career in the record business. He has studied Mime and is also a graduate of Judith Weston's ''Acting for Directors'' class. CAREER Before success in the music and film industries, Dick worked as an architectural draughtsman, a clerk, a Busker , a cab driver, a construction worker, a farm labourer, a motorcycle messenger, a salesman, a waiter, and served a spell in the Sewage Division of the Anglian Water Authority. He began his career in the record business with jobs for Stiff Records , where he stayed for five years, and then Phonogram Records , another three years. While at Phonogram he directed the original Band Aid video '' Do They Know It's Christmas '', starring Boy George , David Bowie , Phil Collins , Sting , Bono , members of Duran Duran , and others. In 1986, he moved to Los Angeles to direct his first feature film, ''P.I. Private Investigations'' (1987), starring Ray Sharkey and Martin Balsam . Since then, he has directed more than twenty documentaries and feature films and nearly three hundred music videos. In 1986, he co-founded Propaganda Films , which became a major production company for commercials and music videos. The artists and bands Dick has directed to date include Oasis , The Backstreet Boys , Toni Braxton , Good Charlotte , Green Day , Il Divo , Elton John , Ricky Martin , Paul McCartney , Amy Lee , Tina Turner , Celine Dion , R.E.M. , Gloria Estefan , NSync , Pussycat Dolls , and Ozzy Osbourne . AWARDS Dick's film work has won three MTV awards, two Billboard Awards and three MVPA awards. His videos have won a BRIT Award and been nominated for more than twenty MTV Video Music Awards , sixteen Much Music Award s and a Grammy Award . His personal nominations include a Cable Ace Award . In 2000 , the MVPA awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award. SELECTED MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS (AS DIRECTOR)
CREDITS AS DIRECTOR (FEATURE FILMS)
CREDITS AS SCREENWRITER (FEATURE FILMS)
MUSICIAN As a Guitarist , he has released three albums:
TRAVELLER Nigel Dick travels by Bicycle and has made cycle tours in fourteen countries, including the United States , Canada , Mexico , New Zealand , Australia , Thailand , Vietnam , and various states of Europe , including his home country of the United Kingdom . REFERENCES
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