Wayne Isham

• Name — Wayne Isham • Born — 2 December 1958 • Birthplace — Vinita, Oklahoma, U.S. • Alma Mater — University of California, Santa Barbara • Occupation — Director • Years Active — 1984–present • Children — 2 • Website — http: wayneisham.com/

Isham was born on December 2, 1958 in Vinita, Oklahoma. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara in the 1970s. While at UC Santa Barbara, David Bowie's music video for "Ashes to Ashes" was released. Costing £250,000, it was the most expensive music video made at the time. Isham has cited this music video as his inspiration to start producing music videos.

Isham has worked with artists such as Bon Jovi, Paulina Rubio, Judas Priest, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Journey, Kiss, Roxette, Mötley Crüe, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Whitesnake, David Cook, Simple Plan, Avenged Sevenfold, Pantera, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, Shania Twain, Westlife, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Nickelback, Muse, Keith Urban, Godsmack, OneRepublic, Leona Lewis, Aaliyah, Pink Floyd, Sheryl Crow, Megadeth, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Def Leppard, Darius Rucker, Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin and Nadine Coyle among others. In 1998, Isham ventured into feature film directing with 12 Bucks.

Isham is married with two children.

• 1984 • "Caught in the Act" (cameraman) - Styx • 1985 • "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" - Rosanne Cash • "Smokin' In the Boys Room" - Mötley Crüe • "Home Sweet Home" - Mötley Crüe • "Everybody's Crazy" - Michael Bolton • "Alone Again" - Dokken • 1986 • "Pretty in Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs • "You Know I Love You… Don't You?" - Howard Jones • "You Give Love A Bad Name" - Bon Jovi • "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi • "Point of No Return" - Nu Shooz • "Turbo Lover" - Judas Priest • 1987 • "Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi • "Girls, Girls, Girls" - Mötley Crüe • "Wild Side" - Mötley Crüe • "You're All I Need" - Mötley Crüe • "Never Say Goodbye" - Bon Jovi • "So Emotional" - Whitney Houston • "Heat of the Night" - Bryan Adams • 1988 • "In the Round, in Your Face" (concert film) - Def Leppard • "Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard • "Armageddon It" - Def Leppard • "Miracle Man" - Ozzy Osbourne • "Never Givin Up" - The BusBoys • "Bad Medicine" - Bon Jovi • "Crazy Babies" - Ozzy Osbourne • "Delicate Sound of Thunder" (concert film) - Pink Floyd • "Born to Be My Baby" - Bon Jovi • 1989 • "Dr. Feelgood" - Mötley Crüe • "I'll Be There for You" - Bon Jovi • "Lay Your Hands on Me" - Bon Jovi • "18 and Life" - Skid Row • "Living in Sin" - Bon Jovi • "Kickstart My Heart" - Mötley Crüe • "Rock and a Hard Place" - The Rolling Stones • "Money" - Pink Floyd • 1990 • "What It Takes" (concept version) - Aerosmith • "Now You're Gone" - Whitesnake • "Black Cat" - Janet Jackson • "Painkiller" - Judas Priest • "A Touch of Evil" - Judas Priest • "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" - Mötley Crüe • "Almost Hear You Sigh" - The Rolling Stones • 1991 • "Enter Sandman" - Metallica • "Operation: Livecrime" (concert film) - Queensrÿche • "Spending My Time" - Roxette • "Church of Your Heart" - Roxette • "Wasted Time" - Skid Row • 1992 • "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" - Def Leppard • "Rest in Peace" - Extreme • "Symphony of Destruction" - Megadeth • "Wherever I May Roam" - Metallica • "Sad but True" - Metallica • "(Do You Get) Excited?" - Roxette • 1993 • "Bed of Roses" - Bon Jovi • "Freakit" - Das EFX • "Long Way from Home" - Johnny Gill • "Sweating Bullets" - Megadeth • "99 Ways to Die" - Megadeth • "Whatzupwitu" - Eddie Murphy featuring Michael Jackson • "Bumped" - Right Said Fred • 1994 • "I Am I" - Queensrÿche • "5 Minutes Alone" - Pantera • "Train of Consequences" - Megadeth • "A Tout Le Monde" - Megadeth • "Night Moves" - Bob Seger • 1995 • "Don't Cry" - Seal • "You Are Not Alone" - Michael Jackson • "Water Runs Dry" - Boyz II Men • 1996 • "When You Love a Woman" - Journey • 1997 • "Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town" - Jon Bon Jovi • "Shout It Out Loud" (Live From Tiger Stadium) - Kiss • "Cunning Stunts" (concert film) - Metallica • "Havana" - Kenny G • 1998 • "Miami" - Will Smith • "Because of You" - 98 Degrees • "Cruel Summer" - Ace of Base • "Got You (Where I Want You)" - The Flys • "Fuel" - Metallica • "Hard Times Come Easy" - Richie Sambora • "La Bomba" - Ricky Martin • "Vuelve" - Ricky Martin • "The Cup of Life" - Ricky Martin • 1999 • "I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys • "Real Life" - Bon Jovi • "Promises" - Def Leppard • "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Meredith Brooks • "Livin' la Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin • "Shake Your Bon-Bon" - Ricky Martin • "Swear It Again" (U.K. version) - Westlife • "S&M" - Metallica • "Touched" - VAST • 2000 • "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" - 98 Degrees • "I Do (Cherish You)" - 98 Degrees • "The Hardest Thing" - 98 Degrees • "The Way You Want Me To" - 98 Degrees • "Try Again" - Aaliyah • "She Bangs" - Ricky Martin • "I Disappear" - Metallica • "Bye Bye Bye" - NSYNC • "It's Gonna Be Me" - NSYNC • "It's My Life" - Bon Jovi • "Say It Isn't So" - Bon Jovi • "Thank You For Loving Me" - Bon Jovi • 2001 • "Pop" - NSYNC • "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" - Blu Cantrell • "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" - Britney Spears • "Forever" - Kid Rock • "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" - Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera • 2002 • "Father and Daughter" - Paul Simon • "The One You Love" - Paulina Rubio • "Extreme Ways" – Moby • "Extreme Ways (The Bourne Identity version)" – Moby • "Soak Up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow • "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow • 2003 • "Out of Control" - Hoobastank • "Frantic" - Metallica • "The First Cut Is the Deepest" - Sheryl Crow • 2004 • "Let Me Go" - 3 Doors Down • "Days Go By" - Keith Urban • "Survival of the Sickest" - Saliva • "Don't!" - Shania Twain • 2005 • "Welcome to Wherever You Are" - Bon Jovi • "Mississippi Girl" - Faith Hill • "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" - Joss Stone • "I Ain't No Quitter" - Shania Twain • "Come On, Come In" - Velvet Revolver • 2006 • "Landing in London" - 3 Doors Down • "Seize the Day" - Avenged Sevenfold • "If I Didn't Know Any Better" - Alison Krauss and Union Station • "It Ends Tonight" - The All-American Rejects • "Speak" - Godsmack • "It's Not That Easy" - Lemar • 2007 • "Non Siamo Soli" - Eros Ramazzotti & Ricky Martin • "If That's OK with You" - Shayne Ward • "Piece of Me" - Britney Spears (Winner of 3 MTV Video Music Awards) • "Manda Una Señal" - Maná • 2008 • "Let Me Be Myself" - 3 Doors Down • "The Best Damn Thing" - Avril Lavigne • "Forgive Me" - Leona Lewis • "Catch Me If You Can" - Boys Like Girls • "Your Love Is a Lie" - Simple Plan • "Afterlife" - Avenged Sevenfold • "In Love with a Girl" - Gavin DeGraw • "Light On" - David Cook • "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" - Darius Rucker • "My Hallelujah Song" - Julianne Hough • "Winter Wonderland" - Darius Rucker • 2009 • "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson • "Modern Day Delilah" - Kiss • "Broken, Beat & Scarred" - Metallica • "It Won't Be Like This for Long" - Darius Rucker • "Rusted from the Rain" - Billy Talent • "Alright" - Darius Rucker • "All The Right Moves" - OneRepublic • "Time for Miracles" - Adam Lambert • "Resistance" - Muse • "Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México" - Metallica • 2010 • "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias • "Nightmare" - Avenged Sevenfold • "Sign Your Name" - Sheryl Crow • "Summer Day" - Sheryl Crow • "Love Left to Lose" - Sons of Sylvia • "Beautiful Monster" - Ne-Yo • "Champagne Life" - Ne-Yo • "One in a Million" - Ne-Yo • "Insatiable" - Nadine Coyle • "What Do You Got?" - Bon Jovi • 2011 • "Hollywood Tonight" - Michael Jackson • "So Far Away" - Avenged Sevenfold • "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour • 2012 • "These Days" - Foo Fighters • "Goodbye in Her Eyes" - Zac Brown Band • "Quebec Magnetic" (concert film) - Metallica • 2013 • "Shepherd of Fire" - Avenged Sevenfold • 2014 • "Edge of a Revolution" - Nickelback • "What Are You Waiting For?" - Nickelback • "Nothing But a Heartache" by Neil Diamond • "Something Blue" by Neil Diamond • 2015 • "Irresistible" – Fall Out Boy featuring Demi Lovato • 2016 • "Church Bells" – Carrie Underwood • 2018 • "Zombie" - Bad Wolves