Wes Edwards
Wes Edwards is a music video and commercial director. He has directed over 150 official music videos in various genres from country to EDM. He has created multiple videos for Brothers Osborne, Dierks Bentley, Dash Berlin, and Emma Hewitt. In 2020 he co-founded production company Strange Arcade. In 2022 he directed the documentary series American Anthems with Academy and Emmy award winning Believe Entertainment Group for PBS.
Edwards has won two CMA Video Of The Year awards for videos he directed. He has won Three ACM awards for Video Of The Year, two as a director and one as a producer. In addition, he has won an award for CMT Video Of The Year and a GMA Dove Award for Video Of The Year.
He had two videos in Billboard Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of the Decade (all genre) 2010-2020.
Music videos directed
Awards
Year | Video | Artist | Category | Result |
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2007 | "Amarillo Sky" | Jason Aldean | ACM Music Video of The Year | Nominated |
CMT Best Music Video | Nominated | |||
CMT Music Video Director of The Year | Nominated | |||
2010 | "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" | Thompson Square | CMT Best Duo Video | Nominated |
CMT Breakthrough Video | Nominated | |||
2011 | "I Got You" | Thompson Square | CMT Best Duo Video | Won |
2014 | "Drunk On A Plane" | Dierks Bentley | CMA Video of The Year | Won |
ACM Video of The Year | Won | |||
2015 | "Humble And Kind" | Tim McGraw | CMT Music Video of The Year | Won |
CMA Video of The Year | Nominated | |||
2017 | "Aint My Fault" | Brothers Osborne | CMA Video Of The Year | Won |
ACM Video of The Year | Won | |||
"Different For Girls" | Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King | CMT Video of The Year | Nominated | |
CMT Collaborative Video of The Year | Nominated | |||
References
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