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Chris Applebaum

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Bio

Director // Content Creator // LA // Connoisseur of Surface

Most people know Chris Applebaum as the director of MTV Video of the Year for Rihanna’s “Umbrella” or the infamous Carl’s Jr campaign, which started with Paris Hilton washing a car.

Chris Applebaum was born in Los Angeles and studied Film at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts where he started directing music videos for bands in the burgeoning Indie Alternative Rock scene in the 90's. After seeing one of Applebaum's early videos, MTV offered the 19 year old college student the opportunity to join their On Air Promos department in NYC.

Right before his 22nd birthday, Applebaum became the youngest director to sign with Satellite Films, a division of the legendary Propaganda, where he went on to direct over 250 music videos and garnered multiple MTV Video Music Awards. In 1998 Applebaum's Semisonic video for "Closing Time" was the first video to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and was heralded by MTV as a "Breakthrough" video. His video for Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" was also inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Applebaum has had over 30 Number 1 videos on MTV (Rihanna, Hilary Duff, Britney Spears, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, etc).

Applebaum's commercial for Carl's Jr starring Paris Hilton was rated by BDS Neilsen as the #1 most aired commercial in television history. His 2013 spot, starring model Nina Agdal, garnered over 1 Billion Media Impressions within 3 weeks of it's first airing, as did his spot with Kate Upton.

Applebaum's self-funded Instagram video series, EATS, launched in late 2016 with a swarm of media attention, garnering hundreds of thousands of views in its first month.

Applebaum currently lives in Los Angeles, just a stone's throw away from where his grandparents immigrated from Russia in 1921.

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Los Angeles, California

Website
http://www.chrisapplebaum.com

Instagram Engagement

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For Love & Lemons

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Carl's Jr.

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Links to press and other media related to my influencer work.

  • Nina Agdal Sizzles In New Carl’s Jr. Commercial

  • Why Miley Cyrus’s ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ Became the Osama Bin Laden Death Anthem

  • WATCH THIS BIKINI MODEL EAT RIBS TO METALLICA, BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT

  • The Art of the Hunk-vertisement

  • The Man Famous for Trying to Make Junk Food Sexy

  • Lingerie All Day

  • DEMI LOVATO MEETS TROUBLED KURT COBAIN IN 'HEART ATTACK'

  • Hot Kate Upton Fast Food Commercial Will Break The Internet

  • That Sexed-Up Kate Upton Ad For Carl's Jr. Is Working Incredibly Well

  • Top 25 Sexiest Superbowl Commercials (#2 and #6)!

  • Carl's Jr. Bravely Enters the Immigration Debate

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@forloveandlemons's profile picture

For Love & Lemons

 @forloveandlemons

331     45

1     0

Like

@carlsjr's profile picture

Carl's Jr.

 @carlsjr

254     22

0     0

Links to press and other media related to my influencer work.

  • Nina Agdal Sizzles In New Carl’s Jr. Commercial

  • Why Miley Cyrus’s ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ Became the Osama Bin Laden Death Anthem

  • WATCH THIS BIKINI MODEL EAT RIBS TO METALLICA, BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT

  • The Art of the Hunk-vertisement

  • The Man Famous for Trying to Make Junk Food Sexy

  • Lingerie All Day

  • DEMI LOVATO MEETS TROUBLED KURT COBAIN IN 'HEART ATTACK'

  • Hot Kate Upton Fast Food Commercial Will Break The Internet

  • That Sexed-Up Kate Upton Ad For Carl's Jr. Is Working Incredibly Well

  • Top 25 Sexiest Superbowl Commercials (#2 and #6)!

  • Carl's Jr. Bravely Enters the Immigration Debate

Links to press and other media related to my influencer work.

  • Nina Agdal Sizzles In New Carl’s Jr. Commercial

  • Why Miley Cyrus’s ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ Became the Osama Bin Laden Death Anthem

  • WATCH THIS BIKINI MODEL EAT RIBS TO METALLICA, BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT

  • The Art of the Hunk-vertisement

  • The Man Famous for Trying to Make Junk Food Sexy

  • Lingerie All Day

  • DEMI LOVATO MEETS TROUBLED KURT COBAIN IN 'HEART ATTACK'

  • Hot Kate Upton Fast Food Commercial Will Break The Internet

  • That Sexed-Up Kate Upton Ad For Carl's Jr. Is Working Incredibly Well

  • Top 25 Sexiest Superbowl Commercials (#2 and #6)!

  • Carl's Jr. Bravely Enters the Immigration Debate

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