Nabil Elderkin was born on February 11,1982 and is an American-born Australian film and music video director and photographer, who is of Iranian and American descent.
14 Facts About Nabil Elderkin
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Nabil Elderkin is mononymously credited as Nabil in his videos.
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Nabil Elderkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an American father and an Iranian mother.
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Nabil Elderkin's family moved to Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia when he was age 2, and he became a naturalised Australian citizen.
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Nabil Elderkin studied at Port Macquarie High School and was a keen sportsman, particularly an avid surfer.
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Nabil Elderkin studied photography and for some years photographed music bands and concerts and Chicago-based DJs.
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Nabil Elderkin had heard a Kanye West mixtape and had tried to contact the rapper by looking up www.
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Three weeks later an executive from Roc-A-Fella Records contacted Nabil Elderkin to tell him the label had just signed Kanye West to a multi-album deal and wanted to know how much he was asking for the domain name.
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John Legend happened to be at the photoshoot which led to the two forming a relationship, and future video work together where Nabil Elderkin introduced Legend to his future wife, Chrissy Teigen.
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Nabil Elderkin's work has appeared in many platforms including advertising, magazine editorials and covers, artist branding, music videos, books, album covers and photojournalism.
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Nabil Elderkin has worked for record labels Capitol Records, Universal Music, Sony, Warner Bros.
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Nabil Elderkin photographed Kanye West's biographical book Glow in the Dark documenting the Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark Tour" in 2008.
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Nabil Elderkin has directed numerous films for Frank Ocean, such as Pyramids, Novacane and Swim Good.
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Nabil Elderkin is a co-creator and producer of the new documentary series Beat Nation.