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16 Facts About Vincent Paterson

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Vincent Paterson has achieved success worldwide as a director and choreographer.

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Vincent Paterson co-directed and co-choreographed the music video for Jackson's hit "Blood on the Dance Floor".

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Vincent Paterson directed and choreographed the musical sequences in Lars Von Trier's film Dancer in the Dark, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Vincent Paterson has choreographed several films, including The Birdcage, Closer for director Mike Nichols and Evita for Alan Parker.

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Vincent Paterson choreographed the videos "Hot for Teacher" for Van Halen and "California Girls" for David Lee Roth as well as videos for George Harrison, Donna Summer, Sheena Easton, Paul McCartney and Julie Brown.

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Vincent Paterson directed the television film In Search of Dr Seuss, which received seven Emmy Award nominations.

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Vincent Paterson choreographed ABC's South Pacific starring Glenn Close and has served as choreographer for several Academy and Grammy Award programs.

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Vincent Paterson has choreographed over two hundred and fifty commercials including commercial campaigns for Pepsi, GE, Rubbermaid and Nike, directed commercial campaigns for Payless ShoeSource and El Pollo Loco, for the television series Dharma and Greg and a documentary for Project Angel Food.

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Vincent Paterson appeared in many TV specials with Lynda Carter, Cheryl Ladd, the Osmonds, among others.

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Vincent Paterson partnered both Olivia Newton-John and Diana Ross in music videos.

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Vincent Paterson was made a Fellow at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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Vincent Paterson directed Prague's National BlackLight Theater in Gulliver's Travels.

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Vincent Paterson has a Tony nomination for his work as choreographer on Kiss of the Spiderwoman, starring Chita Rivera on Broadway.

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Vincent Paterson choreographed London's West End production of Lenny for director Sir Peter Hall and Los Angeles Opera's Grand Duchess for director Garry Marshall.

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Vincent Paterson directed the opera Manon for both the Los Angeles Opera and the Berlin Staatsoper which was conducted in Los Angeles by Placido Domingo and starred soprano Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon.

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In 2012, Vincent Paterson directed Loving the Silent Tears, a Broadway-style musical, based on Supreme Master Ching Hai's poetry collection, Silent Tears.