Bradley Beesley is an American independent film and video director, producer and cinematographer. He has long been associated with the alternative rock band, The Flaming Lips.Beesley first worked with The Flaming Lips filming some promotional videos for the band's album Hit to Death in the Future Head. Most of Beesley's video work with the band is included on the VOID video retrospective.Aside from his work with The Flaming Lips, Beesley has directed a number of award-winning documentaries. His first was 1999's "Hill Stomp Hollar", a one-hour film about the Fat Possum record label and many of the blues artists, particularly R. L. Burnside.Beesley's next film Okie Noodling (2001) focused on the unusual practice of catching catfish using only the bare hand as bait. It featured an original soundtrack by The Flaming Lips and won the Audience Choice Award and was runner-up for Best Documentary at the 2001 South by Southwest film festival.In 2005, Beesley released the documentary The Fearless Freaks: The Wondrously Improbable Story of The Flaming Lips. Critics said the film offered an unusually personal and intimate view into the band.The Flaming Lips also provided the soundtrack for the documentary that Beesley produced and co-directed, Summercamp!, which opened July 18, 2007.
UFOs at the Zoo: The Flaming Lips Live in Oklahoma City
2007
Video co-director
Summercamp!
2006
Documentary
The Creek Runs Red
2006
Documentary
Rollergirls
2006
TV Series
VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)
2005
Video videos "Mr. Ambulance Driver", "Psychic Wall", "Fight Test", "Yoshimi Battles teh Pink Robots PT1", "Do You Realize??", "Race for the Prize", "Waitin' For Superman", "When You Smile", "Bad Days", "Christmas at the Zoo", "Be My Head", "She Don't Use Jelly", "Turn It On", "Frogs", "Phoebe Battles the Pink Robots"
The Fearless Freaks
2005
Documentary
Okie Noodling
2001
Documentary
Hill Stomp Hollar
1999
Documentary
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Quaker Oaths
2016
producer
Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story
2015
Documentary short producer
Bluefin on the Line
2014
Documentary short producer
Jungle Fish
2013
Documentary short associate producer
Jungle Fish
2012
Documentary short producer
Brute Force
2012
Documentary executive producer
Mudcats
2012
TV Series executive producer - 7 episodes
Slacker 2011
2011
producer - segment "Oblique Strategies"
Storm Chasers
2009
TV Series documentary producer - 5 episodes
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
2009
Documentary producer
Okie Noodling II
2008
Documentary producer
Independent Lens
2007
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
Summercamp!
2006
Documentary producer
The Creek Runs Red
2006
Documentary producer
Okie Noodling
2001
Documentary producer
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story
2015
Documentary short camera operator
Top 10 Locals List
2014
TV Series camera operator - 1 episode
When Fish Attack
2010
TV Movie documentary camera operator - as Brad Beesley
Storm Chasers
2009
TV Series documentary camera operator - 6 episodes
Food Paradise
2008
TV Series camera operator - 3 episodes
Public Enemies
1996
Video second assistant camera loader - as Bradley Beasley
$5 Million
