Melodie McDaniel (born 1967) is a Los Angeles, California–based American still life, celebrity, and advertising photographer and film director.
[3][4] McDaniel's first professional job was album artwork for Suzanne Vega,[4] which received critical praise and led to further work with such musical artists as Smashing Pumpkins, Mazzy Star, Cat Power, Pharrell Williams, and Lily Allen.
She went on to direct music videos, including clips for the Cranberries ("Linger", 1993),[5] Annie Lennox, Blonde Redhead, Patti Smith, Tori Amos ("God", 1994) and Madonna ("Secret", 1994).
By 1995, she had shot for celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson, Madeline Stowe, Harvey Keitel, Sheryl Crow and David Bowie, for publications like US, Interview, Rolling Stone and The New York Times Magazine.
[1] She has photographed celebrities including as Lily Allen,[8] Ludacris, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Ryan Gosling, Carrie Underwood, Rob Machado, Robin Tunney.