Aggressive (duo)

Aggressive is a New York-based Latin Grammy Award-winning music video directing team of Alex Topaller and Daniel Shapiro. They have been described by Movie Creation Mag as "having a fascination with the wonderful, in the likes of the surrealist Rafał Olbiński" and "tenacious about pushing themselves and some overclocked hardware in order to create striking videos" by Video Static.

To date, Aggressive has directed music videos for Michael Jackson, Stone Temple Pilots, Juanes, Megadeth, Bloc Party, The Click Five, Kerli, Susan Justice, Black Label Society, Hoobastank, Killswitch Engage, The Script, Alexis Jordan and Lil' Rob. They have also directed commercials for brands such as Acura, Toyota, Bloomberg, Ralph Lauren, Anna Sui, Marc Ecko, Penfolds (RED), Dun & Bradstreet, MTV, Subway, AT&T, Kyocera, Cablevision, Topps, Caché and more.

Both coming up from VFX backgrounds, Topaller and Shapiro take a hands-on approach in all aspects of the process, from concept development, to shoot direction, all the way through post-production.

Accolades

 * 2008 Winner Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video (Juanes "Me Enamora")
 * 2008 Nominee "Video Of The Year" MTVLA Los Premios (Juanes "Me Enamora")
 * 2008 Winner Estonian Music Awards (Kerli "Walking on Air")
 * 2016 Best Experimental BassAwards (1976)
 * 2019 Communication Arts Award of Excellence

Music videos
2015
 * Tiësto featuring Jane Zhang – "Change Your World"

2014 2013 2012 2011
 * Cris Cab – "Loves Me Not"
 * Cris Cab featuring Pharrell – "Liar Liar"
 * Krewella – "Live for the Night"
 * Susan Justice – "Eat Dirt"
 * Michael Jackson – "Behind the Mask"

2010
 * Stone Temple Pilots – "Cinnamon"
 * Alexis Jordan – "Happiness"

2009
 * The Script – "Breakeven"

2008
 * Kerli – "Walking on Air"
 * Juanes – "Gotas de Agua Dulce"
 * Juanes – "Me Enamora"

2007
 * The Click Five – "Jenny"
 * Killswitch Engage – "The Arms of Sorrow"
 * Megadeth – "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)"

2006
 * Bloc Party – "I Still Remember"
 * Black Label Society – "Concrete Jungle"
 * Hoobastank – "Born to Lead"

2005
 * Lil Rob – "Summer Nights"