Emma Director Autumn de Wilde on Her Favorite Music Videos Ever
Autumn de Wilde was an aspiring photographer in L.A. when, in 2000, her friend asked her to direct a video for one of his songs. She wasn’t sure if she was up to the task, but he insisted. That friend was Elliott Smith. “I was really moved that he believed in me,” de Wilde recalls. “I had started storytelling with my photography, I just didn’t quite realize it yet.” Her homespun visual for the Figure 8 track “Son of Sam”—along with that album’s now-iconic cover photo—kicked off her illustrious career.