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Biography
Chris Hicky is a Grammy-nominated music video director from Forrest City, Arkansas, United States, best known for directing many of Keith Urban's videos. Hicky has also directed videos for many other artists in the country music genre, including Dierks Bentley, Maddie & Tae, Kellie Pickler, Deana Carter, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady Antebellum, Cassadee Pope, Faith Hill, and Danielle Bradbery, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert. He has won awards including 2010 ACM Video of the Year, 2010 CMT Female Video of the Year, and 2005 CMT Video of the Year. His Grammy nomination came in 2010 for Keith Urban's Love, Pain, and the Whole Crazy World live concert DVD.
Hicky's first feature film, The Grace of Jake, was shot entirely on location in his hometown of Forrest City. Its cast include Jordin Sparks, Jake La Botz, Lew Temple, Roy Lee Jones, and Ravi Kapoor, and Michael Beck. Based on Hicky's own script, the film was funded through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.
Other projects directed by Hicky include commercials, short films, and a television pilot, House in the Hills. His short film Blue Horses played at festivals including CineVegas and the Oxford Film Festival.
Videos directed
63 music videos are currently listed here.
| Year | Video | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "One Day at a Time" | Deana Carter |
| "Making Memories of Us" | Keith Urban | |
| "Better Life" | ||
| 2006 | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" | |
| "In a Heartbeat" | Deana Carter | |
| "Settle for a Slowdown" | Dierks Bentley | |
| "The Lucky One" | Faith Hill | |
| "Good as Gone" | Little Big Town | |
| "Once in a Lifetime" | Keith Urban | |
| "Red High Heels" | Kellie Pickler | |
| "Stupid Boy" | Keith Urban | |
| 2007 | "I'll Wait for You" (acoustic version) | Joe Nichols |
| "Another Side of You" | ||
| "Everybody" | Keith Urban | |
| 2008 | "Love Don't Live Here" | Lady Antebellum |
| "Beautiful Life" | Doc Walker | |
| "I Love This Song" | Marcel | |
| "You Look Good in My Shirt" | Keith Urban | |
| "Lookin' for a Good Time" | Lady Antebellum | |
| "A Baby Changes Everything" | Faith Hill | |
| "One Last Sundown" | Doc Walker | |
| 2009 | "Small Town USA" | Justin Moore |
| "Kiss a Girl" | Keith Urban | |
| "Only You Can Love Me This Way" | ||
| "Hurry Home" | Jason Michael Carroll | |
| "Bonfire" | Craig Morgan | |
| "I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes" | Dierks Bentley | |
| "White Liar" | Miranda Lambert | |
| "Whistlin' Dixie" | Randy Houser | |
| "The Man I Want to Be" | Chris Young | |
| 2010 | "Undo It" | Carrie Underwood |
| "Top Down" | Fast Ryde | |
| "'Til a Woman Comes Along" | Chris Janson | |
| "Farmer's Daughter" | Rodney Atkins | |
| "Our Kind of Love" | Lady Antebellum | |
| "How I Got to Be This Way" | Justin Moore | |
| "Real" | James Wesley | |
| "What Do You Want" | Jerrod Niemann | |
| 2011 | "Without You" | Keith Urban |
| "My Name Is Money" | Sonia Leigh | |
| "You" | Chris Young | |
| 2012 | "Angel Eyes" | Love and Theft |
| "Love a Little Bigger" | Carter's Chord | |
| "Shinin' on Me" | Jerrod Niemann | |
| "Truck Yeah" | Tim McGraw | |
| 2013 | "Hey Pretty Girl" | Kip Moore |
| "If You Want Some" | Joel Crouse | |
| "Aw Naw" | Chris Young | |
| "Rodeo" | Robby Armstrong | |
| "Whatever She's Got" | David Nail | |
| "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About" | Thompson Square | |
| "Birthday Happy" | Robby Armstrong | |
| 2014 | "Whiskey in My Water" | Tyler Farr |
| "Cold Beer with Your Name on It" | Josh Thompson | |
| "Kiss You Tonight" | David Nail | |
| 2015 | "Raise 'Em Up" | Keith Urban and Eric Church |
| "Come Back to Me" | Keith Urban | |
| "Tomorrow Tonight" | Craig Campbell | |
| "Hole in a Bottle" | Canaan Smith | |
| 2016 | "Backroad Song" | Granger Smith |
| "Road Less Traveled" | Lauren Alaina | |
| "Long Way to Love You" | Hunter Brothers | |
| "Reckon" | Adam Craig |