NEWS: Updates on The Mine, Dean Karr, Catherine Finkenstaedt

Director Dean Karr's production company The Mine — founded in 2000 — has effectively closed, according to numerous source. Karr is responsible for many hit videos, including the groundbreaking clips  Marilyn Manson "Sweet Dreams" and Dave Matthews Band "Crash Into Me", in addition to more recent work for Seether, Damian Marley and Nickel Creek.

Karr and his longtime producing partner Arthur Gorson are now running his jobs through KARMA, which is headed up by their another ex-Miner, Yamani Watkins.

Catherine Finkenstaedt, the former executive producer at The Mine, has landed at commercial house Go Film where she is in the process of assembling an alternative media department which will focus on internet content, short films and music videos.

BOOKED: Staind - Mike Sloat, director

Director Mike Sloat matches this ballad with a narrative that takes place on the last day of school.

artist: Staind
song: "Everything Changes"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Mike Sloat
production co: The Mine
rep: Labuda Management

NEWS: RW Media Repping Dean Karr

RW Media has announced that they are now representing director Dean Karr, whose credits include the MTV Video Music Award winning clips "Sweet Dreams" for Marilyn Manson and "Crash Into Me" for Dave Mattthews Band.  Other directing credits include videos for  Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne, Cypress Hill and, most recently, Wicked Wisdom, Damian Marley, Seether, Shooter Jennings and Nickelcreek. Karr's videos will continue to be produced through his production company, The Mine.

NEW RELEASE: Wicked Wisdom "Bleed All Over Me"

Wicked Wisdom
"Bleed All Over Me" (100% Womon/Suburban Noize)
Dean Karr, director | Arthur Gorson, producer | The Mine, production co | Clark Eddy, editor | Description: Jada Pinkett Smith continues to prove that her heavy metal band Wicked Wisdom is no mere publicity stunt with this appropriately creepy video directed by Dean Karr. A conceptual storyline in which Smith rises from the grave is mixed with performance with the band. -- watch "Bleed All Over Me"

SHOT: Three Days Grace - Dean Karr, director

artist: Three Days Grace
song: "Animal I Have Become"
label: Jive/ZLG
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

SHOT: Shooter Jennings - Dean Karr, director

artist: Shooter Jennings
song: "Gone To Carolina"
label: Universal South
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

SHOT: Wicked Wisdom - Dean Karr, director

Dean Karr directed a video in L.A. for Jada Pinkett Smith's metal band Wicked Wisdom.

artist: Wicked Wisdom
song: "Bleeding"
label: 100% Womon/Suburban Noize
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

SHOT: Depeche Mode - Anton Corbijn, director

Director Anton Corbijn (left) and Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan are seen here on the set for the band's new video, "Suffer Well." This marks the 18th time that Corbijn and DM have worked together on a video.

artist: Depeche Mode
song: "Suffer Well"
label: Reprise (US) / Mute (UK)
director(s): Anton Corbijn
production co: The Mine

SHOT: Donnie McClurkin feat. Kirk Franklin - Kevin DeFreitas, director

artist: Donnie McClurkin feat. Kirk Franklin
song: "Ooh Child"
label: Verity/ZLG
director(s): Kevin DeFreitas
production co: The Mine

Donnie McClurkin on the set with director Kevin DeFreitas and guest artist Kirk Franklin.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: Kevin DeFreitas and TOK

The Mine director Kevin DeFreitas (left) on-location with VP recording act TOK for their "Footprints" video.

SHOT: Anthony Hamilton - Dean Karr, director

artist: Anthony Hamilton
song: "Can't Let Go"
label: So So Def/ZLG
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

SHOT: Seether - Dean Karr, director

Director Dean Karr stages a bizarree ultimate fighting competition in this twisted video for Seether. Contestants include a midget, Santa Claus and Uncle Sam.

artist: Seether
song: "Truth"
label: Wind-Up
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

See photo below of Seether frontman Shaun Morgan with Dean Karr.

SHOT: Tommy Lee - Dean Karr, director

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee capitalizes on his NBC reality series Tommy Lee Goes To College with a video for the show's theme song, "Good Times." For an idea of the good vibes on set, check out the photo below of director Dean Karr and Tommy Lee.

artist: Tommy Lee
song: "Good Times"
label: TL Education Services
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

NEW RELEASE: Nickel Creek "When In Rome"

Nickel Creek "When In Rome"  Sugar Hill
Dean Karr, director
Arthur Gorson, producer
The Mine, production co
Clark Eddy, editor
Description: Nickel Creek may be considered a country/bluegrass trio, but their potential appeal is much broader than those narrow confines. They have an uncanny ear for pop hooks that don't pander and their overall vibe has more in common with Guster than The Dixie Chicks. This video is about as adventurous as you'll see from a "country" act. Director Dean Karr captures gorgeous b&w footage of the band on a puddle strewn pavement under an overpass. Similarly amazing portraiture footage that illustrates the song's subjects is interspersed with the performance. Some of these portraits may cause discomfort, including one of an old man with a dove perched on his shoulder and another of a young, wounded war veteran.

SHOT: Seether - Dean Karr, director

A young couple finds themselves at an evil carnival of freaks run by Seether singer Shaun Morgan.

artist: Seether
song: "Remedy"
label: Wind-Up
director(s): Dean Karr
production co: The Mine

NEW RELEASE: Alter Bridge "Broken Wings"

Alter Bridge "Broken Wings"  Wind-Up
Dean Karr, director
The Mine, production company
Description: CSI actor Paul Guilfoyle plays a killer whose past catches up to him in a haunted hotel. As soon as he pulls into a literal ghost town, he begins to be tormented by the souls of what we assume to be his victims. The creepy story is mixed with highly stylized, yet gritty performance by Alter Bridge.