Adolfo Doring

Doring came to New York City in the mid-eighties to study sociology at Columbia University, then interned for rock and roll photographer Joel Brodsky. Doring began his film career in middle school when he started using Super 8 film to make small documentaries as a way to avoid term papers.^{[citation needed]} The combination of his photographic skills and well-developed understanding of cinematic language led him to an early career in cinematography. Doring was director of photography for music videos of Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Republic of Loose, Screaming Trees, and Stone Temple Pilots, while also flying back east to work in the hip hop world (Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Nas, Redman).^[1]

Doring's first directing job for Atlantic Records was for heavy metal group Testament. It led to directing music videos for artists including Sting, Savage Garden, Bon Jovi, Vanessa Mae, Hootie and the Blowfish, Gin Blossoms, The Dixie Chicks, Diana Krall and Del Amitri among others. In 1994 Doring won an MTV Video Music Award for the Hootie and the Blowfish single, "Hold My Hand", and directed the video for the band's next single, "Let Her Cry", which was that year's most played video. He was nominated by the MVPA for Best Country Video for The Dixie Chicks' "You Were Mine".^[1]