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Samuel Bayer

Director · 20 credits · 4 in highly-rated films

Best known for Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)

Frequent collaborators: Jonas Åkerlund, Matthew Rolston

Directed movies (16 total, ranked by score)

  1. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

    1991 · ★ 7.7 (38 votes)

    Music

    1

  2. Green Day: Bullet in a Bible

    2005 · ★ 8.0 (31 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    2

  3. Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget

    2004 · ★ 8.5 (8 votes)

    Music

    3

  4. Ozzy Osbourne: Memoirs of a Madman

    2014 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    4

  5. Iron Maiden: Donington Live 1992

    1993 · ★ 7.5 (1 votes)

    Music

    5

  6. Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV

    1999 · ★ 8.8 (6 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    6

  7. The Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection

    2001 · ★ 8.3 (6 votes)

    Music

    7

  8. A Nightmare on Elm Street

    2010 · ★ 5.5 (2,946 votes)

    Horror, Mystery, Thriller

    8

  9. The Offspring - Complete Music Video Collection

    2005 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    9

  10. The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Of Videos 1992-2002

    2002 · ★ 8.0 (3 votes)

    Music

    10

  11. The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos

    2004

    Music

    11

  12. Poison - Greatest Videos Hits

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    12

  13. Absolute Garbage

    2007 · ★ 6.2 (3 votes)

    Music

    13

  14. Blink-182: Greatest Hits

    2005 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Music

    14

  15. Best of Bowie

    2006

    Music, Documentary

    15

  16. P!NK: Greatest Hits... So Far!!!

    2010

    Music

    16

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.