Cole Walliser is the talented mind behind the hit music videos of A-list artists like Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, etc. Walliser is a renowned director who moved to Los Angeles to make his name as a director during his mid-twenties and now is one of the on-demand music video directors.
Besides showing his talent in creating music videos for many top list artists, Walliser is also a talented film director. He has directed many short movies and many commercials for many renowned banners. He is also the mind behind the fast-speed camera, GlamBot.
Biography & Wiki Quick Summary
Popular Name | Cole Walliser |
Real Name | Cole Walliser |
Date of birth | July 15, 1981 |
Age | 43 years old |
Place of birth | Steveston, British columbia, Canada |
Father | Not disclosed |
Mother | Glenda |
Siblings | One |
Sister | Richelle Krista |
Status | Unknown |
Children | None |
Occupation | Music videos and movie director |
Net worth | 1 Million USD |
Nationality | Canadian |
Ethnicity | Mixed |
Religion | Christianity |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Weight | unknown |
Measurement | Unknown |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Hazel |
Complexion | Fair |
Instagram id | colewalliser |
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Cole Walliser Net Worth
Walliser has been actively working as a director since he moved to Los Angeles at the young age of twenty-four.
He has worked for many top artists like P!nk, Katy Perry and even has directed ads for Mercedes-Benz and other brands. He has also worked in many awards shows with his creation of the GlamBot.
All these works have allowed him to earn a good deal of fortune and have made his net worth around 2 million USD.
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Cole Walliser’s Parents and Family
Cole was born in Canada to his Canadian father and his Chinese mother but grew up in Vancouver.
He often posts pictures of his childhood pictures with his father but hasn’t shared anything about it.
Besides his childhood pictures with his father, Walliser also posts pictures with his mother and sister frequently.
His mother is Glenda, a businesswoman who owns the brand Bon Retour Consignment.
While his mother visits places with him, his sister Richelle is busy in her own life that she shares with her husband and her son.
Walliser is close to his family, especially to his mother. He spends a lot of his time visiting places with his mother but sometimes even alone.
Cole Walliser’s Girlfriend and Relationship
The talented director has maintained top privacy when it comes to his dating life. So, no one knows anything about his love life or his sexual orientation.
In March, he did share a lengthy and heartfelt post on Instagram after the death of the fitness model Karen Pang so many assumed that they were together.
However, nothing is for sure as Walliser has not acknowledged the rumors.
Education
Walliser went to High McRoberts secondary school in British Columbia in Canada for his early education.
After completing his schooling, he enrolled at the University of British Columbia. He graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Career
Walliser always knew he wanted to be part of filming and work behind the camera, so he started curating his skills from a younger age.
At the age of fourteen, he started developing his filming skills by recording videos of skateboarding.
He even made a short movie of the first day in his high school, which his school uses to this very day.
Once he completed school and college, he finally decided to move to Los Angeles and pursue his career in filmmaking.
While in Los Angeles, he initially shot videos for his professional dancer friends. It was one of his pro dancer friends who introduced him to Miley Cyrus.
Walliser impressed Cyrus and got offered direct two of the videos for the Miley and Mandy crew.
He then directed two videos titled M&M Cru with a U Battles Step Up 2 and the M&M Cru Final Dance Battle.
Both videos became one of the biggest and highly publicized online dance battles ever uploaded on YouTube. These videos even got featured in the Ellen DeGeneres show.
After the success of these videos online, Walliser again directed a dance battle in the Teen Choice Award.
By this time, the talented director was already on the list of every artist. Soon, P!nk approached him to direct her Funhouse World Tour in 2009.
He accepted the offer and even directed a thirty-minute-long documentary titled On Tour with P!ink for the singer.
The tour turned out great, and so did the trust between Walliser and the singer. He directed four more of her music videos that she performed during the summer carnival tour in Funhouse.
Along with Cyrus and P!nk, Whitney Houston and Katy Perry also approached him for their projects.
Walliser directed the entire storyline for Perry that got played throughout her California Dreams world tour.
Perry even trusted him with editing footage from her wedding for the 2011 Grammy awards, where she gave an intimate performance.
Besides working for many top artists, Walliser also directed ads for numerous renowned brands like Mercedes-Benz, Red bull, etc.
He has also worked in short movies. He even received the best cinematographer and sound award, along with the Filmerica Best Picture award for Heaven Awaits.
He was already a director whom every artist wanted to work with, and he also became the director whom every awards show wanted after he invented GlamBot.
When Walliser invented and operated the GlamBot, a high-speed camera, at the request of E! Entertainment, he made the award shows more happening.
He took his camera to almost every event, from a Red carpet event to Oscars, and captured some great pictures with it.
Besides these projects, Walliser has also been working for Steveston Films as an executive producer since 2012.
After a month of joining the Steveston films, he also started working for the Directors Guild Of America as a director, where he works to this day.