Tanu Muino

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Robertivna and the family name is Muinyo.

Tanu Muino
Таня Муїньо
Born	Tetyana Robertivna Muinyo (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 34) Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Occupation(s)	Music video director, photographer
Years active	2001–present

Tetyana Robertivna Muinyo (Ukrainian: Тетяна Робертівна Муїньо; born 7 December 1989), better known as Tanu Muino (Ukrainian: Таня Муїньо, Spanish: Tanu Muiño) is a Ukrainian music video director, designer, stylist, photographer and film director. Known for her work on music videos by popular artists: Harry Styles' "As It Was"/"Daylight", Lil Nas X "Montero", Cardi B's "Up", Normani's "Wild Side" and works for Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Post Malone, Rosalía, Elton John, Britney Spears, Sam Smith, Doja Cat and others.^[1]

Biography

Her father is Robert Muiño, a Cuban national. In the 1980s, he came to Odesa on an exchange and stayed in Ukraine. Her mother is Ukrainian. Tanu has three brothers and a sister. Until the age of six, Tanu lived in Havana.^[2]

Career

In 2016, she began collaborating with the Ukrainian singer Monatik. As of November 2020, Muino was the director of 14 Monatik videos.

In 2019, Muino directed the music video for "Small Talk" by American singer Katy Perry.^[3][4][5]

In 2020, she collaborated with Spanish singer Rosalía.^[6] She directed Monatik's musical "Rhythm," which was released on his YouTube channel in September 2020.^[7] In the fall of 2020, she directed the video for "Cotton Candy" by the British musician Yungblud.^[8] The video was shot in Kyiv on 1 October.^[9]

In 2021, she directed the music videos for Cardi B's "Up",^[10] Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)",^[11] and Normani's "Wild Side".^[1]

In 2022, she directed the music video for Harry Styles' lead single "As It Was" from his third studio album Harry's House, which became Billboard's number-one song of 2022 globally.

In 2024, she directed the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 staging for Ukrainian representatives, rap artist Alyona Alyona and singer Jerry Heil.^[12] The performance, which took place on May 11, 2024, in Malmö, Sweden, presented their song "Teresa & Maria", resulting in a third-place finish for Ukraine.^[13]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2013	"Знаешь"	Rozhden
2014	"Нельзя поменять"	Eva Bushmina
2015	Не преступление
2016	#kakvoda	Layah
	"Тени"
	"Невысомыми"
	"Преданы"
	"Кружит"	Monatik
	"Ни ты, ни я"	Rozhden and L'One
	"Выходной"	Monatik
	"Вечность"
2017	"Не прячься:	Layah
	"Навсегда"
	"Молчать"
	"Vitamin D"	Monatik
	"УВЛИУВТ"
	"Тролль"	Time and Glass
	"Плохо танцевать"	IOWA
2018	"Дай мне"	NK (Nastya Kamenskikh)
	"То, от чего без ума	Monatik
	"Ранена"	Layah
	"Е, Бой"	Time and Glass
	"Глубоко"	Monatik and Nadya Dorofeeva
	"Lomalo"	NK
	"Зашивает душу"	MONATIK
	"Hasta La Vista"	Michelle Andrade
	"ФЭН-ШУЙ"	Glukoza
2019	"Maybe"	Braii
	"Love it ритм"	Monatik
	"Podruga"	Skriptonit
	"Злой"	СБПЧ
	"Small Talk"	Katy Perry
	"Каждый раз	MONATIK
	"Лocх"	Time and Glass
	"Часы"	СБПЧ
2020	"Juro Que"	Rosalía
	"Отдаём"	Rozhden
	"Сильно"	Monatik
	"ВЕЧЕРиНОЧКА"	Monatik Vera Brezhneva
	"Потанцуй со мной"	Iowa
	"Достопримечательность"	Lida Lee and Monatik
	"УВЛИУВТ на улице Пикадилли"	Monatik Laima Vaikule
	"ритмоLove"	Monatik, Lida Lee and NiNO
	"Gorit"	Dorofeeva
	"Cotton Candy"	Yungblud
	"Sestra"	Vera Brezhneva
2021	"Up"	Cardi B
	"Montero"	Lil Nas X
	"Wild Side" (with Cardi B)	Normani
	"Rumors" (with Cardi B)	Lizzo
	"Fleabag"	Yungblud
	"One Right Now" (with the Weeknd)	Post Malone
2022	"2am"	Foals
	"Chicken Teriyaki"	Rosalía
	"As It Was"	Harry Styles
	"Save Yourself"	ONE OK ROCK
	"Hold Me Closer"	Elton John and Britney Spears
2023	"I'm Not Here to Make Friends"	Sam Smith
	"Attention"	Doja Cat
	"Daylight"	Harry Styles
	"Bongos"	Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
	"TK421"	Lenny Kravitz
	"Standing Next to You"	Jungkook
2024	"Can't Get Enough"	Jennifer Lopez featuring Latto
	"Я ЗАЛИШУСЬ МОЛОДИМ"	VOLODYMYR DANTES
	"Illusion"	Dua Lipa
	"А що?"	MONATIK

Awards and nominations

The record holder for the number of awards in the category "Best Video Clip" of the annual Ukrainian YUNA award (won three years in a row: in 2016,^[14] 2017^[15] and 2018^[16]). Winner in the category "Music Video Maker of the Year" according to the M1 Music Awards (2018).

In 2021, she won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction along with Lil Nas X for the music video of "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)".^[17] In 2022, her work directing the music video for Harry Styles' song "As it Was" was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction.^[18]

References

1. Cho, Regina (16 July 2021). "Normani and Cardi B tap into their "Wild Side" in". Revolt. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
2. Vogue.ua. "5 самых модных украинских девушек-клипмейкеров | Vogue Ukraine". Vogue UA. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
3. Українка зняла кліп для Кеті Перрі, Зроблено в Україні (in Ukrainian), retrieved 30 September 2019
4. Katy Perry – Making of "Small Talk" / Episode #1 (in Ukrainian), retrieved 30 September 2019
5. Katy Perry – Making of "Small Talk" / Episode #2 (in Ukrainian), retrieved 30 September 2019
6. "Відео. Українська режисерка Таню Муіньо зняла кліп для Rosalia". The Village Україна. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
7. ""Ритм" – MONATIK презентував фільм-мюзикл з українськими зірками. Відео". Волинські новини. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
8. Spanos, Brittany (15 October 2020). "Yungblud Can't Keep Hands to Himself in 'Cotton Candy' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 November 2020.(subscription required)
9. "Відео. "Усе пройшло шалено". Українська режисерка Таню Муіньо зняла кліп для Yungblud". The Village Україна. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
10. Семён Гудошников (5 February 2021). "Карди Би показала новый клип "Up", Его режиссером выступила украинский клипмейкер Таня Муиньо". Афиша. Daily. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
11. Shaffer, Claire (26 March 2021). "Lil Nas X Shares Unabashedly Queer Video for 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)'". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone, LLC. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
12. "Таню Муіньо стала постановницею номера alyona alyona & Jerry Heil на Євробаченні-2024". eurovision.ua. Suspilne. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
13. "Grand Final of Malmö 2024". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
14. "YUNA-2017: названі імена переможців музичної премії в Україні". 21 February 2017.
15. "Названо переможців YUNA-2018".
16. "ПЕРЕМОЖЦІ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ МУЗИЧНОЇ ПРЕМІЇ "YUNA – 2019"". Українська музична премія Yuna (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
17. "Winners". MTV VMA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
18. "Your 2022 VMA Nominations Are Here: Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X Lead The Pack". MTV. Retrieved 19 July 2023.