Here Are All of Taylor Swift’s Self-Directed Music Videos, Ranked (Critic’s Picks)
Singer, songwriter, producer and director: the multihyphenate talents of Taylor Swift cannot be ignored. With eyes on a full-length film directorial debut, Swift has cut her teeth on many of her music videos.
Since 2019, the “Fate of Ophelia” star has directed 14 of her own videos – three with partners and the other 11 completely solo. Her albums Lover, folklore, evermore, Midnights, Red (Taylor’s Version), The Tortured Poets Department and The Life of a Showgirl all feature her masterminded visual creations.
And she’s been heavily awarded for her efforts. Of her five MTV VMA Video of the Year wins, four of them were for videos where she sat in the director’s chair – “You Need to Calm Down,” co-directed with Drew Kirsch, All Too Well: The Short Film, “Anti-Hero” and “Fortnight” feat. Post Malone. (Her win for “Bad Blood” was under the helm of Joseph Kahn.) And “The Man” – her first solo directorial experience – took home Best Direction, as did All Too Well, “Anti-Hero” and “Fortnight” at MTV’s venerable show. ATW even earned the Grammy for Best Music Video in 2023, and “Fortnight” was nominated in that same category in 2025.
Scroll below for our ranking of Swift’s self-directed videos. And for more on Swift, check out our rankings of her songs written for movies, her title tracks and her biggest Billboard hits.
(Not included in this list are the home or concert-footage-based videos that she directed throughout her career like “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” from 2008, “The Best Day” from 2009 and 2021, “Christmas Tree Farm” from 2019, “Cardigan (Cabin in Candlelight Version)” from 2020 and “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” from 2024.)
