VIDEOGRAPHY

Complicated
Director: The Malloys
Location: Griffith Park, CA

Date: June 2002
Other: Won Avril her first MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video. Avril's brother Matt and sister Michelle appear in this video (here and here)

Sk8er Boi
Director: Francis Lawrence
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: July 27 and 28, 2002
Other: Avril had a little crush on Sk8er Boi (Jeremy Heisler). Michelle and Matt Lavigne are said to be in this video.

I'm With You
Director: David LaChappelle
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: November 8 and 9, 2002
Other: Avril came up with most of the concept to this video. There was an alternate ending to this video: at the end where she kicks open the door, her band members are there waiting to greet her and Evan gives her a little hug and they all leave the club.

Losing Grip
Director: Liz Friedlander
Location: Angel Foundation Church in New York City

Date: February 25 and 26, 2003
Other: Avril flipped over once while shooting the stagediving scene and they had to stop shooting that scene and used some extras as examples so the crowd could get used to holding people up. The guy at the end of the video who fell during the stagedive was one of those who were used to get the crowd used to carrying people.

Don't Tell Me
Director: Liz Friedlander
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: March 2 and 3, 2004
Other: The concept was Avril follows around some jerky guy and she's everywhere. This is the only video that doesn't include her band. Avril also cut her hand while punching the mirror.

My Happy Ending

Director: Meiert Avis
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Date: June 1, 2004

Other: Avril's friend Monique is in this video.

Nobody's Home

Director: Diana Martel
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: July 29 and 30, 2004

Other: Avril's friend Monique is in this video. This was Avril's first time acting in a video.

He Wasn't

Director: The Malloys
Location: New York

Date: December 13, 2004

Other: The pink slime that comes out of the walls at the end stayed in Avril's hair for a few days.

Girlfriend

Director: The Malloys
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: February 21 and 22, 2007

Other: The Malloys also directed the Complicated and He Wasn't videos, and Avril gets to play all 3 characters. Former guitarist Evan Taubenfeld and brother Matt appear as band members.

When You're Gone

Director: Marc Klasfeld

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: May 13, 2007

Other: The video depicts the different meanings of the song: An elderly man missing his recently passed wife, a pregnant wife waiting for her husband to return home from war, and two young lovers who are determined to be together.

Hot

Director: Matthew Rolston

Location: New Jersey, NJ

Date: September 8, 2007

Other: The video was shot at the Beacon in New Jersey. It has a "1920s burlesque" theme with girls in fishnets.

the Best Damn Thing

Director: Wayne Isham

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: February 28, 2008

Other: The video features Avril's brother Matt on guitar, her current guitarist Jim Mcgorman, her former guitarist Devin Bronson, and her former guitarist Evan Taubenfeld on drums. Avril also plays drums in the video and wears clothing from her "Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne" clothing line.

Hundred Million (From the album "Detox")

Director: Wendy Morgan
Location: Toronto, Canada

Date: May 27, 2002
Other: Avril guest-starred in this video alongside fellow Canadian buddies Sum 41, Swollen Members, and Gob for the band Treble Charger's video. She basically just flicked off the camera.

Knocking on Heaven's Door (From the album "Peace Songs")
Director: Marc Lostracco
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: 2003
Other: Shows footage from war victims and Avril recording the song.

Beth amphetamine (Pretty Pretty) (From the album "The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and The Let's Go Out Tonites")

Director: Moh Azima

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: July 2006

Other: Avril played the lead character, a troubled girl, in Butch Walker's Bethamphetamine video.

Girlfriend (Remix) feat. Lil' Mama

Director: R. Malcolm Jones

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Date: June 1, 2007

Other: This is the first time Avril has done a music video of her own with another artist.