The band chose Floria Sigismondi to direct "The Birdman" video after, according to Maida, the first unidentified director they chose pitched an idea that was completely irrelevant to the song.
•
The Birdman was the nickname of convicted killer, Robert Stroud who was imprisoned at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for 17 years.
Birdman | Radio Birdman | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Birdman (rapper) | Bobby Birdman | Birdman Atlas | Radio Birdman's | Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law | Birdman (rapper) | Birdman Rally | Birdman (entertainer) |
He is best known for his television guest appearances on shows such as Scandal, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Prison Break, Kenan & Kel, CSI, Private Practice, and, most notably, as Mr. Arnold, "The Birdman," on Grey's Anatomy.
The cast for the Bondi Pavilion show were Anthony Cogin as "Lester's father", Benj Daddario as "the Birdman", Ryan Desaunier, Amanda Dolby, Sam Moran, Emma Pask, Katrina Retallick as "Evelyn", Alyson Standen as "Miss Yahwhohow" and Alicia Wolfe.
Akashi, formerly of Soleil, recruits him to pilot the plane she is designing to be entered in the Birdman contest, wherein human-powered one-person planes are launched out over Lake Biwa until they fall.