Michael Jackson’s Auteur Music Video Directors: Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, David Fincher and More WireImage The new biopic “Michael” covers Michael Jackson’s rise from precocious frontman of the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to launching his solo career in the mid-80s. So, as one would expect, the film recreates the making of Jackson’s legendary music video, “Thriller,” in 1982. But when the King of Pop (played by his nephew Jaafar Jackson) shyly asks a producer to deliver a note to the director, a man named John, audiences might not immediately recall who he’s referring to. Of course, Jackson means John Landis, whose filmography already boasted “Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers,” “An American Werewolf in London” and “Trading Places.” But Landis was far from the only major filmmaker that the King of Pop collaborated with to bring his short films to life. Jackson commissioned the likes of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Spike Lee and more to craft some of the most enduring music videos of all time.…