Wayne Isham directed the music video for “Enter Sandman,” the lead single from Metallica's The Black Album. The promotional film helped make the song one of the most visible heavy-metal releases of 1991.
Isham was an established music-video director whose work helped translate the song's dark imagery into a concise visual format. The video supported the single's heavy rotation on music television and reinforced the album's broader crossover appeal.
The “Enter Sandman” video later won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. That honor is distinct from Metallica's 1992 Grammy win for Best Metal Performance, which was awarded to the album itself.
The director's name can be confused with other major video directors associated with rock music, but the Black Album article specifically credits Wayne Isham. He also directed other Metallica videos, including the video for “Sad but True.”