Our review of 2024 continues with our Directors Of The Year - split into three lists.And firstly, it's our pick of the best New Directors. They made their first appearance on Promonews in the past year - some already having made a big impression, and others who show terrific potential to do so.Following these first 15 choices. look out for our next two Directors Of The Year lists... Luna Carmoon[vidtoken data:0]Fontaines D.C. 'Here's The Thing' by Luna CarmoonTaking the unconventional route of making her music video directing debut after directing her first feature (Hoard), Luna Carmoon made a striking impact with two remarkable videos for Fontaines D.C. She's a singular talent that will hopefully flow freely between features and music projects for a long time to come. Director: Luna CarmoonProd company: Prodco (PRO)Editing company: Trim EditingDirector's Rep: Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK Charlie & Charlie[vidtoken data:1]shortstraw. 'Good For Nothing' by Charlie & CharlieCharlie Drinkwater and Charles Gall have collaborated regularly for some years, whilst working at Island Records and then subsequently, with Drinkwater art directing and Gall directing. But their first outing as a directing team came for feisty Coventry rapper shortstraw last year, before they made a big leap forward with a 20 minute longform for Wasia Project. And a visual album for James Arthur is on its way. Directors: Charlie & Charlie DONPROD[vidtoken data:2]Central Cee X Raye 'Moi' by DONPRODIsle of Wight natives DONPROD have made a real impact in grime videos and beyond in the past couple of years, working with most of the scene's major players in promos and branded content - slighly beyond our radar until they joined the roster at REBEL.@Rogue. So their first appearance here was one of the blingiest of UK grime videos last year - Central Cee and RAYE's conspicuous shipping expedition to Paris.Directors: DONPRODProd company: REBEL @ Rogue FilmsDirector's Rep: Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK Jackson Lee Forsythe[vidtoken data:3]Sasha Keable 'Hold Up' by Jackson Lee ForsytheWith an apprenticeship that included working on sets of Edgar Wright and Steve McQueen features, with original aspirations to be a cinematographer, Forsythe has been honing his craft to create outstanding imagery, winning a YDA at Cannes. It's evident in the vivacious video for Sasha Keable - gritty and authentic but also radiating joy. His new for Rema is another big step forward. Director: Jackson Lee ForsythProd company: Academy FilmsEditing company: Trim EditingColour grading company: Studio RMDirector's Rep: Mouthpiece Grajper[vidtoken data:4]Stone 'Queen' by GrajperMaking waves in his native Poland - including Cameraimage recognition - Grajper signed to FRIEND in the UK in 2023 but it took last year's video for Liverpool band Stone to show what he is capable of. A very cool, clever video featuring two versions of frontman Fin Power, skirting a line between the everyday and the uncanny. Director: GrajperProd company: FRIENDDirector's Rep: Leethal Reppin David Heofs[vidtoken data:5]Omar Apollo 'Spite' by David HeofsA Spanish director and graphic designer based in Madrid, David Heofs has brought his talents, particularly a striking use of colour, to several videos for US/Mexican artist Omar Apollo, and in Spite, celebrated Apollo's Mexican roots across a series of strikingly gorgeous set-ups.Director: David HeofsProd company: Bandiz (PRO) Abdi Ibrahim[vidtoken data:6]Sasha Keable ft 6lack 'Take Your Time' by Abdi IbrahimEstablishing himself first as a photographer, Abdi Ibrahim has been building his directors' reel in the US in the past couple of years, before he garnered his first UK commission, the steamily atmospheric video for Sasha Keable & 6Lack.Director: Abdi IbrahimProd company: new—landDirector's Rep: Mouthpiece Billy King[vidtoken data:7]Rushy X Antslive 'Estelle' by Billy KingBuilding on his association with AntsLive that has brought success at the UKMVAs (as producer on Number One Candidate, director of Cutlery), Billy King is going from strength to strength.Director: Billy KingEditing company: Trim Editing Rosie Marks[vidtoken data:8]Jamie xx 'Treat Each Other Right' by Rosie MarksAs a photographer who chronicles the extremes of beauty culture, Marks throws up a mirror to society - which is also what she does in her first music video for Jamie xx, where a rum collection of characters and celeb lookalikes congregate in a swingers club for a night of unhinged revelry.Director: Rosie MarksProd company; Object & Animal (PRO) James Ogram[vidtoken data:9]Honeyglaze 'Don't' by James OgramOgram demonstrated an impressive command for the form with his intense, claustrophobic video for Honeyglaze's edgy Don't. Has since shown his versatility with his excellent alien invader comedy for Fat Dog. Director: James OgramDirector's rep: Agile Films, André Reid-McKinlay Lea Otovic[vidtoken data:10]Lonnie Gunn 'Jessie's Pitbull' by Lea OtovicComing into directing from a background in set design, Lea Otovic built a body of work through the year with videos for House Of Women, Lambrini Girls and three promos for singer-songwriter Lonnie Gunn, starting with the bold and sexy Jessie's Pitbull.Director: Lea OtovicProd company: Blend Films (PRO)Editing company: The Quarry (PRO) Ethan Ross[vidtoken data:11]Lexie Carroll 'Laundry Detergent' by Ethan RossRoss has directed a series of charming low-budget videos for singer-songwriters Lexie Carroll and Tinyumbrellas over the past couple of years, and this one for Lexie was the first we featured here. Very interested to see how his work progresses this coming year. Director: Ethan RossProd company: Big Tent Films (PRO) Shadrinsky[vidtoken data:12]Yseult 'Bitch You Could Never' by ShadrinskyThe directing duo brought their fashion sense and penchant for organised chaos to the UKMVA-nominated video for Yseult. They have a winning formula - as proved with their next video for Jack Harlow - and the sky's the limit for Shadrinsky. Director: Shadrinsky TORSO[vidtoken data:13]Charli XCX 'Von Dutch' by TORSOThe directing duo's first appearance here came with the in-your-face video that kicked off the year of the Brat. They went on to make a the best thing that came out of Katy Perry's rather less successful album campaign. Directors: TORSOProd company: Division (PRO) David VuCamelPhat & Nadia Ali 'Endlessly' by David Vu[vidtoken data:14]Director, dancer, choreographer David Vu has gained a huge following for his inventive dance videos and TikToks. His passion to tell stories through dance and movement in promos should take off following the launchpad of his impressive debut for Camelphat. Director: David VuProd company: Caviar COMING NEXT in Best Of 2024: Hot Directors, Top Directors, Most Viewed Videos

The sixth and final instalment of our Videos Of The Year for 2024 includes more from Fontaines D.C., James Blake and Charli XCX - all previously featured in the list this year - plus Sabrina Carpenter, A$AP Rocky and Tierra Whack.Taken from hundreds of videos featured on Promonews in the past 12 months, we have organised the full Videos Of The Year list in alphabetical order by song title (here it's S through to Z).And as before, this last batch includes work includes links to the original stories about the videos in Promonews, and to the profile pages of the directors and featured site sponsors. Fontaines DC 'Starburster' by Aube Perrie[vidtoken data:0]The video itself is remarkable, founded in gritty cinematic realism but operating on a different level - Irish magic realism? Then it turns out the video has achieved something that is arguably unique, infiltrating other videos (by Aube Perrie and others). Crazily good.Director: Aube PerrieProd company: Pulse FilmsLabel: XL Recordings Crystal Murray 'Starmaniak' by Charlotte Wales[vidtoken data:1]Fashion photographer and director Charlotte Wales creates a Hell of a London high street for French singer Crystal Murray's sashay in a well-aimed swipe at smallmindness and herd mentality in modern Britain - and a nod to a 90s classic. Director: Charlotte Wales A$AP Rocky 'Tailor Swif' by Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia[vidtoken data:2]It took a long time for its release - it was shot in Kyiv before the War in Ukraine began in early 2022 - but it was worth the wait for this surreal masterpiece.Directors: Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia Sabrina Carpenter 'Taste' by Dave Meyers[vidtoken data:3]Channeling the iconic Robert Zemeckis film Death Becomes Her, Dave Meyers directs a eye-poppingly gory - yet still sweet and quite short - video for Taste, with Wednesday star Jenna Ortega perfectly cast as Sabrina's nemesis. Director: Dave Meyers James Blake 'Thrown Around' by The Reids[vidtoken data:4]James Blake's surprising gift for comedy is given full rein in The Reids' video that begins as biting satire on current music biz obsessions before the hapless Blake embarks on a full pelt action comedy - with surreal touches.Directors: The ReidsDirectors Rep: Anonymous Content Olivia Dean 'Time' by Jake Erland[vidtoken data:5]The video has a great simple idea at its heart, providing a 'wow' moment during an intimate performance. It just had to be executed perfectly and Jake Erland and Olivia Dean did exactly that.Director: Jake ErlandProd company: Park Pictures Tierra Whack 'Two Night' by Alex Da Corte[vidtoken data:6]Tierra is transformed into a giant inflatable floating above her hometown of Philadelphia - recreated in impressively realistic 3D animation - before coming to a brutal demise. Delightful and horrifying in equal measure.Director: Alex Da Corte Yard Act 'A Vineyard For The North (Live from Utopia)' by Ja Humby[vidtoken data:7]Taken from a live session that appears to have taken place in the middle of an animation, Humby's latest Molten Jets project is an ambitious marriage of technology, creativity and performance, resulting in one of the most original live videos of the year.Director: Ja HumbyProd company: Intergalactic Studios Charli XCX 'Von Dutch' by TORSO[vidtoken data:8]TORSO place Charli in a space that works really well for her: fast-moving action, treading a line between glamour and outrage, humour and danger, as she tussles with her POV fan-cum-assailant through Charles De Gaulle airport. Set the stage for what was to follow.Directors: TORSO Joe Armon-Jones & Hak Baker 'Wrong Side Of Town' by Broken Antenna[vidtoken data:9]Broken Antenna reunited with the redoubtable Baker and Ezra Collective's Armon-Jones to make not just a promo for their reggae-flavoured collab but an informative short doc about gentrification in London's East End. Hugely successful on both counts.Directors: Broken AntennaProd company: Knucklehead BIJI 'Zigidi' by Maceo Frost[vidtoken data:10]Thrilling car action and stunts meets social documentary in the Kurdistan region of Iraq for BIJI - the musical project of Kurdish/Swedish artist/actor Robin Naziri and director/music producer Frost which uses hiphop and other traditions to highlight the Kurdish situation.Director: Maceo FrostProd company: KnuckleheadProd company: new--land COMING NEXT on Best Of 2024: Directors Of The Year

The fifth part of our collection of Videos Of The Year list for 2024 includes videos for Kendrick Lamar, Depeche Mode, Fred Again.. - and two queens of K-Pop.Taken from hundreds of videos featured on Promonews in the past 12 months, and organised in alphabetical order of song title, this latest batch includes work by artists-turned-directors, directors-turned-artists-turned-directors, big industry names and several directors who have emerged to be the hottest talents in 2024, .These 10 picks include links to the original stories about the videos in Promonews, and to the profile pages of the directors and featured site sponsors. Chanmina ’NG’ by NAIVE Kim Youngio, Yoo Seungwoo[vidtoken data:0]More proof that K-Pop is where its at for the cutting edge of pop video creativity came from the heavily pregnant Korean-Japanese artist Chanmina causing choreographed mayhem in the office. Big thanks to Stitch/Homespun's Sara Faulkner for bringing this taboo-busting masterpiece to our attention in her Snapshot Q&A in November.Directors: NAIVE Kim Youngio, Yoo Seungwoo Kendrick Lamar 'Not Like Us' by Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar[vidtoken data:1]One of the big musical moments of the year required a visual to match and former 'Little Homies' Dave Free and Kendrick did not disappoint. With Kendrick engaging brutally with Drake in the lyrics, the video leans towards the artist's place in his community and celebrates artistic expression in his hometown. Directors: Dave Free, Kendrick Lamar Ravyn Lenae ft Childish Gambino ‘One Wish’ by Andre Muir[vidtoken data:2]Time passes through the years from the inside of a car, with small social exchanges taking place that mark a life, in Muir's beautifully crafted video for Ravyn Lenae, serving as a device for the singer's own journey to independence. Director: André MuirProd company: SMUGGLER Mustard ft Travis Scott 'Parking Lot' by Jeremi Durand[vidtoken data:3]An ambitious warehouse performance, featuring car stunt work, impressive set design and a flourish of captivating narrative vignettes, it's a brillliant visual spectacle for US producer and DJ Mustard to consolidate Durand's growing reptuation. Director: Jeremi DurandDirector's Rep UK: Rogue Films Depeche Mode 'People Are Good' by Rich Hall[vidtoken data:4]Hall presents stylised scenarios of apparent wrongdoing or human frailty before revealing the reality of those situations. A worthy addition to the great canon of work for one of the best music video bands of all time.Director: Rich HallProd company: Riff Raff FilmsEditing company: HomespunGrading company: Black Kite Studios FKA twigs 'Perfect Stranger' by Jordan Hemingway[vidtoken data:5]Twigs and Hemingway extend the visual world that was introduced with the Eusexua video, with the artist using dance and drama to enact different roles in a series of sexually charged vignettes. Director: Jordan Hemingway Fred Again.. & Anderson .Paak 'Places To Be' by LOOSE[vidtoken data:6]There's a delightful sense of magic being caught in a bottle as a jam session between two of the most exciting musicians on the planet is filmed in one joyous take. Just one segment of LOOSE's ongoing relationship with Fred as creative director but it's a defining moment. Director: LOOSEProd company: Stink FilmsEditing company: Homespun Supermodel 'Push' by Joe Connor and Emile Rafael[vidtoken data:7]A young woman attends a séance, where events take an even stranger turn than expected, in this riveting cinematic spectacle, co-directed by Emile Rafael and Joe Connor for the pair's own music project Supermodel.Directors: Joe Connor, Emile RafaelProd companies: Agile Films, Rogue FilmsEditing company: Trim EditingColour grading company: Black Kite StudiosDirector's rep (Joe Connor): Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK LISA 'Rockstar' by Henry Scholfield[vidtoken data:8]Scholfield returns to his old stamping ground to launch LISA's solo campaign, and celebrate her Thai roots in the neon-soaked action movie extravaganza shot in Bangkok, with astonishing choreo and VFX by Black Kite in London. Director: Henry ScholfieldProd company: Academy FilmsVFX company: Black Kite Studios Falling In Reverse ft Tech N9ne & Alex Terrible 'Ronald' by Jensen Noen[vidtoken data:9]One of several mind-boggling productions by Ukranian director Noen for US metallers Falling In Reverse which takes Apocayptic visions of destruction to the next level, courtesy of frontman Ronnie Ratke's lazerbeam eyes. And this one is the biggest and baddest of the lot... so far.Director: Jensen NoenProd company: UnderWonder ContentDirector's rep UK: Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK COMING NEXT on Best Of 2024 - Videos Of The Year (Part Six), Directors Of The Year

The fourth set of superb works to add to our Videos Of The Year list for 2024 includes videos for RM, James Blake, Meeks, Peggy Gou, Childish Gambino - and more Kylie.Taken from hundreds of videos featured on Promonews in the past 12 months, and organised in alphabetical order of song title, this latest batch includes work by video directing icons, returning heroes, big players and up-and-comers.These 10 picks include links to the original stories about the videos in Promonews, and to the profile pages of the directors and featured site sponsors. Fontaines D.C. 'In The Modern World' by Luna Carmoon[vidtoken data:0]Luna Carmoon's second video for Fontaines is a visceral parable of self-harm, based around the new 'sport' of in-car wrestling. Funny, poignant and wince-inducing - with a remarkable lead performance by Ewan Mitchell. Director: Luna CarmoonEditing company: Trim EditingColour grade company: Electric Theatre CollectiveLabel: XL Recordings Wasia Project 'Isotope' by Charlie and Charlie[vidtoken data:1]Charlie and Charlie created a hypnotic atmosphere around the brother/sister duo Wasia Project in their impressive short film, showcasing songs from the artists' EP.Directors: Charlie & Charlie Kylie Minogue 'Lights, Camera, Action' by Sophie Muller & Theo Adams[vidtoken data:2]Another sensational vehicle for Kylie's latest renaissance - here in full diva mode, but with tongue firmly in cheek - where Kylie plays both the on-screen star we know and love, and also a super-demanding creative auteur.Director: Sophie MullerCo-director: Theo Adams James Blake 'Like The End' by Jon Rafman[vidtoken data:3]Rafman projects James Blake’s fear for the state of the world into a surreal carnival of bizarre imagery - AI generated but bordering on the plausible.Director: Jon Rafman Childish Gambino ft Young Nudy 'Little Foot Big Foot' by Hiro Murai[vidtoken data:4]Donald Glover and Hiro Murai take us back to the 1930s and a bygone era of twinkled-toed entertainment in the brilliant return of Glover's alter-ego Childish Gambino.Director: Hiro MuraiProd company: Doomsday Entertainment Peggy Gou 'Lobster Telephone' by Alice Kunisué[vidtoken data:5]A trippy fever dream with lobster claw accessories, vibrant bouncy balls and a heavy dose of contemporary surrealism, allowing Peggy Gou to sideline her glamourous image for something altogether more playful.Director: Alice KunisuéColour grade company: Electric Theatre CollectiveDirector's Rep: Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UKLabel: XL Recordings RM 'LOST!' by Aube Perrie[vidtoken data:6]Arguably Aube Perrie's most surreal and densely complicated video so far - which is saying something. And it also highlighted that Korean popstars like RM are pushing the creative envelope in the medium more than anyone.Director: Aube PerrieProd company: Pulse FilmsColour grade company: Electric Theatre Collective Elbow 'Lovers' Leap' by Henry Oliver & Justin Du Pre[vidtoken data:7]A partnership takes flight in the dark fantasy for Elbow. Make that two partnerships - the fugitive couple in the deserted city who fall into another dimension, and Oliver and Du Pre, teaming as co-directors for the first time to impressive effect.Directors: Henry Oliver & Justin Du Pre Meekz 'Mini Me's' by KC Locke[vidtoken data:8]The prolific KC Locke always pulls the stops out, a big reason he's been one of the UKs top video directors for the past 5 years. Here he riffs on one of his great earlier successes then takes it to whole new level for the mysterious masked Mancunian MC Meeks. Director: KC LockeDirector's Rep: Marisa Garner Associates LISA ft Rosalía 'New Woman' by Dave Meyers[vidtoken data:9]Music video legend Dave Meyers was busy in 2024 with arguably the pop star of the year - more on that later - but also managed to create one of his vignette-based blockbusters - a great vehicle for K-Pop superstar Lisa's collab with Rosalía. Director: Dave MeyersEditing company: Final Cut COMING NEXT ON BEST OF 2024... Videos Of The Year (Part Five), Directors Of The Year