Harvey Pearson is a self-taught director, writer and photographer. His work traverses narrative and visual storytelling, interwoven with visceral yet introspective qualities, exploring human existence at its heart.Harvey’s body of work includes short films such as ‘In My Mind’ and films for brands like The Fader. His directing credits also include ‘Dusk, Dark, Dawn’, a trilogy of films for SG Lewis and music videos for Sam Smith, Jessie Buckley &amp; Bernard Butler, The Japanese House, Puma Blue and Benjamin Francis Leftwich.

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Harvey Pearson

Harvey Pearson directs a beautifully minimalist promo for up and coming singer-songwriter Cordelia.&nbsp;The live video for Little Life was shot at the artist's family home, and consists of a single scene and only a handful of camera angles. It's an inspired visual that feels personal and intimate, whilst perfectly suiting the gentle track.&nbsp;"Having heard this song seemingly everywhere, directing this video&nbsp;was a pleasure," says Pearson.&nbsp;"Accompanied by a small yet dedicated team, we journeyed to Cordelia’s family home in Stroud, spending the day around where she grew up."The track explores themes of reflecting on balance and contentment in life, emphasising the beauty found in the smallest of moments.&nbsp;We sought to capture one of these 'small moments,' culminating in a shot at the end of the day as Cordelia's dad cleared up from dinner."With a completely minimal camera setup, this quiet&nbsp;moment showcased Cordelia’s captivating performance. The result is a video that, I hope, not only visually complements the track but also authentically captures the raw emotion of its themes."&nbsp;

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Cordelia 'Little Life' by Harvey Pearson

CORDELIA 'Little Life'

Harvey Pearson directs an intimate promo for Victor Ray, a stripped-back affair in a dark, minimalist studio environment.Pearson's video for Comfortable is focussed entirely on the performance of Ray&nbsp;- a&nbsp;singer who was born in Uganda and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne - without any extraneous conceptual elements.&nbsp;It's a powerful one-shot visual which matches the pace of the lilting track."With this video I wanted Victor's performance to be front and centre," Pearson confirms."We opted to capture it in a single, continuous shot, illuminated by one light source - immersing the audience and emphasising the intensity of Vic’s powerful delivery. Reacting to every move, the camera flows around him, accentuating this raw and powerful intimacy."&nbsp;

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Dan Kreeger

Anastasia Busch

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Amelia Studios

Riaz Ahmed

Juanjo L. Salazar

Jamie Glydon

Oli Hill

Justin Theodore

Bernat Bonaventura

Guillem Zamora

Ruth Wardell

Time Based Arts

Decca

Victor Ray 'Comfortable' by Harvey Pearson

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Harvey Pearson directs an evocative promo for sister-duo Sarah Julia and their&nbsp;song Caingorms, filmed in the eponymous Scottish mountain range.&nbsp;In the video the sisters are joined by&nbsp;an enigmatic (and very hairy)&nbsp;figure who dwells unobtrusively in the area. He becomes their guide as they retrace paths on the hillsides they have walked many times before. As they explain this symbolic figure&nbsp;has deep significance for them.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“The Cairngorms are a place our Dad used to take us hiking when we were younger," they explain.&nbsp;"It holds a memory of a version of him that we try to hold on to.”&nbsp;This sense of memory and wistfulness is visualised through tender, emotional vignettes, which blur reality and fiction with creative flair. Lovely work with an emotional message from Harvey Pearson.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

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Cinelab Film and Digital

Sarah Julia 'Cairngorms' by Harvey Pearson

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Harvey Pearson directs a spellbinding studio-based&nbsp;promo for&nbsp;Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler.The first thing to note about this video for a track from the collaboration between actor/singer Buckley and ex-Suede guitarist Butler&nbsp;is the&nbsp;remarkable execution by Pearson - shot all in one-take, with mesmerising lighting cues, fluid camerawork and live audio, there are a myriad of complex processes at play, cleverly hidden by a seemingly simple concept.&nbsp;The black and white aesthetic - following from Pearson's other visuals for the&nbsp;pair's album&nbsp;All Our Days That Tear The Heart&nbsp;- paired with traditional lighting and engaging composition, elevates the atmospheric style&nbsp;and perfectly suits the artistic, jazzy number.&nbsp;

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My Accomplice

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Jamie Clark

Ben Welch

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Okay Studio

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Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler 'Seven Red Rose Tattoos' by Harvey Pearson

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Harvey Pearson's uses a twin-image format to create a hypnotic video for new artist Leo Bjanji.Throughout the video, Bjanji stands in a US-style phone box, in a field of wind turbines, talking the lyrics to Sea Demon into the receiver, as the camera rotates around him. The double image device really works to compliment this&nbsp;strong, simple set-up. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

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Sam Barnham

Samantha Wolf

Shamara Adams

Isaac Eastgate

Samuel Harding

Aubery Pascoe

Joe Munroe

Jon Moore

Dirty Hit

Leo Bhanji 'Sea Demon' by Harvey Pearson

Leo Bhanji - Sea Demon

Do you ever truly accept the passing of a loved one? Harvey Pearson poses the question in the video for Benjamin Francis Leftwich's Canary In A Coalmine.An elderly man clears the chairs from a hall&nbsp;service and when he moves to the centre of the room, he is joined by his departed wife for a last dance.&nbsp;Pearson cast a real married couple,&nbsp;Bill and June Best, in the roles of the husband and wife.&nbsp;The video is for the lead single from Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s new album To Carry A Whale, released earlier this month. released last week.[imgtoken data:1]

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Imogen Harrison

Singer-songwriter

Benjamin Francis Leftwich 'Canary In A Coalmine' by Harvey Pearson

Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Canary In A Coalmine

Harvey Pearson addresses a tough subject in a hugely affecting way&nbsp;for young indie-soul&nbsp;singer Puma Blue.Jacob Allen (aka Puma Blue) wrote Velvet Leaves a few years after his sister attempted suicide - when he was finally able to process&nbsp;this traumatic and tragic event. Pearson's video for the song explores the relationship between the singer and his sibling - their friendship and the impact of her mental health issues upon him - in an impressionistic fashion, with reality slipping into a dreamworld and then veering towards somewhere nightmarish.With Mia Gill playing the sibling foil to Allen's sensitive performance, Pearson uses a number of effective, lo-fi&nbsp;visual devices to express emotion and instability: the film speeding up to a blur, the vision of the girl becoming indistinct; the siblings frozen in a fiercely white spotlight, as if in grave danger.&nbsp;But perhaps most effective of all is a more realistic snapshot, after Allen witnesses his distressed sister storming out of the house.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"This was a really special project and the first job out of lockdown," says Pearson. "Jacob (Puma Blue) came to me with this beautiful track and the touching story it told, one of family and getting through the hard times - balancing on the line of life and death. The video is a small tribute to Jacob’s sister, exploring memories and an abstract journey through mental health."&nbsp; &nbsp;

Frankie Willcock

Natalie Wetherell

Hunter Daly

Josie Thieme

Alex Hudson

Kit Wood

Millie Tennant

Matthieu Toullet

Edwin Elkington

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Mia Gill

Blue Flowers

Indie

Soul

Puma Blue 'Velvet Leaves' by Harvey Pearson

Puma Blue - Velvet Leaves (Official Video)

The third in a series for SG Lewis, Harvey Pearson follows last year's videos for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/06/29/sg-lewis-dusk-harvey-pearson/53864" target="_blank">Dusk</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/11/05/sg-lewis-dark-harvey-pearson/55809" target="_blank">Dark</a> with, appropriately enough, Dawn.This impressionistic love story was shot in Los Angeles as the same time as its predecessors, and as previously it is distinguished by Hunter Daly's glowing cinematography, shot on Kodak 16mm film.

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Paolo Arriola

Electric Theatre Collective

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Emily Sonnet

SG Lewis 'Dawn' by Harvey Pearson 

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Harvey Pearson presents a&nbsp;story of urban isolation, and acceptance of yourself, for Amber Bain&nbsp;aka The Japanese House.In the Maybe You&#39;re The Reason video, Pearson employs a subtle use of VFX in a minimalist setting, to establish existential loneliness, and to&nbsp;create&nbsp;a resonant symbol of improving mental health - an alter ego who watches over Bain, and ultimately, provide crucial support.

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Jack Meredith

Evelin van Rei

Ciro Candia

James Malamatinas

Simon Ingrem

Alice Howlett

George Neave

Alternative

Alt-Pop

The Japanese House 'Maybe You're The Reason' by Harvey Pearson

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Harvey Pearson - just signed to My Accomplice - has directed an affecting one-shot video for singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich, dramatising his song Gratitude.Pearson's film tackles the subject of mental health, and its potentially grim consequences. Through the use of the single take dropping the viewer into a crucial moments of a young man's experience, it treats the subject in an unsensationalised way. Which makes it's final moments all the more powerful.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Sefa Ucbas

Connor Wilson

Alex Kellet

Connor Newall

Jake Whitehouse

Benjamin Francis Leftwich 'Gratitude' by Harvey Pearson

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Director and photographer Harvey Pearson has joined the directors' roster at&nbsp;My Accomplice, for music videos, commercials and other content.The announcment of his arrival at the London-based production company coincides with the release of his latest video, for&nbsp;Benjamin Francis Leftwich, and just before the release of the final part of his series of videos to accompany the new album by SG Lewis,&nbsp;Dusk, Dark, Dawn.&nbsp;Pearson has been building a fine reputation for both his filmmaking and photographic work, since he directed his first official video for Island-signed band Aquilo at the age of 17. Growing up in Lancaster, he had worked with several bands from the area, including Aquilo, before that point. After leaving school he toured with Aquilo&nbsp;and other artists including Låpsley, documenting their tours through Europe and North America.He has since worked with&nbsp;Atlantic Records, Island Records, Sony Music, TAP Management and more, working in both film and stills. His photography has led him to shooting a number of artists including&nbsp;Vance Joy, Col3trane and Sigrid.Recently, having&nbsp;directed a three-part film visualising Lewis’ album&nbsp;Dusk, Dark, Dawn, shot in Los Angeles, Harvey has directed a video for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jwl8bgEqY" target="_blank">Benjamin Francis Leftwich's Gratitude</a> - released today. Harvey is also currently developing his first short film; a drama focused on the effects of mental health, which he wrote and will direct, due to start production in the new year.• Watch Harvey Pearson's showreel at My Accomplice <a href="https://www.myaccomplice.co.uk/harveypearson" target="_blank">here</a>

Harvey Pearson signs to My Accomplice

The second part in the trilogy of films for SG Lewis, visualising the album Dusk, Dark and Dawn, by Harvey Pearson.The film for Dark, which takes us into after-dark Los Angeles, ostensibly to a houseparty, keeping things vague and impressionistic. It features the track A.A.T, featuring&nbsp;Drew Love.

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SG Lewis 'Dark' by Harvey Pearson

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Love blossoms in the sunshine, and then things get deeper as the sun sets, in SG Lewis&#39;s Dusk.Harvey Pearson&#39;s film covers a single day and night, and admirably reflects the complexities of a relationship, keeping the viewer guessing until the final frame.Dusk also looks fantastic: it was&nbsp;shot on Kodak 16mm motion picture film, by cinematographer&nbsp;Hunter Daly. Overall the grainly quality of the colour film, and the editng, lends a dreamy quality to the narrative. And as this is the first part of a trilogy of films for Lewis, that narrative is likely to unfold in future films.

SG Lewis 'Dusk' by Harvey Pearson

Sg-Lewis--'Dusk'-by-Harvey-Pearson

A forest setting&nbsp;and Supple Nam&#39;s choreography provide the twin pillars of Harvey Pearson&#39;s&nbsp;video for singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan. Shot in Bourne Woods in Surrey, and nicely photographed by DoP Charlie Goodger,&nbsp;the focus never shifts from the impressive Hannigan and her performance of the heartfelt Fall, as her physical movement also&nbsp;reflects the struggles at the heart of the song.&nbsp;&nbsp;