In this tale of a young woman escaping her demons – hyperventilating at haunting images of vodka martinis to name but one – Danakil (winner of Antville’s Best New Music Director 2009) paints a surreal picture of paranoia to compliment Geisweiller’s leftfield electro-pop. Mohini Geisweiller Milk Teeth (Columbia) Director: Danakil Producer: Grégory Escure Production Company: [...]

Paris-based director and photographer Danakil is now being represented in London for music videos by OB Management. Having established himself in photography, Danakil has a growing reputation for his work in music videos for The Micronauts (right), The Penelopes, Poni Hoax and others. His exceptional video for Poni Hoax’s Antibodies was featured at BUG last [...]

His video for Poni Hoax’s Antibodies featured at the Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes last month. Now here’s director/photographer Danakil’s new one. It’s another dramatic, enigmatic scenario constructed from Danakil’s memorable, sensual and intense imagery – featuring a young man in a semi-coma and a pot of honey… The Penelopes Stuck in Lalaland (Citizen [...]

A naked girl in a hotel room taking a pregnancy test; a bubble floating in an empty airport building; the girl stroking a gasping fish with a needle; the needle piercing flesh. According to ArtForum Danakil’s photography and video installation work “are subtly unsettling and exude an eerie sense of stillness… though immediately arresting, the [...]

Award-winning director of sophisticated pop videos for Lily Allen, Lykke Li, Annie, and many more, Sarah Chatfield has ventured where others fear to tread. Yes, Sarah (or “Chatters”, as she is known over at Colonel Blimp, and elsewhere) has courageously stepped up to the plate with a pre-Christmas selection of music video goodies (previously described [...]