Cancer Research ‘Cancer Slam’ by David Wilson

David Wilson has created a new video for Cancer Research in which he’s interpreted the charity’s feisty and upbeat campaign into a Grease-inspired musical number, with an added touch of Breaking Bad and a typographical nod to Drive. All to the still-fresh sound of Elastica’s Britpop classic Connection. Here come the girls – all bubblegum [...]

BEHIND THE SCENES: David Wilson on the making of the video for Tame Impala’s ‘Mind Mischief’

David Wilson has taken sexual exploration into the cosmic realm with his superb video for Tame Impala’s Mind Mischief. David tells Promo News all about how he created the video… • Promo: How did you come up with the idea for the video? I guess the title had something to do with it…? David: The [...]

Tame Impala ‘Mind Mischief’ by David Wilson

Dreams come true in David Wilson’s video for Tame Impala’s Mind Mischief: a schoolboy is lost in erotic yearnings for his sexy young lady teacher in a 1970s English boys school. She’s surely unattainable. But when the school bell goes and she saunters out to her red 2CV and lights a big fat joint, our [...]

Adam Buxton ‘Sushi Song’ by David Wilson

David Wilson’s video for The Sushi Song was shown in episode 2 of Adam Buxton’s BUG on Sky Atlantic earlier this month – a super-sexy affair to match the R&B vibe of Adam’s Sushi Song (produced by Stuart Earl). Or at least as sexy as you can get while singing the praises of raw fish. [...]

Hurtwood Prize competition launches with tutorials by music video professionals

A new music video competition has launched that invites young people to make a video for one of four of the UK’s most exciting bands, and also gives entrants the chance to understand how the professional music video industry works with a series of tutorials featuring some of the UK’s top music video professionals. The [...]

Passion Pit ‘Take A Walk’ by David Wilson

Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos wants his band’s music videos to look more like short films, while David Wilson has wanted to direct a film from a bouncing perspective ever since he saw Osamu Tezuka’s Jumping animation. Now artist and director have combined to achieve mutual satisfaction for Take A Walk from the forthcoming Passion [...]

David Guetta ‘Titanium’ (feat. Sia) by David Wilson

David Wilson’s remarkable development in the past year from his animation roots continues with a full-on action adventure for David Guetta’s emotional Titanium, sung by Sia. It’s a blockbuster narrative of an apparently ordinary boy (played by Super 8‘s Ryan Lee) who goes on the run after accidentally exposing his destructive supernatural powers while at [...]

The Maccabees ‘Pelican’ by David Wilson

David Wilson’s dazzling video for The Maccabees’ Pelican – from the band’s new album Given To The Wild – is a journey through the middle of everything, from globes and little boys, to bowls of cornflakes and breasts. In fact one of the few things its lacking is a pelican… In the ballpark of things [...]

David Wilson’s Advent 7: Bo Ningen

A little bit Satanic. Music: Bo Ningen Director: David Wilson

David Wilson’s Advent 4: Keaton Henson

In the true spirit of Keaton Henson (rather than Christmas), there’s something heartbreaking about this… Alternative Advent – Day 4 Music: Keaton Henson Directors: David Wilson and Sam Potter DoP: Brian Fawcett Art Director: Arthur de Borman