News of the death of Peter Stenhouse, the hugely talented animator who was a member of the London-based directing team Dirty UK, has shocked his former colleagues in the music video world, who have only recently learned of his tragic death. Peter drowned while swimming off the coast of La Coruna Province in Spain last [...]
Laura Lewis is the new head of music videos at Draw Pictures, representing the directorial roster at the company. Laura comes from Sony BMG, where she was a member of the video commissioning team led by Mike O’Keefe for three years. It is her first appointment on the production side – and she intends to [...]
Nominated in the Best Urban Video category at the MVAs for their excellent and now very huge video for Flobots’ Handlebars – 10 million hits on YouTube and counting – here’s the new thing from Dirty UK. Elephant boy and butterfly-cat journey through a Japanese painting to the end of the world (and back), for [...]
Although it’s a bit confusing, him being a Last Shadow Puppet and a Rascal (and their records being around at the same time), here is all the evidence you need that Miles Kane is not hanging on the coattails of his more famous Arctic Monkey mate. Straight-talking, atmospheric, powerful performance vid (with merest hint of [...]
The Fratellis find themselves trying out their latest in the searing Spanish desert – and then a f***ing* great “F” appears in the sky. Dirty UK teamed up with Ben Unwin to create the storming performance, and the sub-plot about a couple lost in the desert. The Dirty boys no doubt handled that f***ing great [...]
What happens when two friends take very different paths off the cycle track. A powerful allegory, beautifully executed by Olly, Andy and Pete at Dirty UK, for Denver-based hip-hop progressives Flobots. Flobots Handlebars (Universal Republic USA) Prod Co: Draw Pictures Directors: Olly, Andy, Pete @ DirtyUK Producer: Phil Tidy Commissioner: Gina Hurrell Watch online:
Draw’s animation outfit Dirty UK – currently on a big CGI job for US outfit Flobots – have made this welcome diversion into some old-fashioned live action optical-type effects for Shortwave Set: it’s colourful, it’s psychedelic, it’s bloody messy. Don’t they say never work with kids, animals and runny paint? Shortwave Set No Social (Wall [...]
It’s taken a while, but finally here comes another comprehensive snapshot of what’s going down, or coming up, in music video-making right now. It’s a whole lot of things currently in production or just completed… Between the Eyes: Eran Creevy just shot Natty’s Cold Town for Tim Nash at Atlantic and also Sonny J’s Handsfree [...]
“It was a lightbulb kind of moment,” says Nima Nourizadeh. “I’m sat in this hotel with Dave from Chromeo and he’s talking about how they are really influenced by Eighties stuff, including videos. We were kicking around cool videos from the Eighties, Money For Nothing was mentioned – and then it hit me.” Nima’s golden [...]
