The Wombats throw a party in the video for 1996 directed by Michael, and the invitation appears to have said ‘come as a deep sea diver’. There’s certainly a lot of water in the video – shot in a house in Earls Court with its own swimming pool – and lots of Nineties cultural references… [...]

Following his promo for My Chemical Romance, and several NSFW ones for Yuck, Michael works with Oxfordshire fivepiece Fixers on their promo for Crystals. Taking his cue from the swirling reverb-drenched soundtrack, Michael masks the track with a effects-laden psychedelic orgy of molten colour… Fixers Crystals -Directors Cut (Mercury) Director: Michael Producer: Anthony Baldino Production [...]

After Rubber and Holing Out, another Yuck video by Michael featuring the evident charms of Ariela Marin – who seems to get nuder in each successive video, if that’s possible. She barely keeps any clothes on at all in this one, as she hitches a lift with the band out in the desert. And then [...]

Following the somewhat notorious video for Rubber, Yuck’s latest, for Holing Out, is another by Michael – and also features nubile, Natasha Khan-lookalike Ariela Marin. The chase is on, as extreme dog grooming is replaced by extreme horror, liberally spiced with sex – yes, Ariela gets naked again – against another impressive Nineties-style rock wig-out [...]

The dirty, Mogadon-tempoed tones of Yuck’s Rubber gets this unnerving and somewhat startling treatment from videothing’s Michael, indulging in a spot of female nudity and, erm, dog grooming. We’re sure it’s all good clean fun. Yuck Rubber (Mercury) Director: Michael Producer: Anthony Baldino Production Company: videothing Editor: Forrest Borie DP: June Zandona Rep: Jen Herrera [...]

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 [...]

The Delays’ new video by MICHAEL stars Ewan Macintosh (doomed to be known for a while longer as Keith from The Office) as the overweight chap whose good intentions to pound the streets of Winchmore Hill are shattered by the garish allure of the kebab shop. But boy, does he pay for his indulgence. Junk [...]