Here’s a must-go event for the festive diary: a special Christmas show by video directing super-group Philthy Collins and The Crystal Balls on December 17th. Featuring Diamond Dogs’ Olly Williams (guitar) and Phil Sansom (drums), plus Dougal Wilson on keyboards and large finger headwear, the Philthies will be reworking classic Eighties hits in their unique [...]
Robbie is in Wonderland – and so are the Dogs. Phil Sansom and Olly Williams aka Diamond Dogs, having spent most of the year working on their new short film, return to promos with a beautifully made, satisfyingly slow burn of comic surrealism for Rob – who makes a utterly charming White Rabbit. It’s proper [...]
12 Stone Toddler battle the elements in the latest video by Phil and Olly, officially the band’s biggest fans. But as this all happens indoors, obviously more big fans were needed. Er, sorry about that… 12 Stone Toddler Under the Weather Prod co: HSI London Directors: Phil & Olly (aka Diamond Dogs) Producer: Phil Tidy [...]
To celebrate the launch of the new Samsung i8910 HD mobile phone, Future Shorts in association with Samsung Mobile have commissioned four top directors – Mike Figgis, Phil Sansom & Olly Williams, Rankin & Chris and James Lees – to make films in quickly turned-round short films shot in HD. Watch all four films and [...]
Their background in music, and their reputation for achieving the apparently insurmountable, meant that Diamond Dogs (that’s Phil Sansom and Olly Williams) were ideal candidates to make this kinetic viral to launch the new Nokia phone that may possibly revolutionise the music industry’s business model. And I’m not just talking about all the videos that [...]
Diamond Dogs – that’s Phil Sansom and Olly Williams – multi-nominated for the UK Music Video Awards on October 14th – won the Virgin Media Shorts Grand Prize with their first short film The Black Hole on Monday night. The Black Hole was written and directed by Phil and Olly, shot by Will Bex and [...]
At last we can post the video for Sonny J that Phil Sansom and Olly Williams – aka Diamond Dogs – shot just before Christmas, and premiered at BUG 05 last month. Featuring an intriguing cast of characters – a small person on guitar, a giant on drums, a Sikh warrior on bass, a burlesque [...]
