2013 MVPA Awards nominations announced
Promo News - 15th May 2013
Nominations have been announced for the 2013 MVPA Awards – the US music video industry’s annual celebration of the best US-produced work in the past year – with videos by Floria Sigismondi taking the most nominations, followed by those of DANIELS, Anthony Mandler, Benny Boom, Colin Tilley and Melina Matsoukas.
Sigismondi’s videos for David Bowie’s The Stars (Are Out Tonight) and Justin Timberlake’s Mirrors (above) have 12 nominations between them, and the Timberlake video is one of those nominated for the Director of the Year award, together with George Michael’s White Light, directed by Ryan Hope, Drake f/ Little Wayne’s HFYR by Director X, Solange’s Losing You by Melina, and Foster the People’s Houdini by DANIELS.
Those in the running for the Directorial Debut award are Ellis Bahl for Alt-J’s Breezeblocks, Brian Charles Lehrer for TWST-1 f/ Seek Selekta’s Tribo Fuego, Jason Baum for Zee Avi’s Concrete Wall, BREWER for Alt-J’s Something Good, and Ian & Cooper’s for Joel Compass’s Back To Me.
A full list of nominations can be viewed at Video Static.The MVPA Awards will be held in Los Angeles on May 30th – more details about tickets to be announced shortly.
Promo News - 15th May 2013