58th Grammy Awards - the Music Video and Music Film nominations
David Knight - 8th Dec 2015
Kendrick Lamar is the most nominated artist at the 58th Grammy Awards, including a nomination in the Best Music Video category for the video for Alright, directed by Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, which won the Video of the Year prize at the UK Music Video Awards 2015 last month.
Fellow nominated videos are A$AP Rocky's LSD, directed by Dexter Navy (pictured); The Dead Weather's I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) by Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz (aka Ian & Cooper); Taylor Swift's Bad Blood (featuring Kendrick Lamar) directed by Joseph Kahn; and Pharrell Williams' Freedom directed by Paul Hunter.
In the Music Film category, a strong selection of music documentaries are vie for the award, including Mr. Dynamite about James Brown, The Foo Fighters's Sonic Highways, directed by Dave Grohl, and Amy, Asif Kapadia's film about Amy Winehouse.
The BEST MUSIC VIDEO nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards are:
A$AP Rocky - LSD
Director: Dexter Navy
Producer: Shin Nishigaki
Label: RCA Records/A$AP Worldwide/Polo Grounds Music
The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
Directors: Cooper Roberts & Ian Schwartz
Producers: Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer, video producers
Label: Third Man Records
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
Directors: The Little Homies & Colin Tilley
Producers: Brandon Bonfiglio, Dave Free, Andrew Lerios & Luga Podesta
Label: Aftermath Records/Interscope Records
Taylor Swift ft Kendrick Lamar - Bad Blood
Director: Joseph Kahn
Producer: Ron Morhoff
Label: Big Machine Records
Pharrell Williams - Freedom
Director: Paul Hunter
Producer: Candice Dragonas & Nathan Scherrer
Label: Columbia
BEST MUSIC FILM nominations:
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown
Director: Alex Gibney
Producer: Peter Afterman, Blair Foster, Mick Jagger & Victoria Pearman
Label: Inaudible Films
Sonic Highways
Director: Dave Grohl
Producers: John Cutcliffe, John Silva, Gaby Skolnek & Kristen Welsh
Label: RCA Records/Roswell Records
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Director: Liz Garbus
Producer: Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby, Jayson Jackson & Justin Wilkes
Label: Netflix
The Wall
Directors: Sean Evans & Roger Waters
Producers: Clare Spencer & Roger Waters
Label: Back Lot Music
Amy
Director: Asif Kapadia
Producer: James Gay-Rees, video producer
Label: Universal Music Enterprises
The Grammy Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on February 15th 2016.
David Knight - 8th Dec 2015