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UK Music Video Awards 2025: Technical & Craft Achievement award nominations in full

UK Music Video Awards 2025: Technical & Craft Achievement award nominations in full

Promonews - 21st Oct 2025

Here are the nominations for the Technical & Craft Achievement categories at the UK Music Video Awards 2025 - including the nominated individual or group, plus the director, production company, commissioner and label credit information where available.

Credit information on the nominations on best video categories at this year’s UKMVAs were posted on Promonews last week. Full credits for the Best Video UK categories are here, and Best Video International categories here. Individual and Company credits will follow.

The biggest party in music videos of the year, the UK Music Video Awards 2025, takes place at Magazine, London on Thursday, October 30th at 7.30pm. Tickets are still on sale for this year's UKMVAs - you can order tickets here.

Best Performance in a Video

Doechii – Anxiety
performer: Doechii
director: James Mackel
casting agent: United Casting Agency
producers: Jolene Mendes, Sophia Sabella, Pablo Feldman
production co: More Avenue
record co: TDE

Doechii – Denial Is A River
performer: Doechii
casting agent: Sarah-May Levy
director: James Mackel
producer: Autumn Maschi
production co: LOTUMN
record co: TDE

FKA twigs – Eusexua
performer: FKA twigs
casting agent: Kharmel Cochrane
director: Jordan Hemingway
producers: Morgan Clement, Sarah Tognazzi
production co: Object & Animal
commissioner: Trevor Joseph Newton
record co: Atlantic Records / Young

Little Simz ft Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly – Flood
performers: Little Simz, Moonchild Sanelly, Obongjayar
director: salomon ligthelm
casting agents: Kloe Dean (dancers) Lane Casting (actors)
producer: Alex Chamberlain
production co: Prettybird

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
performer: Sabrina Carpenter
directors: Vania & Muggia
casting agents: Sam Franco, Maya Osep
producers: Natan Schottenfels, Nathan Scherrer, Aiden Magarian
production co: Iconoclast
commissioner: Steven Gottlieb
record co: Island Records

Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
performer: Saoirse Ronan
director: Mike Mills
producer: Youree Henley
production co: MJZ
commissioner: Steven Gottlieb
record co: Warner Music

Best Casting in a Video

Disclosure – Arachnids
casting directors: Cali Nice, Osmosis Casting & Molly Peachey Pape
director: Uncanny
producer: Maggie Curwin
production co: SMUGGLER
record co: Disorder Music Group / Warehouse Project Records

Sekou – Catching Bodies
casting director: Frankie Spence at Scene Casting
director: Iggy London
producer: Sam Murray
production co: Park Pictures
record co: Island Records

Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Malice – Chains & Whips
casting director: Esprit Casting
director: Gabriel Moses
producer: Alice Wills
production co: DIVISION
record co: Roc Nation

Alabaster DePlume – Invincibility
casting director: Ginny Kerr
director: Niall Trask
producer: Milo Beyts
production co: Riff Raff Films
record co: International Anthem

Hannah Holland – Last Exit on Bethnal
casting: Lydia Garnett, Celeste Doig & Hannah Holland
director: Lydia Garnett
producer: Celeste Doig
production co: Somesuch

Bakar – Lonyo!
casting director: Selma Nicholls CDA
director: Tom Emmerson
producer: Zoe Gunn
production co: Business Club
record co: Bad Habit

Best Production Design in a Video

Jisoo – Earthquake
production designer: Alexander Delgado
director: Christian Breslauer
producer: Luga Podesta
production co: London Alley
record co: Warner Records

Manizha – Gun
production designer: Alexey Yandovskiy
director: Lado Kvataniya
producers: Pavel Karykhalin, Alexander Medvedko, Egor Solomatin, Nadin Usmanova, Lado Kvataniya, Tatyana Patrenina
production co: Eversince, Stereotactic, Daddy's Film
record co: Youthemic

OK Go – Love
production designer: Will Field
directors: Damian Kulash, Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada
exec producer: Andrew Geller
producer: Petra Ahmann
production co: 1stAveMachine
record co: Paracadute

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild
production designer: Miranda Lorenz
directors: Vania & Muggia
producers: Natan Schottenfels, Nathan Scherrer, Aiden Magarian
production co: Iconoclast
record co: Island Records

CULTS – Onions
production designer: Matt Toth
director: Alice Fassi
exec producers: Anna Roudaut (LE/PAC), Barbara Guieu (C41)
producers: Benjamin Bernard, Shayan Farooq
production co: C41 & LE\PAC
record co: Imperial Records

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
production designer: Misha Levchenko
directors: Vania & Muggia
producer: Natan Schottenfels
production co: Iconoclast
record co: RCA

Best Styling in a Video in association with Dazed

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom
stylist (band): Gary David Moore
stylist (cast): Lucy James
director: Colin Solal Cardo
production co: Stink Films
record co: Columbia Records / Sony Music Entertainment

FKA twigs – Eusexua
stylist: Georgia Pendlebury
director: Jordan Hemingway
production co: Object & Animal
record co: Atlantic Records / Young

Yung Lean – Forever Yung
stylist: Desiree Laidler
director: Aidan Zamiri
production co: Object & Animal
record co: World Affairs

HAIM – Relationships
stylist: Erin Benach
director: Camille Summers-Valli
production co: MJZ
record co: Universal Music Group

Fuse ODG – Sundiata
stylist: Mohammed Blakk
director: Christian Saint
production co: New Saint Corp
record co: Off Da Ground

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
stylist: Galina Sokolovska
directors: Vania & Muggia
production co: Iconoclast
record co: RCA

Best Choreography in a Video

Wolf Alice – Bloom Baby Bloom
choreographer: Ryan Heffington
director: Colin Solal Cardo
production co: Stink Films
record co: Columbia Records / Sony Music Entertainment

FKA twigs – Childlike Things
choreographer: Robbie Blue
director: Jordan Hemingway
production co: Object & Animal
record co: Atlantic Records / Young

FKA twigs – Eusexua
choreographer: Zoï Tatopoulos
director: Jordan Hemingway
production co: Object & Animal
record co: Atlantic Records / Young

Little Simz ft Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly – Flood
choreographer: Kloe Dean
director: Salomon Ligthelm
production co: Prettybird

Jungle – Keep Me Satisfied
choreographer: Shay Latukolan
director: Charlie di Placido
production co: Contentus Maximus
record co: Caiola Records / AWAL Recordings

Bakar – Lonyo!
choreographers: Joe Adams, Jordan J Funk, Aisha Ahumah
director: Tom Emmerson
production co: Business Club
record co: forever and ever

Best Cinematography in a Video

Travis Scott – 4x4
cinematographer: Jake Gabbay
director: Gabriel Moses
production co: DIVISION
record co: Cactus Jack

Travis Scott – DYSTI
cinematographer: Norm Li
director: Jordan Hemingway
production co: Lafour, Object & Animal
record co: Cactus Jack

FKA twigs – Eusexua
cinematographer: Daniel Landin
director: Jordan Hemingway
production co: Object & Animal
record co: Atlantic Records / Young

Little Simz ft Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly – Flood
cinematographer: Rina Yang
director: Salomon Lightelm
production co: Prettybird

Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
cinematographer: Chris Ripley
directors: Vania & Muggia
production co: Iconoclast
record co: Island Records

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
cinematographer: Denys Lushchyk
directors: Vania & Muggia
production co: Iconoclast
record co: RCA

Best Cinematography in a Video – Newcomer

Guitarricadelafuente – BABIECA!
cinematographer: Juanjo L. Salazar
director: BEL
production co: Agosto
record co: Sony Music Entertainment España

Madeleine Rose Witney – Behind Those Eyes
cinematographer: Chaimuki
director: Matilda Harding-Kemp
production co: 5dB Media
record co: 2024 5dB Records

Common Saints – Equinox
cinematographer: Ravi Doubleday
director: Ben Harris
production co: Torriano
commissioner: Harry Devenish
record co: Starsonics

Blondshell – Event of a Fire
cinematographer: Bernardo Infante
director: Emile Moutaud
production co: LE\PAC (LA\PAC)
record co: Partisan Records

Son Lux – Flickers
cinematographer: Mikuláš Hrdlička
director: Petr Vlček
production co: FAMU
record co: This Is Meru

Marina Satti – Lola
cinematographer: Toby Leary
directors: Fa & Fon
production co: Pulse Films
record co: Minos EMI

Best Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RM

Billie Eilish – Birds of a Feather
colourist: Dante Pasquinelli
director: Aidan Zamiri
post house: Ethos Studio
production co: Object & Animal
record co: Darkroom / Interscope Records

Jackson Wang – High Alone
colourist: Luke Morrison
director: Rodrigo Inada
post house: Electric Theatre Collective
production co: 88rising
record co: Team Wang / 88 Rising

Birnir – LXS
colourist: Tim Smith
director: Erlendur Sveinsson
post house: RASCAL
production co: Sensor
record co: Alda (Virgin Music Group)

Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL
colourist: Dante Pasquinelli
director: Renell Medrano
post house: Ethos Studio
production co: Virgin Soil Pictures
commissioner: Harry Devenish
record co: Rimas Entertainment LLC

Rubel – Ouro/Reckoner
colourist: Osmar Junior
director: Larissa Zaidan
post house: KAUS
production co: KAUS

Conan Gray – Vodka Cranberry
colourist: Sofie Borup
director:  Danica Kleinknecht
post house: Company 3
production co: Iconoclast
record co: Republic

Best Colour Grading in a Video – Newcomer

Joy Orbison – Bastard
colourist: Nielsan Bohl
director: Josh Renaut
post house: Selected Works
record co: XL Recordings

RÜFÜS DU SOL – Break My Love
colourist: Sharon Chung
director: Katzki
post house: Wash
production co: Rabbit House MX
record co: Warner Records

Trees Speak – Forever Chemicals
colourist: Lois Chapman
director: Dylan Hayes
post house: Coffee & TV
record co: Soul Jazz Records

Sigrid – Jellyfish
colourist: Thomas Kumeling
director: Pippa Alice
post house: DOMA
production co: Pavilion Works
record co: Island Records

Rizzle Kicks – New Sport
colourist: Fraser Twitchett
director: Earthboi
post house: OkayStudio
production co: ScaryTown
record co: Island Records

Chase Tha Worst ft Yorke, dan PARTIES & Tara Salerno – Tiefs
colourist: Mara Ciorba
directors: Ling Yu & Charlie Jeffries
post house: Harbor Picture Company, Everything Moves
production co: Everything Moves
record co: Foreign Policy Records

Best Editing in a Video in association with Shift

Disclosure – Arachnids
editor: Elliot Elder (Uncanny)
director: Uncanny
edit house: Uncanny & Charlie Jeffries
production co: SMUGGLER
record co: Disorder Music Group / Warehouse Project Records

FKA Twigs – Eusexua
editor: Charlie Von Rotberg
director: Jordan Hemingway
edit house: Stitch Editing
production co: Object & Animal
record co: Atlantic Records / Young

Sam Fender – People Watching
editor: Talia Pasqua
director: Stuart A. McIntyre
edit house: Cabin Edit
production co: Wanda Productions
record co: Polydor Records

Damiano David – Silverlines
editor: Aaron Saiki
directors: Nono + Rodrigo
edit house: Church Edit
production co: Partizan
record co: Exit Music

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
editor: Zaldy Lopez
directors: David M Helman & Daniel Henry
edit house: House Post
production co: Screens & Iconoclast

Fortuno – Wanna Believe U
editors: Jacques Simon & Anders Mills
director: Ja'Lisa Arnold
edit house: Trim Editing
production co: Love Song

Best Editing in a Video – Newcomer

Tinie Tempah ft Skepsis – Eat It Up
editor: Ipek Kadri
director: Yeeiid
production co: Ocurens
record co: Imhotep Records

Alabaster DePlume – Invincibility
editor: Eden Read
director: Niall Trask
edit house: The Assembly Rooms
production co: Riff Raff Films
record co: International Anthem Recording Company

Clovis – Les Cigales
editors: Alvynn Diagne & Terence Nury
director: Alvynn Diagne
post house: Monumental
production co: Ocurens
record co: Politesse Records

Partiboi69 & Skream – Pound Town
editor: David Tse
director: Ned Donohoe
edit house: Red Lab
production co: Protcl
record co: HARD Recs

The Knocks ft POWERS – Stay Gold
editors: Corey Wadden, Alexander Farah
director: Corey Wadden
production co: Garden Party Productions
record co: Atlantic/Big Beat

KETTAMA & Interplanetary Criminal – Yosemite
editor: David Tse
director: Joey Knox
production co: WENDYVISION
record co: Steel City Dance Discs

Best Visual Effects in a Video

Izzy Spears – Burn
vfx artists: Pavel Tchugunov, Artem Shcherbakov, Aleksandr Makedonsky, Alex Kozirev
director: Ataka51
post house: Zheeshee
exec producers: Hugo Diaz, Emmanuelle Atlan
producers: Ulysse Ancele, Alia Mazouz
production co: Henry, Farago Projects
creative direction: Georgia Pendlebury
record co: Krorecords

Jisoo – Earthquake
vfx artists: Abyss Digital
director: Christian Breslauer
post house: Abyss Digital
production co: London Alley
record co: Warner Records

Don Toliver ft Doja Cat – Lose My Mind
vfx supervisor: Thomas Dairain Sébastien Terme
vfx: Sandra Germain Christian Kelly Augustin Vernier 
3d artists: Alexis Dubor, Thomas Bertrand, Andrea Oguey, Pierre Dussaule, Florian Leroy, Thomas Nautin, Dimitri Alloneau, Moïse Hergaux-Essame, Remy Maatouk, Ludovic Paul, Julien Favini, Jules-Baptiste Giraud
tracking: Adrien Delecroix
compositing artists: Alexandre Moukala-Pez, Tina Dardenne Fallet, Frédéric Azais, Julien Michel, Sébastien Folio, Romain Froment, Matthieu Richet, Fabien Delavous
flame: Vincent Blin, Philippe Bienvenue, Luc Bellerive 
i/o team: Pierre de Fraguier, Selim Medden
director: Christian Breslauer
post house: MATHEMATIC
production co: London Alley
record co: RCA Records, Atlantic Records

Archy Moor – Robbery Rings
vfx artists: Adam Todhunter, Vittoria Belli, Nicolas de Sola
director: Nicolas de Sola
post house: Avenues
production co: Diplomats & When Not If
record co: AOPCTV

Yamê – Shoot
vfx creative directors: Colin Journée, Mathieu Jussreandot
director: King She
post house: Monumental FX
exec producers: Hugo Diaz (Henry), Tim Nash (Somesuch)
producer: Ulysse Ancele
production co: Henry, Somesuch
record co: Naïve records

A$AP Rocky – Tailor Swif
vfx artists: Vania Heymann, Tal Baltuch
directors: Vania & Muggia
production co: Iconoclast
record co: RCA

Best Animation in a Video

AJ Tracey – 3rd Time Lucky
animators: Dario Imbrogno & Supreme4Stupid
directors: Late Milk & Dario Imbrogno
producer: Andre Wooz
post house: Turiya FX
production co: Ocurens
mgmt: Supernature

Gonzalo Varela – Amanecer
animator: Clara Rodríguez de Almeida
director: Clara Rodríguez de Almeida

Mac Miller – Balloonerism
director: Samuel Jerome Mason
post house: Wobbly Way
animators: Jay Asava, Jin Jindawitchu, Alexandre Daumail, Alexandre Dumez, Simon Diebold, Nico Debon, Nico Debon, Benoît de Geyer d'Orth, Kevin Ducrot, Chloé Fabre, Mikolaj Janiw, Steeve Manangou, Clément Pierre
production co: Hornet
record co: Warner Records

Nap Eyes – Dark Mystery Enigma Bird
animators: Dr Cool (Jordan Minkoff)
director: Jordan Minkoff
production co: Dr Cool
record co: Paper Bag Records

The Avett Brothers – Love Of a Girl
animator: Victor Haegelin
dop: Jeremy Lesquenner
ad/coordination: Coralli Grieu
producers: Amanda Stubbs, Ilona Marcus
stop motion animation: Julien Jourdain De Muizon, Victor Haegelin
character designer/illustration: Mateo Montoya
2d animation: Mathieu Maillefer
production designer: Florentin Bougot, Aurélie Collignon, Morgane Baux
puppets: Coralli Grieu, Thomas Gebczynski, Alexandra Malcouronne
post producer: Claire Prudhomme
post-production manager/fx: Philippe Baranzini
grading: Youri Borg
equipment: Manuel Cam, Jean Louis Padis
director: Victor Haegelin
production co: Wizz
record co: American Recordings

GUNSHIP – Tech Noir 2
animator: Lee Hardcastle
director: Lee Hardcastle
post house: Horsie In The Hedge
production co: Horsie In The Hedge
record co: Horsie In The Hedge

• The UK Music Video Awards 2025 takes place at Magazine in London on Thursday, October 30th. More information at the UKMVAs website. Book your tickets for the UKMVAs24 ceremony and aftershow here. 

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