Head of Music Videos & Special Projects at Prettybird UK 

Producer

Chris Murdoch

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard direct a mesmerizing promo for Anohni &amp; The Johnsons, starring English model and activist&nbsp;Munroe Bergdorf.&nbsp;The video for It Must Change features&nbsp;Munroe Bergdorf as ANOHNI's stand-in, who mimes the words with passion and intention, delivering a truly stunning performance.&nbsp;Forsyth&nbsp;and Pollard's multidisciplinary art backgrounds are on show here too, with inspired graphics and text interwoven into cutaway vignettes, giving the video a sense of place among a much wider conversation.&nbsp;It's a brilliantly achieved&nbsp;vision, which delivers in every aspect across the board.&nbsp;“Anohni is a visionary artist who speaks with compassion and intellect, from a place of experience,"&nbsp;say directors Forsyth and Pollard. "Bringing one of the most important voices of our time to life on screen has been both daunting and exhilarating."Munroe is the perfect conduit - not only for Anohni's voice, but for her message. It Must Change&nbsp;is a clarion call, pleading with us all to act on the urgent need for positive change in the way we live with one another and on this planet we call home.”

United Kingdom

Thomas George Wulbern

Jane Pollard

Iain Forsyth

Prettybird

Prettybird Uk

Ben Skyrme

Tim Sidell

Juliette Larthe

Lottie Lindsay-Beavan

Dan Winter

David Agha-Rafei

Danny Williams

Nancy Brown

Mikai Mcdermott

Bianca Spencer

Olly Stothert

Flock

Claire Winter

Dirty Looks

Munroe Bergdorf

Rough Trade

Singer songwriter

Alternative

ANOHNI & The Johnsons 'It Must Change' by Iain Forsyth And Jane Pollard 

ANOHNI and the Johnsons - It Must Change (Official Video)

A fantastical beast&nbsp;is on the run in Jess Kohl's offbeat promo for Heartbreaker - and it's up to Birdy to find and take care of him.The artist is shown cleaning tables at a&nbsp;cafe&nbsp;under the watchful eye of the owner, and it isn't long until a news alert pops up on the TV screen that mentions the beast. That night, the creature visits Birdy at her house, and she takes it upon herself to protect him, right until a twist at the end.&nbsp;The anachronistic aesthetic - which blends 90s public access TV clips and 70s art direction - gives the video an unearthly vibe, which is elevated by brilliant creature effects and an intriguing&nbsp;narrative that doesn't end quite the way you expect it to.&nbsp;

Esther Dillner

Hannah Jarrold

Lola Chatterton

Jess Kohl

Jennifer Ivory

Krunal Saadrani

Jake Gabbay

Sophia Dembitzer

Ffion Kunz

Darren Quinn

James Hills

Ross Dixon

Hiroshi Matsushita

Michelle Boggs

Gwen Ghelid

Tim Smith

No.8

Hugo Hamlet

Warner

Indie-pop

Birdy 'Heartbreaker' by Jess Kohl

Birdy - Heartbreaker (Official Music Video)

Joseph Wilson creates a powerful visual allegory around the return of Patrick Wolf in The Bowline Knot - a short film that incorporates two songs from Wolf's EP The Night Safari - the artist's first full body of work in ten years.The monochromatic film features title track The Night Safari and Nowhere Game - the latter released separately in March. In the full film, it is revealed to be the climactic second half of an extraordinary journey that Wolf undertakes. It comes via&nbsp;boat on Styx-like river, from a domestic house and garden to forbidding industrial complex, but the move represents&nbsp;his escape from claustrophobic&nbsp;inertia to activity, and final angelic glory.&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilson provides Wolf's redemption with his distinctive sensibility,&nbsp;full of vivid iconography and incredible costumery - Wolf collaborated with Marco Tullio Siviglia for the wonderfully creative costume design - and myth and religious symbolism are drawn into an aesthetic&nbsp;that nods to the tradition of queer filmmaking.Above all, the fact everything is shot at night, filmed in black and white, establishes a dreamlike tone of endless possibilities. A highly appropriate way to mark the return of Patrick Wolf as a unique and idiosyncratic creative force.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JOSEPH WILSON:&nbsp;&nbsp;“When Patrick first approached me, he mentioned that he had two videos that were being released, and it had always been a dream of mine since watching Vincent Haycock’s The Odyssey&nbsp;[for Florence + The Machine] to create a short film that connected multiple tracks - so we decided to release The Night Safari&nbsp;as a prequel to Nowhere Game."Patrick had introduced me to the thrilling boat scene in Night Of The Hunter, which helped me to bridge the two films together, and shooting on water felt imperative to the music Patrick had created. We shot the video over three days, including a reshoot on the canal... It was completely iced over, and I had to go out with my DP to break the ice with a rowing oar so that we could shoot!"The edit was fused by my interest in Artist Moving Image and drew inspiration from Paul Bettell’s Queer psychedelic Illegal Tender. Some of the footage felt too ‘clean’ in post so I played around with crystal earrings and broken glass to make the shots feel more menacing and distorted."Getting to work with Patrick after all these years was a real privilege. I am so proud of the magic we created and grateful to Patrick for inviting me on board and letting my creativity run wild.”[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Joseph Wilson

Ros Earls

David Witchell

Anibal Castano

Teddy Jackson

Hongyi Zhao

Patrick Wolf

Marco Tullio Siviglia

Sophie Gouk

Big Life Management

Patrick Wolf 'The Bowline Knot' by Joseph Wilson

THE BOWLINE KNOT (feat. "The Night Safari" + "Nowhere Game")

Sophie Muller and Theo Adams give Jessie Ware a touch of Old Hollywood glamour and add a modern twist for Pearls - the first release from the singer's upcoming new album.With an unapologetic sense of fun and frothiness, Jessie finds herself in an all-white boudoir worthy of a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 30s musical. Meanwhile, her backing - and her destiny - comes in the form of a sassy girl group situated under a giant&nbsp;moon - the Pearlites.It is a joyous setting for a triumphant return with Pearls - a modern take on the disco classics of Chaka Khan, Gloria Gaynor and others. It's a blast.

Sophie Muller

Theo Adams

Fiona Bamford Phillips

Chris Kelly

Robbie Ryan

Connor Hutton

Rory Power

Jay Jaramillo Gomez

Leo Olesker

Alison Dominitz

Chloe Grace Press

Phoebe Walters

Patrick Wilson

Masumi Saito

Meshach Henry

Joseph Bicknell

Company 3

Cassidy Conway

Ailsa Robertson

EMI Records

Jessie Ware 'Pearls' by Sophie Muller & Theo Adams

Jessie Ware - Pearls

Joseph Wilson directs a cinematic, eerily surreal promo for Patrick Wolf, the second part of an extended film for the artist's new EP,&nbsp;The Night Safari.&nbsp;Following Enter The Day - the&nbsp;romantic and wistful first instalment of Wilson's longer film - the video for Nowhere Game is defiant and thrilling, with a&nbsp;stark, brutalist aesthetic of the video that complements the complex soundscapes in the track.Shot within the extraordinary Beacon Hill Fort on the Essex coast,&nbsp;Wolf enters the imposing edifice by boat, to be confronted by 'Nowhere People' - dancers attired in outfits that give them an uncanny inhuman appearance, that were designed by Wolf himself with&nbsp;Marco Tullio Siviglia.[imgtoken data:1]The story was inspired by&nbsp;the Greek myth of Sisyphus, and&nbsp;Wilson worked with movement director Ted Rogers to direct the performers - or the ‘gloms’ as Wilson and Wolf named them - to develop their own metaphor for breaking the cycle of endless toil."Patrick spoke about how he had learnt to let go of his resentments, lifting a great weight of his shoulders," explains Wilson. "So the idea was that the ‘gloms’ were pulling around their resentments - which start off as small pieces of coal -&nbsp;and develop into large heavy boarders as the story goes on."[imgtoken data:2]Being approached to collaborate with Patrick Wolf on the project on this and the longer film to accompany the new EP "was a ‘pinch yourself’ sort of moment," according to Wilson.&nbsp;"I used to listen to Patrick at college before I came out, and had been to a couple of his London shows when I was 17. I saw a lot of myself in Patrick and he gave me hope that there were other people like me out there."So to be working with him all these years later is very poignant for me. Aside from our creative vision, we share a lot of similarities growing up as outsiders, and both overcoming our own traumas through the pandemic.[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;"I had come across Beacon Hill Fort a few years ago -&nbsp;[and] I’d been saving it for the perfect project. Located at the very edge of a quiet coastal town in Essex, the cold concrete structures and its prolific history of war, battle and invasion created the perfect setting for the Nowhere Game. Many of the cast and crew were lifelong Patrick fans, which made the shoot feel even more worthwhile."I remember looking up to the sky and seeing a dozen shooting stars as the performers pulled rocks around Patrick whilst he played the viola. It was such a moment! Regardless of the fact there was no electricity, and it was the coldest day of 2022! It was all worth it.”

Lee Sharrock

Patrick Wolf 'Nowhere Game' by Joseph Wilson 

Nowhere Game

Razorlight are back with their original lineup, and a charming comeback video from&nbsp;Lauren Rothery.&nbsp;Written by vocalist&nbsp;Johnny Borrell and&nbsp;Lauren Rothery, the video follows a major label regrouping of the band, and the anxieties&nbsp;real-life manager Roger Morton and a label exec have about&nbsp;potential problems on the horizon.Shot on 8mm in London, the video has an old-school documentary feel, intercutting performance footage with narrative vignettes, which blend to form a captivating study of character, career and what success means to different people.&nbsp;Punctuated with comedic moments&nbsp;and&nbsp;cameos, it's an intriguing&nbsp;way to re-introduce the group, and feels as timeless as the music itself.&nbsp;

Reuben Esser

Lauren Rothery

Johnny Borrell

Alex Cullen

Corrado Tevere

Anete Salinieka

Aleks Verholak

COLOR DEPARTMENT

Rock

Razorlight 'You Are Entering The Human Heart' by Lauren Rothery

Razorlight-'You-Are-Entering-The-Human-Heart'-by-Lauren-Rothery

Sophie Muller directs an effervescent and emotional video&nbsp;for Zella Day, introducing the Arizona-born singer to the wonders and weirdness of the&nbsp;English countryside with typical panache.&nbsp;Shot over two days at Puzzlewood in the Forest Of Dean and&nbsp;Pen Moel Estate, the video for Mushroom Punch weaves together several creative vignettes, featuring Day running through landscapes and clawing her way through a luxurious&nbsp;Victorian manor house.[imgtoken data:1]Muller teams up again with DoP Robbie Ryan for this characteristically stylish showcase for the artist, confidently introducing experimental ideas in the cinematography and editing.It captures the intimate vibes of the track whilst keeping viewers on their toes with perpetually shifting imagery - and above all giving scope for a committedly intense performance from the compelling Zella Day.&nbsp;

Tiffani Rae

Dilly Gent

Sam Page-Jones

Margherita Fabbro

Concord Records

Zella Day 'Mushroom Punch' by Sophie Muller

Zella-Day-'Mushroom-Punch'-by-Sophie-Muller

Sophie Muller directs a mesmeric performance promo for Kylie Minogue. In fact, this is Kylie, pure and simple - no distractions at all.So for Miss A Thing, we just have the glamourous disco diva, dripping in diamante, luxuriating in her domain - a black studio space.&nbsp;Shot by Robbie Ryan - and filmed on the vintage ikegami 79D TV cameras that were&nbsp;also used for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/18/kylie-minogue-jessie-ware-kiss-life-sophie-muller/73851" target="_blank">the Kiss Of Life video</a> - Muller just trusts in the sheer iconic status of her subject to prove you can remove everything else, and&nbsp;make a great Kylie video. In fact, distilling everything to the essentials just makes it better. &nbsp;Footage is&nbsp;layered into a hypnotic montage, with&nbsp;simple mirror VFX enhancing the mood, with the vintage camera adding texture. It is a characteristially Muller-esque display of confidence in its own simplicity. She knows that every so often, less is more.&nbsp;

Frank Strachan

Christian Vermaak

Kylie Minogue 'Miss A Thing' by Sophie Muller

Kylie-Minogue-'Miss-A-Thing'-by-Sophie-Muller

Sophie Ellis-Bextor reunites with regular collaborator Sophie Muller&nbsp;for Hypnotized - and they are back on that dancefloor.Leading a group of dancers in a hypnotic haze, we see Ellis-Bextor perform under coruscating lights, with featured artist (and producer) Wuh Oh up on the decks. She leads the dancers&nbsp;- presumably in a reference to her very successful 'kitchen disco' lockdown videos - who grow mysteriously larger in number.[imgtoken data:1]It has all the trademarks of a Sophie Muller video - strong performance, bright spotlights, a naturalistic colour palette,&nbsp;and melodrama - with an added disco flair - and an edit that expertly builds the emotion around a strong, simple concept. Esteemed cinematographer Robbie Ryan brings his talents to this one too.&nbsp;The ending, as the dancers grow into an army behind Sophie E-B, is a spectacular display of understated choreography. Great.&nbsp;

Tamara Cincik

Sam Barber

Jack Cowhig

Remo Catani

Davey Logan

Frankie Mulholland

Kirstin Halliday

Lisa Laudat

LS Productions

Cooking Vinyl

Sophie Ellis-Bextor x Wuh Oh 'Hypnotized' by Sophie Muller

Sophie-Ellis-bextor-'Hypnotized'-by-Sophie-Muller

Sophie Muller and Theo Adams co-direct an impassioned performance promo for US artist Benson Boone.&nbsp;We see Boone sat in a desolate, cold bedroom set, pensive and alone, whilst the camera floats around him. At the chorus, his body whips up into a zero-gravity atmosphere, before he escapes to a new location, breaking free of his metaphorical prison.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Extending their collaborations on the recent Kylie Minogue videos -&nbsp;including&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/18/kylie-minogue-jessie-ware-kiss-life-sophie-muller/73851" target="_blank">Kiss Of Life</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;this sees Sophie Muller sharing directing credits with Theo Adams for the first time, and it is another beautifully&nbsp;executed project, superbly shot by Joel Honeywell.It's also a great showcase for the charismatic,&nbsp;athletic Benson&nbsp;Boone. He gives a terrific, emotional&nbsp;performance&nbsp; - including just the right amount of dancing in the rain.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tom Davis Dunn

Carla Thomas

Norman Wonderly

Romaine Foster

Joel Honeywell

Muriel Narh

Daniel Castro Garcia

Jay Gomez

Matt Mccabe

Vis Sopjani

Angela Garcia

Deniz Yildiz

Louise Tse

Charli Avery

Ruth Wardell

Okay Studio

Warner Records

Benson Boone 'Better Alone' by Sophie Muller & Theo Adams

Benson-Boone-'Better-Alone'-by-Sophie-Muller-&-Theo-Adams

Bradley&amp;Pablo reunite with Harry Styles for a cocktail of&nbsp;imagination and frivolity for Late Night Talking - all based around his bed.Back with Harry for the first time since the delicious <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/05/21/harry-styles-watermelon-sugar-bradleypablo/65064" target="_blank">Watermelon Sugar</a>, the directing duo marshal his fantastic journey through different scenes with that element of choreographed chaos&nbsp;that has become a recent hallmark of his videos.It's another superb showcase for the effortlessly cool Mr Styles...[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

United States

Francesca Di Mottola

Lane Casting

Harry Lambert

Bradley&Pablo

MrMr

Lark Creative

Bryan Younce

Jonny Gaskell

Pablo Berron

Candice Dragonas

Georgia Stamp

Lucas Harding

Jay Matthews

Brett Lameron

Ciro Candia

Kairo Jones

Violet Elliot

Nick Rondeau

Cabin Edit

Emiliano Serantoni

Hadi Dahrouge

Mathematic

Columbia Records

Harry Styles 'Late Night Talking' by Bradley&Pablo

Harry-Styles-'Late-Night-Talking'-by-Bradley-&-Pablo

Margot Bowman reunites with Charlotte Dos Santos to direct&nbsp;a tender performance promo for Hello Hello.&nbsp;Boasting soft pastel studio setups and a gentle, hazy aesthetic, the video sees the artist get intimate with a male character, interspersed with moments of them both on the phone to each other, fantasising about their connection.Bowman works with DoP&nbsp;Natalie Pitters to create a sensual, nostalgic style through the use of fluid textures and romantic lighting, elevating the conceptual nature of the piece.&nbsp;

Theo TJ Lowe

Harry Alexander

Lola Cookman

Oliver Whitworth

Leah Abbott

Margot Bowman

Ed Pearson

Esteban Gimpletewicz

Nathalie Pitters

Alasdair Copland

Jerry Pradon

Josh Ighodaro

Karla Q Leon

Lynski

Hasani Franke

Work Editorial

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Because Music Uk

Charlotte Dos Santos 'Hello Hello' by Margot Bowman

Charlotte-Dos-Santos-'Hello-Hello'-by-Margot-Bowman

Heralding the release of his acclaimed new album, Jason Spaceman co-directs the live video for a new Spiritualized epic&nbsp;with Juliette Larthe.This is an intimate performance of the ten minute track I'm Coming Home Again, given a vintage feel and visceral edge by the expert use of just two camera set-ups, fused together in a complementary black and white grade.[imgtoken data:1]The use of a gritty&nbsp;film in capturing Spaceman's backing band give the impression of footage that may have sat around for a while - even years. But when the main&nbsp;man appears in the cleaner format, the trick is revealed and the 'liveness' of the occasion becomes unmistakeable.So sit back and enjoy your own personal Spiritualized show, courtesy of Jason and Juliette.

Spiritualized 'I'm Coming Home Again' (Live) by Jason Spaceman, Juliette Larthe

Chris Murdoch

Producer

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