Director of Photography

Daniel Lightening

Charlie Lightening helms the first of a series of visuals for returning singer-songwriter Katie Melua, featuring actor Billy Howie (Star Wars, Dunkirk, MotherFatherSon).Howie plays Katie's dashing suitor, although the exact nature of their relationship remains something of a mystery in this sumptuous slow-burn of a video for A Love Like That, featuring splendid cinematography from Daniel Lightening (brother of Charlie).&nbsp;&nbsp;The song&nbsp;is the first to be taken from the forthcoming studio album Album No. 8, a record that represents the culmination of a prolonged period of musical rediscovery for Katie Melua. Her discussion with Charlie Lightening about the accompanying video project began during the first few weeks of lockdown,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;shoot took place over two days in Reculver, Herne Bay last month, following APA lockdown guidelines.Katie Melua and actor Billy Howie isolated before and after the shoot to enable the scenes to be possible, as well as being tested for COVID-19.

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Charlie Lightening

Octavia Landy

Lightening Films

Lisa Jenner

Lee Brinkley

Joanne Coleman

Pablo D'ambrosi

Billy Howle

Faye Purcell

Matt Allsop

Ben Oliver

Katie Melua 'A Love Like That' by Charlie Lightening

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In one of the more surprising team-ups in recent pop video history, avid Man City fan Liam Gallagher shares the screen with&nbsp;Man United legend Eric Cantona in Charlie Lightening’s rather brilliant video for Once. In fact, Liam hands performing duties to Eric, and himself takes a surprisingly deferential role. But that&nbsp;turns out to be a genius move, possibly his coolest and most confident move in years.&nbsp;Gallagher plays the side man here - butler and chauffeur - as Cantona is a wonderfully -realised version of the King Eric who bestrode English football like a colossus in the Nineties. He's older, and very fond of the red wine, but still very much in regal shape as he swans through his huge, ostentatiously rock n roll white manor house, lipsyncing the lyrics of Once.This is&nbsp;a great part for Cantona,&nbsp;and his skill and aplomb is made more apparent by the fact its captured in one&nbsp;single Steadicam shot - or is it a drone? On that side of things, it's not unfair to say that there is a bit of 1917-style ingenuity going on here, courtesy of DoP Daniel Lightening, and Steadicam operator Matt Allsop. Superb.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Ben Worthington

Max Smith

Joss Garnet-Lawson

Russel De Rozario

Adam Howe

Nathan Jasztal

Jonny Tully

Big Buoy

Hannah Whitehall

Chris Phillips

Eric Cantona

Common People Films

Liam Gallagher 'Once' by Charlie Lightening

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Working together for a fourth time, Louis Tomlinson and director Charlie Lightening head to Morroco for Walls, the title track of the artist's debut album.&nbsp;Surrounded by breathtaking desert landscapes, Tomlinson is traversing the terrain to reach a mysterious door. Taking inspiration from surrealist art, the door is a gateway to a variety of offbeat locations and situations, including a ballroom dance and an ever so slightly creepy setup with masked characters and threatening red lighting.&nbsp;One part narrative and one part conceptual performance, the surreal interpretation of art and design is fresh territory for the singer-songwriter, but an environment&nbsp;he seems to very much thrive in. Ever vibrant and excited to stretch himself as a performer, Tomlinson dives head first into the various vignettes, embodying an aura of calm and clarity as he riffs on tearing down his emotional walls to give himself another chance at love.&nbsp;

Ghandi El-Chamaa

Ramy Dance

Sana El Kilali

Abdelghafar Essalfi

Mohamed Amine Tassouka, Kamal El Moutaouakil

Fouad Bourbouh, Hamza Tassouka

Driss Marzak

Ouassel El Kilali

Nezha Aouis

Gary Coogan

The Quarry

Las Bandas Be Brave

Mike O'Keefe

Tony Roberts

Syco

Louis Tomlinson 'Walls' by Charlie Lightening

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The final chapter in the Charlie Lightening-directed music video trilogy for Louis Tomlinson&nbsp;focusses on cinematic heist scenes and tying up loose ends between the characters that previously appeared in the first two videos, for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/09/18/louis-tomlinson-kill-my-mind-charlie-lightening/60833" target="_blank">Kill My Mind</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/10/30/louis-tomlinson-we-made-it-charlie-lightening/61580" target="_blank">We Made It</a>.&nbsp;Opening in a pub with his mates, the action-packed concept is infused with Tomlinson's down-to-earth aesthetic. Despite a gritty and mysterious storyline, the soft lighting and bouncy track keep this very much within pop territory, which will delight his fanbase.&nbsp;The video focusses&nbsp;on the male protagonist from the first instalments, who double crosses a shady businessman and escapes with his money, setting off on a new life with his girlfriend. With twists and turns along the way, this is anything but a straightforward narrative, but will leave fans feeling satisfied and ready for a fresh concept next time around.&nbsp;

Adam Al Sened

Terry Mcshane

Daniel McPake

Henry Northrop

Chris Sarguisson

Claire Heather Molloy⁣⁣

Jade Kewley

Gary Coogan⁣⁣

Louis Tomlinson 'Don't Let It Break Your Heart' by Charlie Lightening

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Charlie Lightening presents the second chapter in a series of videos for Louis Tomlinson, following a doomed love affair in Southend-on-Sea.The quietest member of One Direction takes a backseat in this narrative video, which reintroduces us to a bank thief and his partner. After meeting at Tomlinson’s gig in Kill My Mind, the two begin a passionate romance. But struggling to balance his personal and professional lives, the young criminal finds himself at a crossroads.The video features some impressively verdant anamorphic photography by the director, who has also shot projects with Liam Gallagher.

Joseph J Goldman

Chris Malin

Malte Huebner

Joe Sherno

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Joanne Coleman⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Samuel Marr

Jax Harney

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Joe Holdgate

Miki Davis

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Louis Tomlinson 'We Made It' by Charlie Lightening

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Louis Tomlinson is back with a homage to Britpop, Kill My Mind, and a video directed by Charlie Lightening = best known for shooting videos for Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams and more&nbsp; - who stamps his mark on the visual with a dynamic performance setup and an enigmatic narrative.While Louis performs the song with his band in a club, a motorbike speeds through country roads towards the gig. The rider meets his girl at the show, they head for the exit. What happens next will leave you shocked, with far more questions than answers. But this is the&nbsp;first in a series of Tomlinson videos, the next of which is teased in the last moments.&nbsp;Tomlinson's rock star performance is spot-on, and DoP Daniel Lightening's balance of neon red washes and stripped back naturalistic imagery lends a mysterious aura to the project. Keep your eyes peeled for part two.&nbsp;

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