Agile Films

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Georgia Hudson

Georgia Hudson&#39;s beautifully-crafted video for Tom Misch combines a spectacular winter landscape with urban cool, knitted together by an element of subtle magic.&nbsp;While a dancer performs on an ice-covered lake, rapper Loyle Carner delivers his performance in a house in London. But Tom Misch is elsewhere - performing the soulful jam Water Baby from under the ice.&nbsp;Shot in the Ukraine and London, Hudson has harnessed great work on both sides of the camera to achieve an exquisite music video. &nbsp;

Freddie Barrass

Hayley Williams

Clara Paris

Ben Fordesman

Ahmet Husseyin

Joe Douglas

Ben Skyrme

Luke Moran Morris

Connor Gaffe

Leo King

Stitch

Oisín O'Driscoll

The Mill

OB Management

Connie Meade

Tom Misch ft. Loyle Carner 'Water Baby' by Georgia Hudson

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In a relatively short space of time, Georgia Hudson has gone from low budget music videos to being a directorial force to be reckoned with in both the music and commercial worlds. With huge names like Mø and Ellie Goulding already in her videography, the only logical place for her to go now was BIG.So, it should come as no surprise to you that her latest video for Alecia Beth Moore - better known as P!nk &ndash; is a massive, sprawling dance trip full of ambitious set pieces and a raw, emotional physicality that&rsquo;s hard to top.We wanted to know more about the making of the video for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClU3fctbGls" target="_blank">What About Us</a>, and so we chatted with Georgia about shooting a pop video whilst being able to hear gunfire nearby, letting the kids have a say in their style, and lighting a scene with a helicopter...Promonews: There&rsquo;s an incredible level of emotion displayed physically in the video &ndash; in your mind, was this always going to be a dance film?Georgia Hudson: Oh man, I have been dying for the opportunity to put my entire heart and guts into a video - I find this job an irresistible opportunity to get emotionally high and can&#39;t help but drop my feelings in for the ride. And to top that off, my absolute favourite thing in the world is dance and it seemed the right way to talk about these ideas that the track presented, in an inclusive and exploratory way, which is also what the song demands. I find that dance transcends semantics because it is driven by emotion and response - and that was what was necessary for the song. So yes, an emotional dance film, that&rsquo;s fine![imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>&quot;I have been dying for the opportunity to put my heart and guts into a video&quot;&nbsp; Georgia Hudson (left) with P!nk</blockquote>The way our choreographers, The Goldenboyz translated the messages into the dancers and Alecia&rsquo;s bodies was breathtaking. I knew they had the potential to push standard choreography and it was incredible to work so closely with them to achieve this. Throughout all the dancing, it is meant to be driven from the stomach, guttural, raw and screaming passion, inspiring, communicative! And so, with this desire for real emotion,&nbsp;when we cast it, we had no roles to fill, we were seeking the people that this video was going to be about, and the synergy was strong!We were on a trip&nbsp;with this video, and I think you can just see that. The cast fed back such gratitude at having the chance to express their frustration and feeling towards the current political climate, that we could all feel for a moment the release of expression, of community. All the things this song is about was totally microcosmically mirrored in our working process. It was very emotional, and as always, the actual vibe on set translates into the image, I believe those subtleties are the magic to image making really.Do you have a favourite scene or moment in the video?Honestly, the dance between Chaz and Ty, the two men, was so moving for me. It was absolutely electric filming it. The idea was to illustrate a condensed version of the course of a relationship. This scene was a loosely guided freestyle, and each time it grew in intensity.We wanted to set a space and a story for them to be animalistic in, for this to be raw and unexpected, for their guts to spill, it was absolutely fucking insane. We had a helicopter flying overhead to light them from a spotlight, this track booming like a monster against downtown LA night, gunshots (unconnected!) going off from the neighbourhood, our steadicam op Bryan Freesh behaving like a hypnotised snake, a total acid energy. Of course I was in tears, it took a long time to come back to earth, so just for the pure experience of it - this is my favourite thing I have ever done I reckon![imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>&quot;Alecia had told me about this dream she had, and we worked it&nbsp;in to the choreography&nbsp;for the final desert dance. When she saw it she was moved to tears&quot; Georgia Hudson</blockquote>I am also really satisfied with the diner scene, staging that extraordinarily raw,&nbsp;frustrated, bursting out its own skin-choreography - both inside and outside of our location &ndash;&nbsp;gave a great image and consolidated the idea of a community uprising from everywhere,&nbsp;that you are outside looking in at first, until you are right inside and a part of it too. That big drop into this section gets me still!Each scene in the video has a distinct style in terms of the location, wardrobe, etc. &nbsp;So can you talk a little bit about the decisions behind the aesthetics?Whenever you are considering the edit flow of the video in advance of writing it, you want to make sure the scenes can shift aesthetically and tonally with the track, that there is always contrast, that in this case, there is a narrative appeal while also being in reverence of this being a pop video! So yes, apocalyptic concrete sprawls, evocative interiors, natural expanses of dream optimistic potential, you know, a bit of everything that gives to the filmic approach as well as the POP video power. Evocative entertainment!The wardrobe, beautifully brought together by both Kim Bowen and for the cast, Elise Navidad, was inspired by the UK art school scene fused with LA skater-woke-kids vibe. I love how in the rage against mainstream fashion - which these days is a topshop massacre of alternative tropes - kids now are getting really creative and wild. There is no one look that gives you your tribal identity, the look is standing out authentically and being well-referenced. You have to truly show you understand what you are wearing, and it&rsquo;s like a fusion of say grunge with folk, or punk with tie-dye and sportswear.I&rsquo;m no connoisseur (of course I think I am) but I do believe you can dress with soul and authenticity, and generally those two things are the only way to make an impression, in all walks of expression.&nbsp;So that was the vibe, basically for everything. And actually, look at our insanely cool cast, they come with their own looks too. Always check with them that what their wearing is alright. Youth knows better!.[imgtoken data:3]<blockquote>&quot;Steve [Annis] made sure that we understood that&nbsp;nothing would be as good as an actual helicopter. Which was expensive and&nbsp;true&quot; &nbsp;Hudson (left) with Annis (right)</blockquote>How was the collaboration between you and Steve Annis?Steve Annis pulls no punches with his lighting list, using a helicopter as a top light was a&nbsp;totally unique experience for me and Steve absolutely made sure that we all understood that&nbsp;NOTHING would be as good as an actual helicopter, no faking it. Which was expensive and&nbsp;true. Our helicopter ops were pretty gassed to be operating using 40-80mm zoom lenses on&nbsp;a shot over helicopter - an industry first apparently (geek note)Steve is well known for his incredible aesthetic. I knew he would be able to read beyond a pop icon expectation and give us a proper soulful image that could hold some integrity. It was an honour to finally work with him and see his subtle yet incredibly detailed approach to lighting the scene. It looks effortless, natural, but it is so meticulously designed with such sensitivity to location, tone, action and wardrobe. Steve somehow manages to be both absolutely wild and absolutely pedantic.And what was it like working with Pink herself? Working with Alecia was such an immense privilege. She really knows how to hold the creatives around her. She is so inspiring and so heartfelt and REAL. What an incredible, mad, powerful and impressive woman! She does not like to dilute anything which is a great asset for me as it means she backs the big ideas and isn&#39;t scared to take a risk! She is a real artist, I actually quite love her. She had told me about this dream she had, and we worked it in to the choreography, for the final desert dance. When she saw it she was moved to tears, she was there with us you know, involved, I respect her.With this being a highly-politicised piece of work, have you had any pushback or angry comments? YouTube comments as always are a wealth of confusion and comedy. The video is read by some as being a conversation with God!? Which of course I guess it could be if that&rsquo;s what you want. Not my place to say it isn&rsquo;t... And there are small-minded furies bubbling everywhere, but the video isn&#39;t designed to placate necessarily, but neither to enrage. It&rsquo;s an anthem for those that want it and its just proudly there, as it is, no apology, no coercion, no shame.[imgtoken data:4]<blockquote>&quot;This is an alchemy of talent, so in many ways I got to sit back and watch all these insanely creative, well experienced people just sort&nbsp;it all out.&quot; - Hudson, with P!nk &amp; producer Katie Lambert (right)</blockquote>If you could do the whole shoot again, is there anything you&rsquo;d change? Normally I would say yes, and be able to point out all sorts of flaws and missed&nbsp;opportunities!&nbsp;On this occasion, I am genuinely proud of the result. I approached this job&nbsp;with a lot of conviction, I really believed in what I wanted to do. And let&rsquo;s be honest, we had&nbsp;a mad crew - everyone was at the top of their game. This is an alchemy of talent, so in many ways I got to sit back and watch all these insanely creative, well experienced people just sort&nbsp;it all out. Bit of a pleasure. BIG UP CAST AND CREW!!!&bull; Georgia Hudson is represented by Agile Films

Q&A: Georgia Hudson on making P!nk's What About Us 

Georgia Hudson makes her biggest splash yet on the international stage with the epic and powerful new video for P!nk.Combining an emotional narrative, explosive raw performance, colour, fashion, and dance, What About Us&nbsp;is a video that feels as big as the song, while also leaving room for moments of intimacy and emotional depth.It&#39;s also timely, and Hudson&#39;s powerful and cinematic video is another statement of intent from P!nk, who will be honoured with the Video Vanguard Award at the 2017 MTV VMAs later this month. &nbsp;

United States

Sacha Smith

Katie Lambert

Ria Hanish Oakes

Mel Andersen

Steve Annis

Drew Valenti

Luis Gerardo

Elise Velasco

Yvette Beebe

Ellie Johnson

Speade

Daniel DeVue

Glassworks

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Glassworks Uk

Camille Yorrick

P!nk 'What About Us' by Georgia Hudson

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Georgia Hudson&#39;s video for Vancouver Sleep Clinic&nbsp;is an ethereal, dreamlike chase into the night.Starting, as these things often do, in a basement at breakfast, we follow a performance with ghost-like camera movements, floating impossibly above singer&nbsp;Tim Bettinson before he runs out of the house, chasing a spectral wisp through nighttime streets. The spiritual feel of the video enhances the ambient sounds that swirl throughout the track - a great mood piece washed in haunting blue tones.

Kat Cattaneo

Isabella Roberto

Liza Mann

Stuart Winecoff

Jimena Azula

Hannah La Cava

Tania Bogun

Ben Crook

Daniel de Vue

Matt King

Kathy Angstadt

Vancouver Sleep Clinic 'Someone To Stay' by Georgia Hudson

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Loyle Carner&#39;s new video The Isle Or Arran&nbsp;directed by Georgia Hudson focuses on the relationship fathers have with their children.&nbsp;It sees the South Londoner taking a stroll around a surreal hospital ward, ending up with a group of young fathers with their babies.Loyle says: &quot;I just wanted to celebrate the [fathers] who are doing right and sticking around, because they&#39;re shedding the stereotype.&quot;

United Kingdom

Emma Britton

Madeleine Morlet

Rina Yang

Kate Molins

Elliot Beach

Zoe Klinck

Taff Williamson

Jolander Coetzer

Jamie O'Donnell

Cut+Run

Amf Records

Hip Hop

Loyle Carner 'The Isle Of Arran' by Georgia Hudson

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Soaring coastal views, beachside dancing, sports cars and love... Georgia Hudson&#39;s latest team-up with MØ&nbsp;for Drum is a performance-led mood piece showing us the excitement of love in the summertime, and it&#39;s a&nbsp;perfect escape from the dreariness of a British November.With gorgeous shots of natural light and golden skies, mixed in with a passionate red haze indoors and&nbsp;moodier, cinematic elements provided by DoP Sy Turnbull &ndash;&nbsp;including MØ&#39;s distinctive silhouette being backlit by car headlights &ndash; the video is evocative of something that cannot be described by narrative alone.

Alex Chamberlain

Sy Turnbull

Mike Linforth

Aldene Johnston

Nicole Kahlani

Danielle Kahlani

Paul O’reilly

Homespun

Elizabeth Doonan

Sony Music

Alexandra Green

Ria Hanish-Oakes

Jaime Fiorito

Film Plus Ibiza

Sound Like These

MØ 'Drum' by Georgia Hudson

MØ-'Drum'-by-Georgia-Hudson

Georgia Hudson takes us on an energetic choreographed journey through the&nbsp;streets of London at nighttime&nbsp;for Nimmo&#39;s latest,&nbsp;Dancing Makes Us Brave.Shot by ​Marc Gomez Del Moral with&nbsp;Richard James Lewis on steadicam, the video was shot&nbsp;over a temperate summer&#39;s night in East London, showcasing&nbsp;a group of&nbsp;dancers&#39;&nbsp;relentless drive,&nbsp;energy and&nbsp;fluidity of movement to the fore. The resulting video is a celebration of the&nbsp;cathartic power of&nbsp;dancing, expounding&nbsp;its ability to&nbsp;embolden and uplift us through its passionate choreographed&nbsp;sequences.

Ailsa Vanessa Tapping

Daniel Smith

Marc Gómez del Moral

David Agha-Rafei

Anastasia Romanchuka

Rik Burnell

Oliver Hogan

Hannah Hopkins

Jolanda Coetzer

Billie Turnbull, Aurora Manning, Iona Brie, Sophia Brown, Mel Freire, Grace Jabbari, Gianna G

Laura Clayton

Columbia

Nimmo 'Dancing Makes Us Brave' by Georgia Hudson

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Georgia Hudson has directed this poignant&nbsp;new video for London based producer Cadenza. Featuring vocals from Jorja Smith and a killer verse from Dre Island, the video shows youth frozen in time, powerless against the external forces that run their&nbsp;world.The video appears to favour a realistic, pessimistic position towards the maintenance of the&nbsp;status quo rather than a&nbsp;hopeful promise of change. Claustrophobic shots&nbsp;captures&nbsp;Jorja Smith walking through dark, narrow hallways -&nbsp;communicating&nbsp;a sense of emprisonment - leading to a hopeless, full-on blowout between the people and a fortress of police.&nbsp;

Adam Scarth

Seth Crosby

Daniel Munro

Nil Tomakan

Paul O'Reilly

Simona Harrison

Rushes

Nil Tomkan

Dan Millar

Sony

Dance, Chillout

Cadenza ft. Jorja Smith & Dre Island 'People' by Georgia Hudson

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Georgia Hudson presents a slick, exciting video for Sigma and Take That&#39;s Cry, which is surely destined to be one of the hits of the summer.Taking place in the grounds of a race track, we see stock cars and motorbikes performing all manner of stunts -&nbsp;coloured smoke billowing from somewhere underneath the car. It&#39;s a colourful and hugely impressive series of set-pieces.All the while Take That wander around, singing and observing as some young, beautiful people - including Sigma &ndash; have a lovely time playing games and dancing and all sorts. Thematically it&#39;s definitely all about the idea&nbsp;of being young, free, and kicking over the traces. And the visuals paint that picture incredibly well.

Amber Millington

Ria Hanish-Oaks

Dan Gibling

Will Bex

Dan Munro

Paul O' Reilly

Toby Tomkins

CHEAT

Marisa Garner Associates

3 Beat

Pop, Dance

Sigma Ft. Take That 'Cry' by Georgia Hudson

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Georgia Hudson has directed this feelgood pop video&nbsp;for Rita Ora &amp; Sigma&#39;s&nbsp;new song Coming Home, which sees the singer returning home from her jet-set pop star life and&nbsp;catching up with her close group of friends, on a cozy Autumnal evening...

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Robin Webster

Ed Radcliffe

Killian Drury

Hela Dondertman

Sigma Stylist - Joel Dash / Cast Stylist - Hannah Hopkins / Rita Stylist - Kyle De Volle

Jojo Copeman

Chris Roebuck

Grant Henderson At Agile Films

Richard J Lewis

Danny Castro

Rob Simpkins

Sigma & Rita Ora 'Coming Home' by Georgia Hudson

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Colours pop off the screen in Izzy Bizu&rsquo;s White Tiger, the second video after <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/08/20/izzy-bizu-give-me-love-georgia-hudson" target="_blank">Give Me Love</a> to be directed&nbsp;by Georgia Hudson and shot by Adam Scarth.The clip is imbued with the same breezy joy and natural ease&nbsp;as her previous video, following&nbsp;the singer on a&nbsp;road trip through exotic Morocco.&nbsp;And as we venture further into autumn, the clip has got&nbsp;us dreaming of our next holiday already...

Terri Capon

Izzy Bizu 'White Tiger' by Georgia Hudson

Georgia Hudson has conjured an intimate performance video in an unusual location&nbsp;for British&nbsp;singer/producer&nbsp;Kyan. He performs his song Sometimes on white grand&nbsp;piano under grey skies on a wet North Sea beach, in a video characterised by the DoP Adam Scarth&#39;s fluid camerawork.

Malte Huebner

Eira Wyn Jones

James Hackett

Virgin EMI

Emilio Schlappi

Kyan 'Sometimes' by Georgia Hudson

Kyan-'Sometimes'-by-Georgia-Hudson

Director Georgia Hudson has captured this mesmerising one-shot video of New York performance artist&nbsp;on the rise,&nbsp;Imma/Mess, paired with the track As Of Forever by&nbsp;F. Virtue. Driving&nbsp;the piece&#39;s strong&nbsp;expressive quality&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;smooth, evocative movement of the performer among&nbsp;a dark&nbsp;urban backdrop.&nbsp;

Edward Vijayavargiya

F. Virtue feat. Daniel W!shington 'As Of Forever' by Georgia Hudson

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Georgia Hudson directs this smooth, elegant and&nbsp;summery video for Izzy Bizu&#39;s Give Me Love,&nbsp;beautifully shot by&nbsp;Adam Scarth. Featuring cool dance sequences and shot in some evocative&nbsp;locations, the video captures the sense of freedom and happiness that dancing can bring.

Pearce Crowley

Heather Falconer

River Stas

Andrew Fletcher

Petr Elsik

Izzy Bizu 'Give Me Love' by Georgia Hudson

Izzy-Bizu-'Give-Me-Love'-by-Georgia-Hudson

Beautifully photographed in rich, vibrant hues, the Georgia Hudson-directed&nbsp;video for Ellie&nbsp;Goulding&#39;s&nbsp;Love Me Like You Do &ndash; taken from&nbsp;the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack &ndash; is composed of a steamy dance number&nbsp;(choreographed by Holly Blakey)&nbsp;between&nbsp;Goulding and her&nbsp;burly, attractive partner (Charlie Harding) interspersed with a&nbsp;montage of that&nbsp;movie we&#39;ve all seen so much of lately.&nbsp;Georgia manages to deliver a video that is&nbsp;romantic,&nbsp;visually engaging and seductive.

Mike Carr

Spencer Wilson

Jessie Brough

Xandy Sahla

Ben Adefarasin

Matt Cole

Nathan Matthews

Holly Blakey

Sharon Ridoynauth

Lucy Wearing

Paul Percival

Charlie Harding

Emily Tedrake

Polydor

Ellie Goulding 'Love Me Like You Do' by Georgia Hudson

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (Official Video)

Georgia Hudson delivers a stylish, tense visual feast for Charlotte OC in her promo for new single&nbsp;If My House Was Burning.Georgia incorporates&nbsp;a quickly-edited&nbsp;dark montage of set pieces to ramp up the excitement (and keep apace with the lurching soundtrack), with a particularly maverick performance from the British singer-songwriter...

Simone Sylvester

Imran Chowdhary

Maria Asadi

Oisín O’Driscoll

Biu Rainey

Semera Khan

Charlotte OC 'If My House Was Burning' by Georgia Hudson

Charlotte OC - If My House Was Burning

Georgia Hudson compliments the gorgeous electronica of Glass Animals&#39; Hazy with this beautiful promo. Powered by some incredible body-popping by the four member cast,&nbsp;Georgia translates the heat within the soundtrack over to the small screen with precision and ease.

Felix Schmilinsky

Dan Moroe

Glass Animals 'Hazey' by Georgia Hudson

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