Director

Jamie Thraves

Jamie Thraves directs a heartwarming&nbsp;promo for Brighton band PolSky's Song For The Silver Surfer, which is also a showcase from the talents of actor/performer AJ James.James plays a seemingly frail old man, slowly making his way along Brighton seafront, as befits his age&nbsp;- until he bursts into action, engaging in&nbsp;high-energy parkour, sprinting and jumping around a seaside landscape.[imgtoken data:1]It's an unexpected, endearing concept, which becomes poignant when he spreads a loved one's ashes at the beach, encouraging him to celebrate life to the fullest, in every moment possible.&nbsp;The central performance is complex yet exuberant, and James perfectly embodies the dual role of an old man who has found an unexpected youth and vigour in his sunset years.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;“I was approached to do this video and loved the concept from the outset," says Thraves.&nbsp;"I knew we could make something sombre yet uplifting with the subject matter. PolSky are also a band I’ve been aware of for a while through industry friends so it was a pleasure to produce this piece of work with them”

United Kingdom

Brett Leboff

Carrie Sutton

Mike O'Connor

Indro Forconi

Jorge Armario Palombini

Michelle Lewry

AJ James

PolSky 'Song For The Silver Surfer' by Jamie Thraves

Polsky-'Song-For-The-Silver-Surfer'-by-Jamie-Thraves

Jamie Thraves directs a whirlwind performance promo for Gabrielle Aplin's Call Me.&nbsp;Shot in Bristol across two short nights, the video features Aplin&nbsp;interacting with different characters as the traverses the late-night hustle and bustle of the city.Incorporating choreographed numbers and gentler, more intimate moments, it's a video that spans the spectrum of human emotion, and brilliantly executed by the creative team.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"This video for Gabrielle was a lot of fun to make, from start to finish everything just fell into place so easily," says Thraves.&nbsp;"Gabrielle and I chatted through a number of ideas that I presented to her -&nbsp;four or five&nbsp;-&nbsp;before we settled on this one. It just felt right for the song."We both wanted something fun, energetic, dramatic, gritty and a bit dark. I wanted this to feel like a scene from a musical movie."&nbsp;

Chris Anthony

Matt Sterling

Blindeye Films

Cheyenne Miller

Dan Hilltout

James Dearden

Emily Clifford

Rich Bertenshaw

Robyn Hough

Nikita Brienza

Josh Ben-tovim

Ross Mclaughlan

Claire Bender

Lucy Wearing

Steffan Perry - Company 3

Gabrielle Aplin 'Call Me' by Jamie Thraves

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James Blunt brings a shockwave of fear with him, in Jamie Thraves' hilarious video for Unstoppable.&nbsp;It's a concept that wouldn't get past the commissioners desk in 99% of cases, but with a self-deprecating artist like Blunt - who has proven time and time again he will go to places most artists wouldn't dream about - it is a match made in Heaven.&nbsp;Blunt is a walking, taking music machine, instilling absolute terror in everyone who crosses his path. People bleed from the ears, fall to the floor and hide in car boots to get away from him. But after one man takes the time to make proper eye contact with his charming smile, it's all turned on its head.&nbsp;Very charming. And very James Blunt.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Jack Lightfoot

Ben Burton

Chris Clarke

Ian Coffey

Cam Sealby

James Duffy

Soraya Wright

Hannah Lonergan

Jessica Vile

Kim Jarrett

Emily Vincent

Austin Phillips

Luke Dryden

James Blunt 'Unstoppable' by Jamie Thraves

James-Blunt-'Unstoppable'-by-Jamie-Thraves

Jamie Thraves shows the benefit of reaching out directly to artists you admire with this charming video for Bristol-based singer-songwriter Katy J Pearson.Shot around Bristol with a small crew - including DoP Catherine Derry - featuring simple performance set-ups of Pearson and her band, and some apposite goofing around, Thraves's video for Something Real harks back to the early 'pre-music video' era of the pop promo.It's rather like a Beatles performance sequence from Help! - and that has to be a good thing.

Catherine Derry

Louis Catlett

Thomas Jacob

Singer-songwriter

Katy J Pearson 'Something Real' by Jamie Thraves

Katy-J-Pearson-'Something-Real'-by-Jamie-Thraves

James Smith reminisces over past love and friendships in his latest collaboration with&nbsp;Jamie Thraves for Call Me When It's Over.&nbsp;Spanning a ten-year period, the narrative picks up on a hidden love story, never flourishing due to bad timing and prior commitments. It also celebrates friendship and having a close circle of people you can trust and open up to on a regular basis.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Mike O'Connor employs a stripped-back, documentary style aesthetic to ground the visual in real life, mirroring the stories of millions of people who have had similar experiences, and the complex emotions that go along with them.&nbsp;

Nacho Guzman

Marc Spicer

Zenon Clements

Sinead Mcgowan

Dan Moran

John Moule

Virgin EMI

Singer songwriter

James Smith 'Call Me When It's Over' by Jamie Thraves

James-Smith-'Call-Me-When-It&#039;s-Over'-by-Jamie-Thraves

James Smith swaps&nbsp;hectic city life for a day by the coast&nbsp;in Jamie Thraves' video for Say You'll Stay.&nbsp;The visuals explore&nbsp;themes of loneliness and the uncertainty of relationships, as Smith heads off on a day trip with his girlfriend, played by Otilia De Royer Dupre. Traversing the beach under moody clouds, the couple are the embodiment of young love, but after spending the day creating memories, things may not be quite what they first seemed.&nbsp;Shot in a documentary style - and edited by Thraves himself - the intimate themes play out on screen through the juxtaposition of a glowing relationship and the desaturated and cold colour palette. Smith and Dupre&nbsp;deliver strong performances and share an organic and believable chemistry, perfectly highlighting the heightened emotions of new love.&nbsp;

Otilia De Royer Dupre

James Smith 'Say You'll Stay' by Jamie Thraves

James-Smith-'Say-You&#039;ll-Stay'-by-Jamie-Thraves

James Smith watches love manifest between different couples as he sits alone in Jamie Thraves's video for Rely On Me.&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;is a lone diner in a trendy restaurant, reflecting on his solitude while&nbsp;we get small glimpses and snapshots of the other diners, juxtaposing his isolation with their acts of love and kindness.&nbsp;Shot by&nbsp;Ian Murray, the lighting and composition are simple but very effective, and the performance from Smith is powerful and emotive.&nbsp;

Ty Hack

Ian Murray

Gabriel Jones

Charlie Panavi

Amy Exton

Alice Howlett

James Smith 'Rely On Me' by Jamie Thraves

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'Fitz'&nbsp;dances through downtown Los Angeles - sending shockwaves of brightly-coloured energy through a group of BMX bikers, bandmate Noelle Scaggs and other dancing passersby - in Jamie Thraves scintillating video for 123456.Ofir Shoman - aka Blottermedia - created the 'energy' animation that passes like a bodypopping-inducing&nbsp;energy current through the cast.

United States

Ofir Shoham

Jennifer Goodridge

Son & Heir

Dilly Gent

Yusef Chabayta

Eli Born

Vern Moen

Long Beach Film Co.

Bryan Smaller

Company 3

Dilly Gent at Son & Heir

Mandee Mallonee

Elektra

Fitz & the Tantrums '123456' by Jamie Thraves & Ofir Shoham

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Jamie Thraves delivers a compelling double-feature for The All-American Rejects.After proving his acting chops in Amazon&#39;s hit show&nbsp;Preacher,&nbsp;this complex story of a double life comes as no problem to the band&#39;s frontman Tyson Ritter. We first meet Ritter as Betsy - a sex worker on the streets. She gets arrested and escapes via a wonderfully choreographed street dance - with choreography by Michael Rooney. At this point Betsy becomes Robert - a wealthy man who seems to have it all, or at least makes it his business to appear as if he does.Robert&#39;s surprise party becomes a melancholy affair in which he seems completely out of his comfort zone, and the two halves of the video become a study in identity and loneliness. Can Robert stand to spend time with anybody if money isn&#39;t being exchanged? Is it really all in his head? Thraves lets the work say whatever it likes to you and makes you sit there and contemplate it.

Paulette Agnes Ang

Kode Media

Nathan Killham

Candice Perkins

Kenneth Taylor

Matthew Chuang

Tom Arsenault

Paulina Bryant

Victoria Chenoweth

Sid Nicholson

Elise Velasco

Rachael Benson

Atlas Ferrera

Tyson Ritter

The All-American Rejects 'Sweat' and 'Close Your Eyes' by Jamie Thraves

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With a compelling narrative, a band performance, and the almost tangible feeling of wanting to find out more, as a girl chases after the boy who is about to leave her for good, we are in classic&nbsp;Jamie Thraves territory in his video for Twin Atlantic&#39;s Hold On.&nbsp;Featuring an excellent performance from&nbsp;Chiarina Woodall -&nbsp;in her first professional role out of drama school &ndash; Jamie keeps the suspense going right to the end. There&#39;s also a little nod to his classic video for Radiohead&#39;s Just, as the band performance and the narrative briefly intersect. And check out the art on the wall...

HSI London

Shabana Mansuri

Beth Montague

James Dyer

Patrick Meller

Alice Hobden

Ben Foat

Simon Lakos

Felix Milburn Foster

Andrew Fletcher

Andrew Hewitson

Charlie Galustian

Jonno Yates

Mikey Hollywood

Charlie Suggett

Anna Thompson

Harris

Penny Tyson

Chiarina Woodall, Leoni Kibby, Callum Tilling

Twin Atlantic 'Hold On' by Jamie Thraves

In their second collaboration, Jamie Thraves and Sam Smith swap <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/01/15/sam-smith-money-my-mind-jamie-thraves" target="_blank">Las Vegas</a> for North and East London in Jamie&#39;s promo for Sam&#39;s single Stay With Me.&nbsp;Shooting Sam at home and as he walks the capital&#39;s streets, we end up in church accompanied by a choir, a suitable setting for the&nbsp;rousing gospel ballad...

Amalia Rosen-Rawlings

Gareth Thomas

Stephanie Zari

Ben O'Farrell

Richard Comelious

Kevin Gardener

Mike Hollywood

Lottie

Sanya Dennigan

Rashida Blair

Joseph Crone

Avigail

Charlie Moreton

Work Editorial

Ballad

Sam Smith 'Stay With Me' by Jamie Thraves

Sam Smith - hailed the BBC Sound of 2014 -&nbsp;walks the Vegas Strip in Jamie Thraves&#39; video for his single Money On My Mind.&nbsp;Jamie oscillates between Sam&#39;s performance and scenes of Vegas debauchery and ridiculousness, echoing the song&#39;s lyric perfectly.

Ways & Means

W Taylor Vandegrift

Christina Kitcat

Ross McLennan

Joe Maples

Austin Ahlborg

Phil Hurst

Alexis Johnson

Ashley Cordova

Damian Collins

Sarah Kinsumba

Simone Grattarola

Rushes

Jett Steiger

Capitol Records

Sam Smith 'Money On My Mind' by Jamie Thraves

Jamie Thraves expertly translates the lyrics about the pressures of modern living in Rizzle Kicks&#39; Lost Generation, with a lighthearted and satirical&nbsp;video about modern life today for British kids - and&nbsp;the duo&#39; own encounter with fame. It&#39;s perfectly suited to their charming, comedy-friendly persona -&nbsp;but there&#39;s a serious side&nbsp;to this too.You can&#39;t tell from watching the video, but Rizzle Kicks, Jamie Thraves and his production company <a href="http://www.hsilondon.co.uk/" target="_blank">HSI London</a>, worked with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gothinkbig.co.uk/" target="_blank">GoThinkBig</a> - the website that helps young people get a foot on the career ladder - and from thousands of applications&nbsp;gave over 60 young people the opportunity to gain work experience on a&nbsp;big music video shoot (the Behind The Scenes video is coming here soon).&nbsp;And kudos too, to O2, who sponsored the project. And for a video that also takes aim at the desocializing effect of our obsession&nbsp;with mobile phones...&nbsp;

Scott O'Donnell

Guy Fuhrer

Stan Fus

James Amos

Catherine Brown

Rick Woollard

Kevin Gardner

Ruth Crawford

Aradia Crockett

Louise Hinton

Eve Coles

Litza

Beach Casting

Nathan Perry-Greene

Cut+Run

James Bamford

The Mill

Coffee & TV

Universal-Island Records

Tamara Brooks

Urban

Rizzle Kicks 'Lost Generation' by Jamie Thraves

Shot around his sold-out shows at the world-famous Troubadour club in West Hollywood, Tom Odell delivers a brilliant performance in Jamie Thraves&#39; excellent,&nbsp;thought-provoking new video for his song Another Love.Working on two levels as a short film and music promo, Tom is frantically on the search for a missing lover (played by Sarah Navratil), posting notices at every opportunity and culminating in one almighty twist.Writing on his website, Tom says: &quot;A few months back, a director called Jamie Thraves got in touch with an idea for a short film for Another Love. He&rsquo;s made some of my favourite videos and films and I jumped at the chance to work with him.&nbsp;&quot;I&rsquo;ve always been fascinated by the power of music in film and how they work together&nbsp;and Jamie&rsquo;s idea kinda blew me away. We shot it in LA a few weeks back, and I co-star with this dog called Patch and a brilliant actress.&quot;

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