Worldwide Production Agency

Director of Photography

Joel Honeywell

Wendy Morgan continues her run of successful collaborations with&nbsp;Lous And The Yakuza, with the dazzling promo for&nbsp;Kisé.&nbsp;Balancing a lo-fi aesthetic with slick performance vignettes, the video plays out like a fashion film, packing a wave of abstract visuals into a super-short timeframe.&nbsp;The transition between nostalgic home-video effects and glossy setups is achieved through match-cuts and a breakneck edit, whilst the experimental layering and frenetic camera movements add a distinctive, textural vibe to the concept.&nbsp;

France

Wendy Morgan

Elena Mottola

Fred Bonham Carter

Andrew Rawson

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Nicole O'connell / Hart Represents

Scheme Engine

Jannie McInnes

Alexa Haywood

Tilda Bonham Carter

Kash Powell

Pal Berdahl

Yumiko Hikage

Aurore Gibrien

Sam Allen

Luke Morrison

Electric Theatre Collective

Jacob Mendel

Just Fred

Justin Rose

Lous And The Yakuza 'Kisé' by Wendy Morgan

Lous-And-The-Yakuza-'Kisé'-by-Wendy-Morgan

Rodrigo Inada directs Put It On Your Face!! - an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza created for Swedish lifestyle brand&nbsp;Byredo andVogue Italia,&nbsp;with original music by Danny Harle and Isamaya Ffrench.Featuring Ffrench with members of the&nbsp;Theo Adams Company - with Adams acting as performance director -&nbsp;this&nbsp;centres around the power of makeup, in particular the new line of makeup that Ffrench has developed with Byredo.&nbsp;Highly theatrical and dripping with slick styling and, of course,&nbsp;flawless makeup by Ffrench herself, the fashion film blends a number of different aesthetics and an eccentric sense of anachronism, to create something daring, original and collaborative.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Rodrigo Inada

Chris Murdoch

Prettybird

Juliette Larthe

Luke Goodrich

Deniz Yildiz

Montgomery Smith

Peter Bishop

Alice Kirkpatrick

Matthew Josephs

Ali Pirzadeh

Isamaya Frrench

Mah Ferraz

Cut + Run La

Masumi Saito

Ed Marler

Theo Adams

Experimental

Theatrical

Isamaya Ffrench X Danny Harle 'Put It On Your Face!!' by Rodrigo Inada

Isamaya-Ffrench-X-Danny-Harle-'Put-It-On-Your-Face!!'-by-Rodrigo-Inada

Deb Never wakes up to find a plant growing out of her chest in Quba Tuakli's video for Funky - a quirky and cartoonish satire on music biz exploitation.Tuakli's video for the alt-pop producer-performer shows what it's like to dream of a world full of what you love, but waking up to something different. After the literal blossoming of her talent, Deb Never encounters a shark-like label executive who forces her into a contract. And as a result, she ends up being buried...[imgtoken data:1]“The concept of the film is pretty simple; nurture yourself in a world that wants you to conform, and chase your potential, even if it’s scary," explains Tuakli.&nbsp;"Currently, I’m enjoying the process of character creation. Working with our lead Adam to realise the label exec character I dreamed up was the highlight of the shoot. Deb was a vibe to work with, affable and professional – when an artist is mingling with the crew and cracking jokes, everyone has more spring in their step.”

Quba Tuakli

Zoe Travica

Caviar

Eleri Evans

Sorcha Shepherd

Sam Barnham

Juan Minotta

Mark James

Jeff Celis

Ash Halliburton

Mika Lapid

Samm Agnew

Terri Higgins

Jess Summer

Road Casting

Andre Rodrigues

The Assembly Rooms

Alex Gregory

No.8

Hands London

Alt-Pop

Deb Never 'Funky' by Quba Tuakli

Deb Never - Funky (Official Music Video)

Griff dances with her shadow in AB/CD/CD's dynamic promo for One Night.&nbsp;Opening on a bustling London street, the artist notices her shadow acting out of character, untethered to natural rules, and moving to its own beat.[imgtoken data:1]Launching into a flurry of choreographed dance - and plenty of visual effects trickery - we follow Griff out of the streets of the city and inside, into studio setups, where the shadow is brought to life as a real character.&nbsp;Tapping into classic musical film territory - it's a modern updating of&nbsp;the 'me and my shadow' concept that has been delighting audiences since the early days of cinema -&nbsp;the video feels like a step up in scale for the artist, who won the&nbsp;Brit Award for Rising Star back in May. &nbsp;

AB-CD-CD

Forever

Sasha Nixon

Caroline Clayton

Warner Music

Natalie Wetherell

Lily Ashton

Ty Hack

Karl Hui

Griff 'One Night' by AB/CD/CD

Griff-'One-Night'-by-Ab-cd-cd

It's no mean feat to match the scale and ambition of Introvert, the first track from Little Simz's forthcoming&nbsp;second album. But Salomon Ligthelm has done it with this extraordinarily powerful video - imaginative, inspirational and, above all, just as&nbsp;epic as the song.Introvert is&nbsp;visceral essay about black people's lives,&nbsp;fuelled by fear,&nbsp;exhaustion, frustration and political awakening. Ligthelm's brilliant work captures the essence of the powerful emotion driving Simz's track with a stunning collage of choreography, performance, archival news footage, classical painting, home movies, and a brilliant sense of Simz's home city.The video was shot across a range of London locations, including some very grand ones -&nbsp;the Natural History Museum and Wallace Collection, as well as Peckham and Crystal Palace sports complex. Ligthelm uses a&nbsp;chopped-up, collaged structure to reflect the landscape it maps, with a succession of stunning images and sequences, shot on a mix of formats - but&nbsp;predominantly Super 16mm and 4-perf 35mm film.Ligthelm first worked with Simz on the&nbsp;Top Boy&nbsp;promo for season 3, and at the end of 2020 they talked about collaborating on a video together for her new music. The result, Ligthelm's first work since joining Prettybird in London,&nbsp;is an absolute classic of the form, where every department has excelled.Wonderfully shot by&nbsp;Joel Honeywell, brilliantly edited by Elise Butt, the riveting combination of photography, choreography and editorial, as well as direction and performance, echoes the work of director Mark Romanek, and Beyoncé, no less. It's that good.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Salomon Ligthelm

MrMr

Lucy Bradley

Ella Knight

Joshua Loftin

Hopi Demattio

Kairo Jones

Richard Lewis

Yan Murawski

Laura Little

Luci Ellis

Chantelle Fuller

Nibras

Kloe Dean

Nigel Cripps

Lane Casting

Cinelab Film and Digital

Elise Butt

Simon Bourne

Bianca Bhagat

Cheyenne Miller

Awal

Kodak

Hip Hop

Grime

Little Simz 'Introvert' by Salomon Ligthelm 

Little Simz - Introvert (Official Video)

<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT7N_Edu9J2P8sjLwg2KQ1qpszDSU2ZM-yJrZ3u1SlzJ6-AkzTAA2w8D61Ee8gYVQq9MELlB9g-78nh/pubhtml#" target="_blank">The Hue-List</a>, launched by top DoP and diversity activist Joel Honeywell late last year, has established itself as the go-to directory for crew of Black, Asian, Arab and Mixed Heritage origin in a matter of months – and has now extended beyond the UK and Europe to America.Established in November 2020 to help film, TV, commercial and music video producers working in the UK and EU find crew from BAME backgrounds, the database run by Honeywell (above, with young future cinematographer)&nbsp;has quickly compiled contact details of more than 400 professionals working in all parts of the industry – from camera and lighting to post-production – since its launch.After discussions with colleagues in the US, Honeywell is now opening The Hue-List to American regions as well as the UK and Europe. The database looks set to become an increasingly valuable resource in helping producers and companies looking to increase diversity among crew. It’s an objective that many are committed to achieving, having pledged to the Change The Lens initiative, that launched in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, to have at least 15% of crew from non-white backgrounds to reflect wider society.<blockquote>I put it into spaces where people could see it... and basically had 300 people sign up overnight.</blockquote>“I want to break the mould and make it easier for Black and Brown trained and experienced crew, that have had, or are having trouble breaking into spaces that they’ve been actively structurally shut out from,” says Honeywell.&nbsp;“I was once in this space, and I realised early on that people following the same path as me, were not being afforded the opportunities if you looked different.“The industry is a tribal space, it's about who you know, and sometimes, who you know might not like you in their space, or has a preconception or unconscious bias. There are so many talented and brilliant individuals, from non-white heritage, who don’t have the access to these spaces because of this type of nepotism, and are at an immediate disadvantage... these people become alienated, lose confidence and tend to give up. This Hue-List exists, to change that.”&nbsp;Having previously launched Sporas in 2019, which began as a WhatsApp group for Black filmmakers and has grown into a non-profit organisation run in the US, Honeywell launched The Hue-List in 2020 to focus upon the directory function, so it works like a diary service for producers.It began with a social media campaign, with Honeywell stressing that it was free to join. “I was just putting it into spaces where people could see it, on Facebook, Instagram and elsewhere – and then I basically had 300 people sign up overnight.”Since that initial burst, he has been getting an average of two or three people a day applying to join the list. “They are usually working technicians, and now mostly people I’m unaware of,” he says adding that he has vetted and approved each application before adding names and contact details to the list.The Hue-List now has individuals listed under seven headings: Camera, Grip &amp; Lighting; Sound; Art, Costume, HMU &amp; Props; Production, Locations, Management; Post-Production; and Emerging Crew/Trainees.The success of the new initiative has been confirmed by the endorsement of the APA, who have now added it to their list of the official crew lists with established diary services like Suz Cruz and Wizzo.Honeywell says that this support is significant to the aim of the initiative. “It’s a place for companies, producers, and heads of department to find options. So that they can work towards making this an industry that’s not geared just to serve one community, but for a diverse world. That’s the goal.”As a very busy Director of Photography, Honeywell currently devotes part of his weekend on the upkeep and additions to the List. With expansion to include North American non-white professionals, the work enters a new phase.&nbsp;Ari Brown, an agent at Artistry, who used to work for Keslow Camera Rental Inc, will now looking after the US side of Hue-List operations.In the long term Honeywell&nbsp;says that, as well as serving this purpose as a production resource, he hopes that The Hue-List can increase its reach and influence once the world returns to greater normality. “I have ideas about what I want to do with it – training programmes, outreach projects for kids who have no means to help them get into the industry.”He says that a visit to his school by a cameraman had a profound effect upon him. “I had no idea such a job existed before he came to the school. I made sure that I found out more, through talking to my careers officer, about how to make it my career. I want more kids like me, who didn’t know about it, to realise they also have a chance to make a career working in film.”• The Hue-List is <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT7N_Edu9J2P8sjLwg2KQ1qpszDSU2ZM-yJrZ3u1SlzJ6-AkzTAA2w8D61Ee8gYVQq9MELlB9g-78nh/pubhtml#" target="_blank">here</a>

Breaking the mould: Joel Honeywell’s Hue-List directory of crew of BAME origin in UK/EU now expanding to US

Hector Dockrill and&nbsp;RUFFMERCY present a haunting visual for Ghetts' IC3, featuring Skepta.&nbsp;Dividing the workload on the enigmatic promo, Dockrill directed the live action footage, with RUFFMERCY creating and directing&nbsp;the&nbsp;overlaid animation. The resulting video is an exceptional piece of work,&nbsp;dark and minacious with an otherworldy, gritty aesthetic. The strobing textures and hyperactive scribble-style animation add a surreal vibe to the promo, and the frenetic camerawork builds upon this style.It's also a suitably strong addition to the current visual campaign around Ghetts' new&nbsp;releases&nbsp;in which RUFFMERCY has played a crucial role - including directing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIhWBhf1lPY" target="_blank">the&nbsp;video for Mozambique</a>,&nbsp;nominated for the Best Animation award at this year's UKMVAs.&nbsp;

Hector Dockrill

RUFFMERCY

Natalie Steiner

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Pru Ainslie

Chris Dowling

Liz El Kadhi

Lewis Munro

Edward Cooper

Jason Wallis

Oliver Whitworth

Nathan James Tettey

Warner Records

Erin Sayder

My Accomplice

Jamie Clark

Hip-Hop

Ghetts ft Skepta 'IC3' by RUFFMERCY x Hector Dockrill

Ghetts-'Icu-Ft.-Skepta'-by-Live-Action-Directed-By-Hector-Dockrill,-Animation-And-Edit-Directed-By-Ruffmercy

Meji Alabi has directed several videos for Burna Boy, including some proper blockbusters. But have any been as powerful as this?In visualising the sombre sentiments of the Stormzy-featured Real Life, Burna Boy gave Alabi licence to tell a story about the difficulties&nbsp;for Afro-Carribean people in London now. The result is a tour de force; a compelling mini-drama where the complexity of people's lives, navigating what is 'right' and 'wrong', is highlighted by the different routes taken by twin brothers, and a pointless murder.&nbsp;With a standout performances by Devontay and Dijon Graham as the brothers, Alabi&nbsp;creates a world on a West London estate populated with believable&nbsp;characters, sketched into life by his direction and Jaime Ackroyd's camera. Most painfully of all, Alabi stays firmly with the victim, as he dies alone. It is a departure for the director who has become one of the most adept at creating visually exciting pop videos, but a very confident and cinematic&nbsp;one.Alabi even pauses the drama to allow a spoken word section, written and delivered by George The Poet, to add weight to the whole piece, that already includes strong performance elements from Burna Boy and Stormzy. Powerful indeed.[imgtoken data:1]

Meji Alabi

Matt Klemera

JM Films

Jimi Adesanya

Linah Bensadok

Jaime Ackroyd

Lawrence Beckwith

Ryan Monteith

James Middleton

Minna Attala

Femi Konteh

Paume

Tim Smith

CHEAT

Denova Media

Kharmel Cochrane

Shadeh Smith

Atlantic Records

Gary Kent

Afrobeat

Burna Boy ft Stormzy 'Real Life’ by Meji Alabi

Burna-Boy-'Real-Life-Ft-Stormzy'-by-Meji-Alabi

Wendy Morgan directs a fourth promo for Lous And The Yakuza, this time exploring a mystical fairytale concept.Shot in Normandy, the video focuses on dynamic performance&nbsp;in a multitude of preternatural&nbsp;vignettes, complete with quickfire choreography and dreamlike movements.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Joel Honeywell contrasts Lous' electric performance against the natural beauty of the French coast, mixing the contemporary with the traditional to highlight the need for change and progression in society, alluding to the overall idea of the concept (explained further in Lous' description below).&nbsp;LOUS AND THE YAKUZA:&nbsp;<blockquote>This video means a lot to me as a young African girl from Congo and Rwanda.</blockquote>"This song is an ode to Renaissance. In the first part of the video I’m playing a mystical witch character on the edge of a cliff, and then a princess on a horse and then a warrior surrounded by my army Yakuza. These enigmatic characters are a testimony of my own growth in life, what I have overcome, this is my Renaissance."This video means a lot to me as a young African girl from Congo and Rwanda, this is the fairy tale&nbsp;I’ve never watched growing up. These are the powerful images I needed to see, the representation of strength I always dreamed about. This could have never been possible without all my beautiful multicultural and multi talented team, I appreciate everybody’s work on this video, each of you guys accomplished the crazy challenge that was to shoot something in these COVID-19 difficult times."

Marie Bordaz

Yann Turchi, Nelson Douala-bel

Eric Barr

Flawless

Rik Michul

Robert Schober, Rose Pan

Emilie Urbansky

Marine Sellier

Trap

Lous And The Yakuza 'Amigo' by Wendy Morgan

Lous-And-The-Yakuza-'Amigo'-by-Wendy-Morgan

Sophie Jones presents a series of unusual perspectives in her video for Little Runaway, her second collaboration with Celeste.&nbsp;Carrying over similar themes from previous project I Can See The Change, the video takes us into a dreamlike state, focusing on reflections and distortion through unusual camera techniques.&nbsp;As the video progresses, we see different scenes through a low angle, iris-shaped view point - men lost in gambling, lovers lost in love and hate, a man obsessed with food - all highlighting the greed of humankind.&nbsp;Celeste is brilliant as always, her performance intimate and engaging with a haunting and enignmatic undertone. The use of VFX cleverly entangles each scene in a surreal, not-quite-real atmosphere, elevating the themes of the concept and track.&nbsp;

Sophie Jones

Mayling Wong

Partizan Darkroom

Charlie Scannell

Tom Wynborne

Emma Friend

Bernie Prentice

Patience Harding

Ella Lucia

James Catalano

Rebecca Davenport

Toby Heard

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Athene Aristocleous

Chloe Rosolek

Mouthpiece

Marco Grey

Coco Hirani

Connor Williams

Alternative R&B

Pop, Soul

Celeste 'Little Runaway' by Sophie Jones

Celeste-'Little-Runaway'-by-Sophie-Jones

Otis Dominique and Ellington Hammond co-direct this celebration of Black lives, for Jorja Smith's By Any Means, the lead release of Roc Nation's&nbsp;Reprise project, comprised of multiple artists uniting to let their voices be heard in musical protest.Working with producer Precious Mahaga and DoP Joel Honeywell, the video is a breathtaking series of photojournalistic&nbsp;portraits documenting the breadth of the Black British experience, intercut with Jorja Smith's performance of By Any Means. Conceived by Jorja Smith and Hammond, her longtime collaborator, London-based Dominique joined to co-direct when it was clear that the American photographer and filmmaker would not be able to travel to the UK for the shoot.[imgtoken data:1]The first of a three day shoot was spent on the performance, shot at Jorja's home, in a more visually crafted set-up. That was followed by two whirlwind&nbsp;days shooting their documentary subjects, the first in various locations in London; the second in Luton, Birmingham and Walsall - Jorja Smith's hometown. The result is extraordinary - an extensive authentic snapshot of a nation.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;&nbsp;"We went all over the place, and when we couldn't make to everyone's homes, we had people come to meet us halfway," says Precious Mahaga, who like other crew members recruited family members to appear in the video. "In fact, Alice Dearing, the only Black member of the Great Britain swimming team, came all the way from Manchester and met us at my mum's house in Luton."[imgtoken data:3]They finished the shoot in Walsall, where Jorja Smith's cousin acted as unofficial casting agent, bringing together members of the community to appear in what turned out to be the final part of the video - an impromptu gathering, welcoming Jorja back home. "Our last shot was at Jorja's cousin's house - he phoned up a lot of people,"&nbsp;recalls Mahaga. "Jorja was there to sing the song, and she became really too emotional at that point to perform with everyone there."&nbsp;[imgtoken data:4]Jorja Smith has commented:&nbsp;“The inspiration behind ‘By Any Means’ really came from going to the Black Lives Matter protest and leaving thinking, what can I do to keep this conversation going? It’s not just a post on social media, it’s life.”A statement from Roc Nation adds: “This collection of songs was compiled with hopes to bring awareness to social justice issues. A portion of proceeds will go to funding organisations that support victims of police brutality, hate crimes, and other violations of civil rights​.”[imgtoken data:5]

Otis Dominique

Ellington Hammond

Precious Mahaga

Jorja Smith 'By Any Means' by Otis Dominique & Ellington Hammond 

Joel Honeywell

Director of Photography

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