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Laura Francis

Van Alpert mashes up a few classic movies, and movie&nbsp;genres, in the terrific video for Interpol's Toni.Featuring Gabriel Perez and Ally O'Neil as a pair of star-crossed lovers who are on the run from a mob of all-dancing denim-clad gangmembers - while being observed by Interpol frontman Paul Banks as a world-weary cop type - it's fun to figure out the movies that have influenced the video. And wonder which one is Toni.A fabulously cool dip into old school Americana from artist and filmmaker Alpert, director of the Machine Gun Kelly's video for My Ex's Best Friend, that won an MTV VMA last year.&nbsp;

Van Alpert

Douglas Kerr

Alldayeveryday

Peter Kline

Jordan Ritz

Chucky Klapow

Rebecca Abraham

Talia Pasqua

Jacob Mckee

Interpol 'Toni' by Van Alpert

Interpol - "Toni" (Official Music Video)

Vic Mensa takes on police brutality in the devastating 16 Shots&nbsp;video, directed by Ace Norton.A tragic narrative that runs through the modern world is one of police officers murdering black men, leaving many feeling powerless and victimised by those supposedly employed to protect them. Mensa&#39;s hard-hitting lyrics combined with Norton&#39;s visuals are a powerful reminder not just of how many people have fallen, but also that no matter how many times it happens, the persecuted will rise up to get what they&#39;re owed: fair treatment.The video is bloody, but necessarily so as it serves to illustrate just how heartbreaking and violent this issue truly is. With real footage of police murdering&nbsp;Laquan McDonald intercut with dance interpreting the same actions closing out the piece. Sobering, vital viewing.

United States

Ace Norton

Lars Ruch

Commondeer

Alex Alexandrov

Ali Isaksen

James Duffy

No.6 Edit

Rick Epstein

Vic Mensa '16 Shots' by Ace Norton

Vic-Mensa-'16-Shots'-by-Ace-Norton

David Wilson&nbsp;has been&nbsp;directing of some highly&nbsp;diverse,&nbsp;eye-catching videos as of late, including&nbsp;ultra-gorey&nbsp;animated video featuring evil aliens in bunny costumes&nbsp;for Royal Blood&#39;s <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/02/06/royal-blood-out-black-david-wilson-christy-karacas" target="_blank">Out Of The Black</a> as well as&nbsp;Arcade Fire&#39;s epic&nbsp;queer statement video&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/05/19/arcade-fire-we-exist-david-wilson" target="_blank">We Exist</a> featuring Andrew Garfield as a gender questioning transwoman.&nbsp;And now his latest&nbsp;is a wildly entertaining short&nbsp;featuring Metronomy track Boy Racers &ndash; and starring Daniel Schienert of directing duo DANIELS. Just like his partner Dan Kwan&#39;s inability to resist the beat&nbsp;in DJ Snake &amp; Lil Jon&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2014/03/14/dj-snake-lil-jon-turn-down-what-daniels" target="_blank">Turn Down For What</a>, Daniel S cannot stop vibing off the beat and bassline of Metronomy&#39;s mini-instrumental. He just happens to be driving at the time. We&#39;ve all been there, driving along and loving a song.&nbsp;But not quite like this...&nbsp;

David Wilson

Ben Gilovitz

Colonel Blimp

The Directors Bureau

Pat Scola

Adam Rudd

Final Cut

Paul Weston

Sue Yeon Ahn

Almitra Corey

Chad Nicholson

Elizabeth Minzes

Rachel Nederveld

Jack Bianco

Alver Hernandez

Josh Miller

Dan Prostak

Ryan Hueter

Eddie Apodaca

Jose Henry Gonzalez

Ben Sherman

Victoria Aronson

Brandon Barter

Jonathan Artis

Nick Neary

Jake Turrentine

Kevin Dewtit

Neil Johnson

Ricky Gausis

Brandon Hirzel

Emilie Pereira

Rene Mousseux

Metronomy 'Boy Racers' by David Wilson

Boy Racers

In Sam Pilling&rsquo;s video for&nbsp;The Weeknd&#39;s lewd Often - his fourth for the Canadian superstar &ndash;&nbsp;the motion control-driven&nbsp;camera prowls and flips around a luxury hotel suite&nbsp;chronicling the singer&#39;s numerous conquests and partying habits in a highly slick fashion.Although&nbsp;being a sex god&nbsp;doesn&#39;t stop&nbsp;The Weeknd looking characteristically angst-ridden...

Sam Pilling

Sarah Park

Pulse Films

Courtney Carreras

Kenny Taylor

David Dreyer

Neicy Smalls

Ryan Wieber

Hip Hop, Urban

The Weeknd 'Often' by Sam Pilling

The Weeknd - Often (NSFW)

Kinga Burza brings out Ellie Goulding&#39;s more playful side in this neo-psychedelic promo for Goodness Gracious.The dazzling, retina-burning&nbsp;clip sees Ellie turn up the energy partying with her futuristic friends, adding&nbsp;shots of bleached-out palm trees, shoes that light up, sparklers, skateboards and lots and lots of neon...

United Kingdom

Kinga Burza

Partizan

Sam Kennedy

Jason Baum

Claire Stubbs

Jeff Pantaleo

Eli Born

Terri Walker

Will Lemon

Chris Roebuck

Cut+Run

Annabelle Durbar-Whittaker

Duncan Russell

Glassworks

Waren Gebhardt

Kayleigh Dugdale

Polydor

Emily Tedrake

Ellie Goulding 'Goodness Gracious' by Kinga Burza

Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

A group of youths break into a mansion and get creative with the furnishings, books and household objects in Tim Mattia&#39;s promo for We&#39;re The Kids by LA popsters Parade Of Lights.Boasting a darkly-lit sleek look throughout, the youths go about their business as the band play on in an empty room, then make their escape as&nbsp;the owners return...

Tim Mattia

Cineaste Films

Taylor Vandegrift

Alex Sanchez

Kenneth Taylor

OB Management

Ross McLennan

Patrick Blanchet

Danny Brown

Dennis Noyes

Jordan Harriman

Alessandro Marvelli

Susannah Lowber

Curtis Kemp

Lulu McCumsey

Ramin Shakibaei

Adam Kolegas

Karina Moore

Derek Hansen

Astralwerks

Colin Wyatt

Electronic

Parade of Lights 'We're The Kids' by Tim Mattia

Parade Of Lights - We're The Kids

Matt Stawski teams up with Boston&#39;s&nbsp;Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan - aka Karmin - for this homage to the 90s music videos the duo grew up with.Matt employs minimalist staging and fisheye photography to capture that time with some garish and bold styling from Joseph Errico and Laura Francis.

Matt Stawski

Artists and Derelicts

Anna Harari

Tyler Grasmick

Simon Thirlaway

David Courtemarche

Life Garland

Joseph Errico

Donald Simrock

Marisa Garner Associates

Epic Records

Sam Lecca

Karmin 'Acapella' by Matt Stawski

Karmin - Acapella

Amelia Lily plays host to a wild house party in Los Angeles in Travis Kopach' promo to her third single Party Over - from the album Be A Fighter (April 14).
The X Factor singer views the night's events in retrospect via her clever 'rewinding' iPhone (there's an app for that) - recalling guests in animal costumes, wild dancing, revellers jumping in the pool and all manner of drunken shenanigans...

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=Ea2R003-iSM

Travis Kopach

Dignity and Shame

Jeremy Sullivan

Dustin Blackburn

Amelia Lily 'Party Over' by Travis Kopach

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<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/?attachment_id=57864" rel="attachment wp-att-57864"><img src="http://www.promonews.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ConcreteWallStill3Cropped.jpg" alt="ConcreteWallStill3Cropped" width="640" class="alignright size-full wp-image-57864" /></a>

<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/?attachment_id=57865" rel="attachment wp-att-57865"><img src="http://www.promonews.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ConcreteWallStillCropped.jpg" alt="ConcreteWallStillCropped" width="640" class="alignright size-full wp-image-57865" /></a>Jason Baum's video for Zee Avi's Concrete Wall takes place in an impressive space, thanks at least in part to Concrete Wall, a Norwegian design outfit that create 'concrete' wallpapers. These provides the backdrop for a performance where Zee starts, statue-like, on a plinth, then multiplies via motion control.

"The inspiration behind the video was pretty obvious," says Jason. "However, I really wanted to take the simple visual hook and create this phantasmic, yet realistic space, where you could see Zee living out the opposing forces in her concrete mind. The song makes me feel claustrophobic and I really wanted this 'grey matter' room where she could give a multi faceted performance — a little A.D.D., some childlike innocence, and a deep well of emotion."

Zee Avi 
Concrete Wall
Director: Jason Baum
DP: Ryan Carmody
Production Designer: Ethan Feldbau
Editor: Arianna Tomasettig
Make Up / Hair: Leah Dempsey
Stylist: Laura Francis
Choreography: Ryan Heffington
Co-Producer: Leah Dempsey, Rose Krane
1st AD: Brand Birtwistle
1st AC: Zac Adams
2nd AC: Evan Scott
2nd Unit Cam Op: Ryan Murray
2nd Unit 1st AC: Kathryn Begle
Still Photographer: Vanessa Black
MoCo Operator: Chris Toth
MoCo Tech: Simon Wakley
Gaffer: Luke Hanlein
BB Electric: Masaki Imai
Key Grip: Josh Middleton
Grip: Yoshi Tran
Playback: Gary Day
Set Construction: Adam Deyoe, Dave Fritz, Julia Matsunaga, Taylor Welch
Editorial company: Final Cut LA
Executive Producer: Saima Awan
Producer: Jennifer Miller
Assistant Editor: Hasani Franke
Color Correction: MPC LA
Producer: Amanda Ornelas
Colorist: Derek Hansen
VFX: Coyote Post
Executive Producer: Martin Desmond Roe
Post Production Supervisor: Julie Hansen
Online Editor: Alicia Hedley
VFX Artist: Chris Friend, Colin Kohler, Adam Petke

http://vimeo.com/51226492

Ryan Carmody

Ethan Feldbau

Arianna Tomasettig

Ryan Heffington

Brand Birtwistle

Zac Adams

Evan Scott

Luke Hanlein

Yoshi Tran

Gary Day

Martin Desmond Roe

Amanda Ornelas

Hasani Franke

Alicia Hedley

Zee Avi 'Concrete Wall' by Jason Baum

Like all good horror, David Altobelli and Jeff Desom's video for Health's Tears - from the band's score for the videogame Max Payne 3 - is as much about what stirs the imagination as what happens on screen. And it's driven by what really is a killer concept: zombie babies.

Its the first full co-directing partnership by Altobelli and Desom, who separately have made some excellent videos in the past couple of years, but have worked together previously. "David and I met at the LA Film Festival when we both had music videos in the program," explains Jeff. "I went on to do VFX on a couple of his music videos, most notably Phil Selway's By Some Miracle. David was pitching on the song when I stayed at his place this summer. He asked me if I had any ideas and if I would be interested in co-directing.
"The first stages of development can vary greatly between individuals. We saw about seventy babies during casting and narrowed it down to nine; all of which seemed to be at different stages towards becoming self-aware.
"The unpredictability of our subjects called for a great deal of flexibility on our side. Though we had a very clear idea of the overall arc and tone that we wanted to hit, there was no way of telling how the toddlers would actually behave once they were on set. The combination of slow-motion, low camera angles and miniaturized locations elevated their every move and stance to another level, no direction required. We knew we had captured something raw, something very primal. The babies didn't do anything they wouldn't normally do. They crawled, they drooled, they got messy and occasionally they cried. It looked rather harmless in actuality."

David Altobelli, Jeff Desom

The Director's Bureau

Luke Lynch

Larkin Seiple

Cici Anderson

Joceline Gabriel

Health 'Tears' by David Altobelli and Jeff Desom

Health-'Tears'-by-David-Altobelli-and-Jeff-Desom

Shot in the Malibu hills, Calvin Harris and Example team up for a heist in Saman Keshavarz' well-shot crime caper for Harris' new single We'll Be Coming Back - from his third album due in October. 
"Calvin and Example really wanted to drive in this one" explains Saman. "As for me I really felt a kind of western vibe from the chord progression, and especially with the 'country' elegance Example brought to the track. So, I wanted to see if I could combine the two. 
"So I thought: the elegence and composure of a Leone film mixed with the intense &amp; raw energy of classic car chases like in the film Bullit. With the specific narrative: A simple tale of two criminal friends that get in over their heads. 
"The two realize the stakes are high and end up playing each other to get the loot, but alas "the female" plays them and beats em to the buried loot. The last shot is the idea that it will never stop, we are always trying to out-do one another (even when friends)".

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=cGi4hNgyhik&amp;feature=player_embedded

Saman Kesh

Jason Baum & Ross Levine

Laura Tunstall

Calvin Harris ft Example 'We'll Be Coming Back' by Saman Keshavarz

Calvin-Harris-ft-Example-'We'll-Be-Coming-Back'-by-Saman-Keshavarz

For Temper Trap's full-throttle rocker Need Your Love, Dugan O'Neal delivers this dramatic fight extravaganza.
With a large cast and on-hand expertise from fight and stunt co-ordinators, the male lead (played by Alex Heartman) suffers a pasting - then brushes up on his streetfighting skills and takes to the streets...

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Dugan O'Neal

Doomsday Entertainment

Danielle Hinde

Courtney Davies

Sebastian Wintero

Melisa Jusufi

Candice Birns

Martc Steinberg/Bonnie Brae

The Temper Trap 'Need Your Love' by Dugan O'Neal

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The-Temper-Trap-'Need-Your-Love'-by-Dugan-O'Neal

The pictures say it all really. Hiro Murai's video for St. Vincent's Cheerleader will make you shudder, as Annie Clark (aka St V) becomes a giant, living art exhibit, who starts crumbling to dust as she moves... 
Lovely, shuddersome imagery - for arguably the best track on the current St Vincent album Strange Mercy. 

http://www.youtube.com/watchfeature=player_embedded&amp;v=LEY9GJAm8bA

Hiro Murai

Tina Cohen

Isaac Hagy

Marc Steinberg

St. Vincent 'Cheerleader' by Hiro Murai

St.-Vincent-'Cheerleader'-by-Hiro-Murai

Los Angeles 6-piece Races team up with Edward Chase Masterson for the promo to their Big Broom single. 

"Big Broom is a very special song for us and we were definitely picky when it came to video treatments for that song. After meeting Chase, I knew that we were in the right hands.
"This video was a true labor of love for everyone involved, and it was such a pleasure being invited to combine our music with Chase's imagination."

Edward Chase Masterson

Zachary Rockwood

Ian Shulman

Minh Ly

Races 'Big Broom' by Edward Chase Masterson

Races-'Big-Broom'-by-Edward-Chase-Masterson

Claire Carré's sweet tale of a couple who've danced together all their lives to keep things fresh accompanies Death Cab For Cutie's pretty, acoustic ballad Stay Young Go Dancing.

Claire Carré

Death Cab For Cutie 'Stay Young Go Dancing' by Claire Carré

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