Director of Photography

Nikita Kuzmenko

Tanu Muino brings us the first outstanding British music video event of 2023 with Sam Smith's unabashed, splendidly theatrical and joyfully outrageous video for I'm Not Here To Make Friends.Exuberant,&nbsp;eccentric, and defiantly brazen, this sees Sam Smith dispensing with any last vestige of previous public incarnations and embracing their queer superstar status with gusto - but also with a healthy self-knowing nod and a wink.Sam arrives by helicopter to a historic countryside manor, joining&nbsp;a gregarious crowd to engage is an extravagant costume party for the ages, over an inspirational sample of RuPaul before the disco beat of this surefire smash kicks in. And eyebrows&nbsp;are soon being raised...[imgtoken data:1]There is dancing. There are some extraordinary outfits. There's rowdy behaviour. And there is some very suggestive things going on, including a scene that may possibly be inspired by Frankie Goes To Hollywood's video for Relax!Throughout is the stunning array of costumes and looks, and Sam's playful and sexy performance, which dazzles in every vignette. They are clearly having the time of their lives.&nbsp;Bringing together so many different layers and inspirations - including a knowing nod to Steven Klein's&nbsp;promo for Gaga's Alejandro&nbsp;- the video oozes self-love and an excitable confidence, and is the perfect release to complement Gloria, Smith's just-released new album.It just ticks all the boxes it's supposed to tick - and that is really down to the genius of Tanu Muino. She just knows what a pop video like this should do, and achieved it, from start to finish.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Morgan Kennedy

Lane Casting

Ben Reardon

Tanu Muino

Robert Katz

UnderWonder Content

James Hackett

Frank Borin

Fred Bonham Carter

Alexa Haywood

Chris Kelly

Sam Rawlings

Ben Cascillo Roger

Luke Bradley

La Horde

Sorcha O'raghallaigh

Nick Royal

Ryo Narushima

Neil Moodie

Grace Ellington

Miranda Joyce

Vinnie Hobbs

Vh Post

Company 3

Joseph Bicknell

Roma Onufriychuk

Tilt

Ivanna Borin

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Just Fred

Hannah Cooper

Spencer Graves

Sam Smith 'I'm Not Here To Make Friends' by Tanu Muino

Sam Smith - I'm Not Here To Make Friends

If you knew the world was ending, how and who would you want to spend it with?Directed by Grammy-nominated directors&nbsp;Frank and Ivanna Borin - who have prevoiusly collaborated with the Aussie band on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/08/24/5-seconds-summer-youngblood-frank-borin-ivanna-borin/54714" target="_blank">Youngblood</a> - the&nbsp;video for 5 Seconds Of Summer's Older is a glossy apocalyptic affair, exploring human nature and our longing to create meaning from every situation.&nbsp;Viewing the world through the eyes of several different characters - each with their own story and location - the video is both a celebration of life and a poignant reminder of our own fragility, executed with seamless visual effects and a breathtaking display of filmmaking craft.&nbsp;

United States

Briana Goldberg

5 Seconds Of Summer ft Sierra Deaton 'Older' by Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin

5-Seconds-Of-Summer-Ft.-Sierra-Deaton-'Older'-by-Frank-Borin,ivanna-Borin

Tanu Muino directs a bold dance&nbsp;promo for Elton John and Britney Spears collab Hold Me Closer.&nbsp;The update to the iconic track Tiny Dancer comes complete with a refreshing video, effortlessly joyous and celebratory, with a brilliant use of colour, depicting several pairs of dancers in beautiful locations around the world.[imgtoken data:1]With event songs like this, the visuals can often feel incomplete without the artists in them, however Muino and team ensure that all eyes are on the beauty of the choreography - by LA-based choreographer Jacob Jonas - and captivating locations.[imgtoken data:2]The resulting project more than makes up for their absence. Beautifully shot by Muino's regular collaborator Nikita&nbsp;Kuzmenko - also nominated at the inaugural Best DoP Award at this year's UKMVAs - and brilliantly edited by Carlos Font Clos - it offers a marvellous, and emotional new perspective to this classic&nbsp;song.&nbsp;

Jacob Jonas

Carlos Font Clos

Elton John, Britney Spears 'Hold Me Closer' by Tanu Muino

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UKMVA-winning,&nbsp;Grammy-nominated director Tanu Muino directs pop superstar Harry Styles&nbsp;in his London pomp, in the gorgeous promo for As It Was.&nbsp;Shot across several remarkable London-based&nbsp;locations - including the Barbican estate, Lindley Hall and the penguin enclosure at London Zoo - this wonderfully dreamlike video ushers in a new era for the artist, combining melancholy with an unabashed sense of freedom and a glimmer of hope.&nbsp;The whimsical art direction and blocking of the scenes feels like a golden-age musical - complete with flamboyant styling and an emotional narrative hook.&nbsp;Styles is absorbing to watch, as always, and the video feels immediately iconic, elevated by the teamwork between the UK and Ukrainian crew.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Andrew Rawson

Bryan Younce

Yoann Bourgeois

Max Colt @ The Frender

Columbia Records

Molly Hawkins

Harry Styles 'As It Was' by Tanu Muino

Harry-Styles-'As-It-Was'-by-Tanu-Muino

Tanu Muino directs a fiery performance promo for&nbsp;Rosalía.The charismatic video is a celebration of&nbsp;movement, with several dance setups seamlessly interweaved&nbsp;through&nbsp;snappy transitions.The cast of performers give their all, breathlessly roaming from one scene to the next, whilst a subtle flurry of VFX adds an extra layer of experimentation to the concept.&nbsp;

Karen Saurí

Saul Levitz

Alvaro Riesgo

Rosalía 'Chicken Teriyaki' by Tanu Muino

Rosalía-'Chicken-Teriyaki'-by-Tanu-Muino

Foals frontman&nbsp;Yannis Philippakis is trapped in a choreographed cycle of hedonism, in Tanu Muino's brilliant promo for 2am.&nbsp;In the video,&nbsp;Philippakis is locked in a game of cat and mouse with a mysterious woman, who he follows through a maze of whimsical studio environments, intermittently finding himself in the middle of eccentric, Gondry-esque set pieces.&nbsp;Exploding with vibrant set design, avant-garde styling and wonderfully bizarre choreography, the video is a rollercoaster of emotions played out on a massive scale.It's another triumph for Muino, showing that the director who provided exploded onto the scene&nbsp;last year with videos&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/04/01/lil-nas-x-montero-call-me-your-name-tanu-muino/70170">Lil Nas X,</a> <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/02/09/cardi-b-tanu-muino/69383">Cardi B </a>and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/19/post-malone-weeknd-one-right-now-tanu-muino/73902">Post Malone</a>&nbsp;- leading to her winning&nbsp;Best Director at the UKMVAs last year, is alo tremendously versatile.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/19/post-malone-weeknd-one-right-now-tanu-muino/73902">&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;

Dima Malichev

Jennifer Ivory

Elena Onishchenko

Vadim Yuzba

Anastasiya Kharchenko

LUVI

Kristina Kuzikova

Iris Onufriienko

Valeriy Butkov

Roman Onufriychuk

Alena Gadjilova

Rock

Foals '2am' by Tanu Muino 

FOALS - 2am [Official Music Video]

Cardi B bids farewell to 2020 in the mindboggling Tanu Muino-directed promo for Up.&nbsp;Switching from seductive graveyard setups to 90s-esque graffiti backdrops, the video is a tour de force of creativity - and creative product placement -&nbsp;boasting something energising and unique in every frame.&nbsp;Intertwining top-notch performances with breathtaking set pieces and noteworthy art direction - care of&nbsp;Brandon Mendez - the visual embodies the spirit and excess of the golden age of the genre, with plenty of contemporary twists to keep it fresh.It's a Cardi video par excellence from&nbsp;Tanu Muino, who is quickly establishing herself as one of the top pop video directors around.&nbsp;

Tay Hawes

Kevin Murphy

Jonas Morales

Brandon Mendez

Dave Hussey

Kareem Johnson

Hip Hop

Cardi B 'Up' by Tanu Muino

Cardi-B-'Up'-by-Tanu-Muino

Tanu Muino takes motion control&nbsp;to a new level, in her breathless promo for Monatik, featuring&nbsp;Lida Lee&amp;Niino.&nbsp;We've seen an explosion of mo-co rig use&nbsp;in music videos this year, but Muino has taken things one step further, by securing the artist - as opposed to a camera - to the Bolt arm.&nbsp;In the midst of a frenetic, futuristic set of performance vignettes, Monatik,&nbsp;Lee and Niino are captured through a variety of dizzying camera moves and angles, heightened by neon strobes and cutting-edge robots projecting vibrant lasers onto their bodies.&nbsp;

Ukraine

Dima Mailchev

Dance

Monatik ft Lida Lee&Niino 'Rhythmolove' by Tanu Muino

Monatik-Ft.-Lida-Lee--'Rhythmolove'-by-Tanu-Muino

UKMVA-nominated Tanu Muino creates the ultimate love fest in her new sweet and sexy&nbsp;video for Yungblud's Cotton Candy.Things get pretty hot pretty quickly in this richly stylised and colourful promo, where Yungblud just cannot help being at the centre of a very sexy party, whether at home, or in a bathroom, or enjoying cake with leopards (you just have to watch)&nbsp;.There's an awful lot of old fashioned snogging going on too in this candified world -&nbsp;and Muino pulls back the curtain on the video at the end, to have a little more fun.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hanan Cher

Yungblud 'Cotton Candy' by Tanu Muino

Yungblud-'Cotton-Candy'-by-Tanu-Muino

A mysterious masked figure makes his way through a stark Soviet landscape in Frank Borin and&nbsp;Ivanna Borin's video for Zayn, R3hab and&nbsp;Jungleboi.Produced from a concept written by Zayn himself, we see the mysterious figure lead a revolution, before sacrificing himself and destroying everyone. In parallel with the current zeitgeist, the themes of uprising and taking back control are imprinted upon every scene, as well as the exploration of dictatorships and oppression.&nbsp;Shot in Kiev, the breathtaking urban scenery is a perfect backdrop to the concept - gritty and almost post-apocalyptic.&nbsp;Nikita Kuzmenko's sweeping camera movements and drone shots add a cinematic flair to the project, and a cast of dozens of young rebels adds a huge amount of production value.

Daria Ivashchuk

Grisha Ermolin

Lena Ignatenko

Ekaterina Averina

Limelite

Electronic

Zayn X R3hab X Jungleboi 'Flames' by Frank Borin & Ivanna Borin

Zayn-X-R3hab-'Flames'-by-Frank-Borin-&amp;-Ivanna-Borin

Rosalía returns with the flamenco-flavoured Juro Que and an almost folk song-traditional expression of chaste devotion to her imprisoned love - which has been visually interpreted very stylishly indeed by Tanu Muino.This sumptuous production combines the conventions of the pop video with musical theatre. Rosalía, in her boudoir, is connected to her jailbird boyfriend (Omar Ayuso)&nbsp;in his cell, via the device of security glass separating inmates from their loved ones on prison visits.The Spanish siren's charismatic presence is always something to behold but here she is more alluring yet more unattainable than ever. She’s promised herself to another - who’s probably a very bad guy...

Montse Urniza

Jose Tirado

Sunset Edit

Nazeli Kodjoian

Omar Ayuso

Hart Represents

Flamenco

Rosalía 'Juro Que' by Tanu Muino

Rosalía-'Juro-Que'-by-Tanu-Muino

Katy Perry and her real life dog Nugget takes us on an emotional and surreal journey surrounding the trials and tribulations of a "Westminster Dog Show" type world in&nbsp;Tanu Muino's video for Small Talk.Super-colourful - as you might expect from a KP video - with a mixture of&nbsp;80s and almost futuristic&nbsp;styling from Phoenix Mellow, the video feels decidely anachronistic&nbsp;and is intriguing from the very start.&nbsp;Perry dives in head first, bringing her unique brand of charm and quirkiness to every facet of the project. And the other stars of the show are a cast of 20 dogs, who were joined by a variety of trainers to get the body language and movement just right.It hits every note we have come to expect from Perry's videography, with the more surreal moments grounded by themes of isolation and sadness. But of course, everything turns out right at the end! This is an exciting step into the mainstream world for&nbsp;Tanu Muino - a talent to look out for in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Megan Gutman

Desiree Lauro

Braden Anderson

Nick Infield

Kyle Bryson

John Richoux

Phoenix Mellow

Shon Ju

Anthony Nguyen

Jill Bogdanowicz

Max Colt

Frender

Nicole O'connell / Hart Represents

Targa Sahyoun

Capitol Records

Marco De Molina

Katy Perry 'Small Talk' by Tanu Muino

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In a world obsessed by image and ruled by social networks, Dan Black escapes to a desert &ndash; that happens to be just outside a town of tower blocks &ndash;&nbsp;surrounded by 100 cameras.Performing as if in battle, somewhere between dream and reality, Black&#39;s&nbsp;passion is captured in 360 degrees, in a rather more hard-edged conceptual video than previously by his regular collaborators Corinne Black and Axel d&#39;Harcourt, aka Chic &amp; Artistic.

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