Director

Philip Andelman

Philip Andelman directs a flamboyant performance promo for&nbsp;Machine Gun Kelly ft. blackbear.The provocative track is paired with a handful of chromatic vignettes, surrounding the artists with balloons, flowers and an abundance of cats, all taking place in a candy-coloured dreamworld.&nbsp;From the styling and art direction to the lively performances, the video is a laidback, playful affair with an dazzling&nbsp;aesthetic... and a very unexpected ending.&nbsp;

United States

Pete Williams

Jeff Pantaleo

Check Your Head Films

Vincenza Conticchio Wiley

Cristina Dunlap

Alexander Delgado

Jarrett Fijal

Bonch Post

Kevin Kim

Steve Saiz

pop punk

Machine Gun Kelly ft. blackbear 'make up sex' by Philip Andelman

Machine Gun Kelly - make up sex ft. blackbear (Official Music Video)

Philip Andelman presents his own trippy spin on the Spaghetti Western genre, in this offbeat promo for&nbsp;Khruangbin and&nbsp;Leon Bridges.Following their collaborative EP Texas Sun, released last year, Khruangbin team up with American soul singer Bridges once again, and in Andelman's&nbsp;video for B-Side, the trio jetting in on a vintage style spaceship before facing off with Bridges, who's arrived in a classic car, in a nostalgic Western set.&nbsp;As they face off, gunslinger-style, and then perform the song, the video enters its psychedelic stage. We watch the sky turn into mesmerising oil art, as the group casually keep on playing in the chromatic glow of the peculiar weather event.[imgtoken data:1]"This one was a real labour of love," says Andelman, who also directed the video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2020/03/03/khruangbin-leon-bridges-texas-sun-philip-andelman/63607" target="_blank">Texan Sun</a>.&nbsp;"The shoot itself was a real trial, with a major lighting storm and torrential rain keeping us inside for most of the afternoon, a skeleton crew and broken 16mm film mags that ate up twelve solid minutes of footage and two hours of work."Andelman reveals that Bridges was also taught how to learn a 'stick-shift' car on set by producer Keeley Gould, as the shoot day ticked away."And then there was five months of post as we waited for friends to free up and help us colour, create flying saucers, and film coloured oil in vinegar for the skies. But through and through we all had a blast!"

Joe Simon

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Laura Lee

Keeley Gould

Beau Dickson

Alternative

Soul

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 'B-Side' by Philip Andelman

Khruangbin-&-Leon-Bridges-'B-side'-by-Philip-Andelman

Gwen Stefani is delighted when she a postive response to her request for a bigger budget for her new music video... but&nbsp;less happy when other, rather familiar versions of herself&nbsp;start&nbsp;showing up on set.Philip Andelman's video for Let Me Reintroduce Myself cleverly riffs on a couple of decades of Stefani videography, bringing those iconic Gwen looks from previous videos at different stages of her career (including the No Doubt era) in this 'reintroduction', for her upcoming new release.And if you're interested in seeing the original versions&nbsp;of the looks recreated in the video, there's a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fashion/gwen-stefani-let-me-reintroduce-myself-video-style-48088153?utm_medium=redirect&amp;utm_campaign=US:GB&amp;utm_source=www.google.com" target="_blank">slideshow over at Popsugar</a>.&nbsp;

Melissa Larsen

Eric Shneider

Diana Kramer

Ken Mowe

Michelle An

Vincenza Conticchio

Gwen Stefani 'Let Me Reintroduce Myself' by Philip Andelman

Gwen-Stefani-'Let-Me-Reintroduce-Myself'-by-Philip-Andelman

Machine Gun Kelly and Halsey team up for a Noughties throwback, in Philip Andelman's video for Forget Me Too.&nbsp;Jumping right into&nbsp;the action, MGK gets an itch he just can't scratch... so he slices open his skin, and out drops a Magic 8 ball, containing a trapped&nbsp;Halsey.&nbsp;The frenetic visual&nbsp;charges through a series of setups where the on-screen couple just can't seem to let each other go, but maybe that is what fate has in store for them.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Giles Dunning matches the hyperactive pacing with handheld camerawork and plenty of off-kilter angles, whilst&nbsp;Therapy Studios' subtle visual effects add to the&nbsp;sense of frenzied fun.&nbsp;

Jona Ward

Partizan

Giles Dunning

Tatiana Van Sauter

Dave Hussey

Company 3

Therapy Studios

Bad Boy/Interscope

Machine Gun Kelly ft Halsey 'Forget Me Too' by Philip Andelman

Machine-Gun-Kelly-Ft.-Halsey-'Forget-Me-Too'-by-Philip-Andelman

A man drives purposefully across the Texas plains on a mission, in Philip Andelman's absorbing video for Khruangbin and Leon Bridges' lovely collaboration Texan Sun.He's on a quest, and the film combines the epic nature of his determination and pioneering spirit, with the intimacy of his relationship with his wife. And the tough reality of&nbsp;life on the road in West Texas also comes with an element of pure magic.&nbsp;&nbsp;As he explains here, Andelman was inspired to create a visual that did justice to the song. He has done exactly that.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Peter Williams

Yvonne Boudreaux

Eric Argiro

Cut+Run

Tom Poole

George Loucas

Kelly Williams

Ben Kutchins

Baked Studios

Calvin Dutton

Bianca Wright

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges 'Texas Sun' by Philip Andelman

Khruangbin-And-Leon-Bridges-'Texas-Sun'-by-Philip-Andelman

Philip Andelman brings an element of Spielbergian suspense to his video for James Bay, where JB is both Ziggy Stardust-style rocker and a lad on an incredible mission to the stars.While James the rock star plays with his band on TV, James the kid sneaks into his parents garage, to slip into his own homemade spaceship. He is on his way...

Thalia Murray

Happy Street Entertainment

Sam Le Page

Danny Cohen

Anna Rhodes

Karen Clarkson

Barney Miller

Whitehouse Nyc

Kath Raisch

Company 3 Nyc

B.art Vfx

Hart Represents

Kate Miller

Republic

James Bay 'Pink Lemonade' by Philip Andelman

James-Bay-'Pink-Lemonade'-by-Philip-Andelman

It&#39;s always nice to dream, right? Sometimes you walk down a street and project all of your ambitions onto it. Thousands of people are probably doing it right now. Well, Philip Andelman pits dreams against reality in his video for Major Lazer.The kid in Andelman&#39;s clip for Know No Better dreams of fame, fortune, celebrity pals, the dream girl - the whole package, basically. We see his dream scenario cut against its miserable real-world parallel &ndash; which is tragic in places. But some ambitions are strong enough to be willed into existence.

Josh Goldstein

Happy Street

Jeremiah Zazueta

Michael Alperts

Starr Whitesides

Emma Rose Mead

Marco Perez

Union Editorial / Los Angeles

Emiliano Serantoni

Mad Decent

Major Lazer 'Know No Better' by Philip Andelman

Major-Lazer-'Know-No-Better'-by-Philip-Andelman

In his latest video directed by Philip Andelman, Maxwell explores the streets of Los Angeles in a 1982 white Lamborghini while the city dresses itself in pink neon.

Mike Alberts

Andrew Wheeler

Cody Franson

Nicholas Klam

Chancler Haynes

Cosmo Street La

B.art.vfx Studio

Bryan Younce

Columbia

Maxwell 'Gods' by Philip Andelman

Maxwell-'Gods'-by-Philip-Andelman

Frequent collaborator Philip Andelman creates a suitably stylish and slick&nbsp;visual feast for Maxwell&#39;s 1990x, serenading and seducing a beautiful woman in his awesomely luxurious home, and a irrestistable flow of falsetto vocals.The nighttime setting combines rich colour and darkness with an enviable results - great work from DoP Starr Whitesides and colourist Beau Leon on this one. And there&#39;s a twist of VFX at the end too, when passion stirs so strongly that Maxwell and his lady&nbsp;transform into smoke.

Dave Hebenstreit

Angel Reyes

Nicolas Klam

Beau Leon

Framestore Los Angeles

Skulley Vfx

Kimberly Church

Culley Bunker

Tia Shipman

Nicole O'Connell

Columbia Records

Maxwell '1990x' by Philip Andelman

Maxwell-'1990x'-by-Philip-Andelman

Philip Andelman has made this beautifully candid video for a beautifully candid song: Andrew Bird&#39;s Left Handed Kisses&nbsp;featuring Fiona Apple.Intimate and honest, it documents a conversation between two lovers, played by Andrew and Fiona - who is, as always, a formidable yet fragile presence in this video, which incorporates live performance.

Partizan Darkroom

Evan Prosofsky

Biff Butler

Loma Vista Recordings

Indie, singer-songwriter

Andrew Bird ft. Fiona Apple 'Left Handed Kisses' by Philip Andelman

Philip Andelman has directed this hilarious docu-style rock band parody&nbsp;for&nbsp;Joywave&#39;s track&nbsp;Destruction. It all starts with an audition for a new band member, which is blown out of the water when an MP3 player takes the stage.After convincing the manager it&#39;s a good idea to tour with the device (&quot;rehearsals have been really awesome, he nails all his parts the first time&quot;) they experience a meteoric rise to fame, playing sell-out shows,&nbsp;partying&nbsp;with groupies, and getting featured&nbsp;on the cover of&nbsp;&#39;Spine&#39; and &#39;Billbored&#39; magazines.But then, the&nbsp;MP3 goes rogue diva,&nbsp;locking the band out of the recording studio and&nbsp;leaving them in the dirt. The video ends with the most indespensable rock and roll cliche however, when the little device dies of an overdose a year later.&nbsp;

Aviv Russ

Hollywood Records

Gopal Puntos

Craig Cox

Rock

Joywave 'Destruction' by Philip Andelman

Joywave - "DESTRUCTION" (Official Video)

After her starring role&nbsp;in the massive video for DJ Fresh&#39;s Earthquake, here comes Dominique Young Unique&#39;s debut video in her own right. And Philip Andelman&#39;s video for Throw It Down fulfills the highest expectations.&nbsp;The visuals personify Dominique from the clothes down to her moves, and with her lightning delivery, varied frame-speed manipulation &ndash; often within the same shot &ndash;&nbsp;is the key to this video&#39;s success. That&#39;s part of&nbsp;the promo&#39;s&nbsp;strong vein of&nbsp;FX-fired humour. And then there&#39;s&nbsp;something genuinely new: man-twerking.So PROMONEWS has been in touch with&nbsp;Phil to find out just how he created synchronisation between the artist and her first big solo promo...LT: Your work within music video is always distinctive and once again here. How did you become involved in the project?PA: At the top of the year my agent sent me three tracks to write on. &nbsp;Two were insufferably ho-hum ballads and just as I was about to hit delete on the email, Dom&#39;s track came on and within thirty seconds I was frantically writing back &quot;I MUST DO THIS VIDEO NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!!&quot; &nbsp;It was such a breath of fresh air, of unbridled energy, it was incredible. &nbsp;Songs like this come about so rarely, I was so grateful to have the chance to simply pitch on this.Dominique Young Unique has been bubbling within the industry for years but this is her first proper solo music video, did you know how you wanted to portray her?I must confess I knew little of her before I got sent the track but without even a picture of her in my head, I saw her as this generation&#39;s Lil&#39; Kim. &nbsp;Confident, tough-as-nails, yet at the same time really beautiful. &nbsp;I wanted to make sure all of that came across.Street-style plays a key role within the styling, how did this come about?Since this was her first solo video, the label really wanted to make sure the styling was right. &nbsp;For her, there were multiple fittings in the UK before she came over. &nbsp;Everyone else, from the dancers to the skaters was styled by the incredibly-talented Beth Birkett whose husband owns Union out in LA and generously donated time and clothes for the project!Is the dancing choreographed or did you let loose the dancers?Nope. There was no budget for a choreographer! &nbsp;I just got on the phone with a couple choreographers I work with and asked them to recommend some dancers for me. &nbsp;The twerkers had actually never twerked before but they were good-humored about it and had a blast. &nbsp;They came up with their choreography for the night-time scene on the spot. &nbsp;As for the other two dancers, they came out from Chicago just for the day. &nbsp;They&#39;re part of a great dance scene out there called&nbsp;juking. &nbsp;When I saw videos of them my mind was blown.Why did you cast a male dancer to be twerking and was that a difficult sell to the label?I have to give credit where due: it was Dom who insisted that she be the only girl in the video, that everyone else be guys. &nbsp;The label was really supportive and I think it makes the video all the more fun. &nbsp;That said, it turns out it&#39;s&nbsp;really hard&nbsp;to find male twerkers. &nbsp;What&#39;s up with that?!When you utilise post-production it is always to devastating effect, such as the unforgetable Duck Sauce - It&#39;s You. Can you talk us through this promo&#39;s concept?I think I had the idea for this concept before the song finished playing the first time. It&#39;s weird how thoroughly random the time it takes to come up with concepts can be. &nbsp;It has nothing to do with how good the song is, how much you like it, how long it is, it&#39;s just purely random. &nbsp;But the second I heard how fast Dom could spit out verses, and how the choruses were like semi-automatics, I knew the video should play around with time. &nbsp;There&#39;s things in here that are incredibly subtle and others that are really obvious. The most subtle I think is that all the close-ups of her singing verses have her body going in slow-motion at 60fps while the playback and her lips are moving at 13fps. It&#39;s only really obvious when the takes are longer which I&#39;d originally hoped for, but the problem was that the song is so fast-paced that longer takes killed the momentum. &nbsp;So we ultimately had to sacrifice gags for the sake of respecting what the song required. &nbsp;All the wide shots in the first couple verses also feature Dom at 24fps while the backgrounds are alternately sped up and slowed down. &nbsp;A bit more obvious is all the stuff we did where we sped up dancers&#39; legs while keeping their upper bodies slow. &nbsp;Again, everything was dictated by the song itself. &nbsp;I felt that the ends of the choruses had this very goofy little keyboard sound, and wanted the video to almost feel like a Tex Avery cartoon. &nbsp;We had a great team at Royal Post who did all the effects, but sadly we only had a little over a week to do everything. &nbsp;Had we had more time, I think it could have been fun to experiment and add more shots that pushed things a bit further but there was no margin for error on this one delivery-wise. &nbsp;Each shot we did was carefully boarded out in advance to minimize the amount of work done in post and I wish we&#39;d had a bit more latitude in this respect though I&#39;m still really happy with what we did pull off!You also work in film and on commercials, is there a part of working in music videos you particularly enjoy?Music videos are such a blast. &nbsp;I did another one the day after this one that was like a return to film school, racing around the desert with a camera, a mini-van, and a set of anamorphic lenses, getting kicked out of locations without permits and scrambling to find others. &nbsp;The day&nbsp;before&nbsp;the Dominique video I&#39;d just completed a really straight-forward three day clothing commercial. It was such a breath of fresh air after the commercials to have two days of experimentation, smaller crews, anything-goes attitude, and giddy enthusiasm. &nbsp;There&#39;s something nice about the orderliness about commercials, but there&#39;s something much more thrilling about music videos. &nbsp;It&#39;s cool to win a marathon race I guess, but let&#39;s face it, we all know who holds the record for the 100m dash not the New York Marathon. &nbsp;Sprinting is always more fun. &nbsp;* Check out Luke Tierney&#39;s blog,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wordischeap.wordpress.com">Word Is Cheap</a>, or his Twitter&nbsp;<a href="http://www.twitter.com/wordischeap">@wordischeap</a>, for more thoughts on his favourite music videos.

United Kingdom

Brett Webb

Jason Baum

Autumn Durald

Max Orgell

Pause Eddie

Stepz

Jamari

Royal Post

Jonathan Trebois

Anne Szymkowiak

Jean Christophe Levet

Maxime Servoise

Emmanuelle Ngansing

Joseph Catté

Jeremy Nguyen

Julien Hery

Brice Colinet

Lisa Barbier @ Royal Post

Elizabeth Doonan

Dance, Pop, Disco

Dominique Young Unique 'Throw It Down' by Philip Andelman

Dominique Young Unique - Throw It Down (Official Video)

The most entertaining trip to the barber&#39;s you&#39;ll ever have... Philip Andelman presents this amazing promo for Duck Sauce&#39;s It&#39;s You, translating the barbershop quartet-feel of the track to excellent effect.The band&#39;s A-Trak and Armand play the barbers whilst the clients are subjected to hilarious FX in post -&nbsp;afros expand and contract whilst&nbsp;cornrows move from side to side in sync with the beat - all brilliantly edited by Maxime Pozzi-Garcia.&nbsp;

Jack Hogan

Morgan Susser

Maxime Pozzi-Garcia

Fools Gold

Renee Brodeur

Dance, Pop

Duck Sauce 'It's You' by Philip Andelman

Duck Sauce - It's You

Following the out and out pop of <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/2012/09/04/taylor-swift-we-are-never-getting-back-together-by-declan-whitebloom/" target="_blank">We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together</a>, Taylor Swift returns to her country roots for the accousic ballad Begin Again.Philip Andelman and Taylor travel to the French capital for a &#39;love letter to Paris&#39;-type promo with sombre shots of Taylor in a classic Parisian cafe, strolls down ancient cobbled streets and lots of footage of the city&#39;s iconic skyline...

Mathieu Plainfosse

Maxime Pozzi

Arthur Cantin

Justin Key

Taylor Swift 'Begin Again' by Philip Andelman

Getting into the spirit of Norah Jones' pensive, drifting ballad, Philip Andelman creates an organic beautifully serene promo with the singer cast adrift in a rowing boat on deserted lake. 
All this is of course turned right on its head when we spy one of the oars stained with blood...

Jim Frohna

Robert Gajic

Norah Jones 'Miriam' by Philip Andelman

Norah-Jones-'Miriam'-by-Philip-Andelman

From their Infinite Arms album, Band Of Horses team up with Philip Andelman for the catchy-as-hell Dilly. 
With some excellent (and funny) choreography, this take on the classic American road movie goes hand in hand with the relentlessly driving track. 

Watch: <a href="http://partizan.wiredrive.com//l/p/presentation=a91332ca760c803bbbd0b2713e158165" target="_blank">Quicktime Movie</a>
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Laura Jones

Adam Richards

Saul Levitz

Band Of Horses’ Dilly by Philip Andelman

For Gossip's 80's-style synth-rocking new single Pop Goes The World, Philip Andelman delivers a neon-bathed technicolour scenario, helped along by an enthusiastic performance from singer Beth Ditto.

Watch: <a href="http://partizan.wiredrive.com/l/p/presentation=98847fd8e7cf0d1e4525b70bbea0cb21" target="_blank">Quicktime Movie</a>

Billy Parks

Gossip’s Pop Goes The World by Philip Andelman

Promonews Podcast

Philip Andelman

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