Director's Representation

Sam Davey

Charlie Robins directs a mesmerising one-shot promo for Eliza.&nbsp;The video for Straight Talker takes place against a desolate industrial backdrop, with eerie, atmospheric cinematography and a spellbinding performance at its core.&nbsp;The progression from fluid movement to a primal, strobe-lit explosion of dance is inspired, and the camera team - especially DoP&nbsp;Jaime Ackroyd and steadicam op Beau Pritchard-James - deserve a special mention for pulling this one off as smoothly&nbsp;as they have.&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Caitlin Curran

Worldwide Production Agency

Charlie Robins

Joseph J Goldman

Polly Milner

OB Management

Film Co

Agile Films

James Duffy

Jaime Ackroyd

Precious Mahaga

Sana Khan

Chris Malin

Beau Pritchard James

Anil Duru

Anastasia Cherkasyuk

KZ Creatives

Molly Portsmouth

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Lewis Barr

Eliza 'Straight Talker' by Charlie Robins

Eliza-'Straight-Talker'-by-Charlie-Robins

Artemas heads to Southend-on-Sea in Racer's dreamy visual for Favourite.&nbsp;In the directing team's latest for the writer-producer,&nbsp;following the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/11/23/artemas-real-life-racer/73943" target="_blank">Real Life</a>&nbsp;video a few months ago, we see two characters - played by Zoe Newton Kisly (who also produced the video) and&nbsp;Anthony Idahosa - enjoy all the fun of Southend's Adventure Island, winning a bounty of tickets at the arcades, climbing trees and falling in love at the karaoke bar. And all this happens while they are wearing T-Rex masks.&nbsp;The eccentric concept lends a gently humourous vibe to the video, whilst the nostalgic cinematography harks back to home videos of family holidays spent next to the sea.&nbsp;Nothing like a good T-Rex love story to get over the midweek hump...&nbsp;

Geo Xavier

Racer

Zoe Newton Kisly

Polly Millner

Friends Are Always Welcomed.

Will Churchill

Billy Kendall

Oniqur Rahman

Gizem Kuru

Owen Diplock

Niels Halle

Mari Esa

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Company

September Management

Artemas 'Favourite' by Racer

Artemas - Favourite

The new&nbsp;episode of&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7xlA6GsQtJfhtUsxNYiFYz" target="_blank">The Promonews Podcast: Talking Music Videos</a>&nbsp;is out today, featuring a conversation with one of the most experienced and influential independent director's representatives working in UK music videos - and winner of Best Agent at last year's UKMVAs -&nbsp;Sam Davey.Sam Davey has been representing music video directors via independent agents OB Management since the mid-Noughties, playing a crucial role in bringing artists, labels and directors together, and being involved in the making of hundreds of videos over that period.In the latest&nbsp;of the current series&nbsp;of interviews with figures in the music video industry,&nbsp;in association with&nbsp;<a href="https://looptalent.co.uk/" target="_blank">Loop Talent</a>, Promonews' David Knight and Rob Ulitski&nbsp;talked to Sam Davey a few weeks after his UKMVAs win in November, to find out more about his work, to gain an insight in what he looks for in a director, and his views on the state of music video production right now, from his unique vantage point.<iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/7Be9cX1ek671wY5BBYpkc0?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius:12px" width="100%"></iframe>This episode in the third series&nbsp;of&nbsp;The Promonews Podcast: Talking Music Videos, sponsored by Loop Talent, follows the first two episodes featuring director and creative director&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gshcnrejUTCxR2etqvMzg" target="_blank">Nathan James Tettey</a>, released in December, and director <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4i3moyAL4tRI1e5Zi5W2wo" target="_blank">KC Locke</a>, released last month.Interviewees in the previous two series of the podcast include directors Salmon Ligthelm, Olivia Rose, Sophia Ray with producer Mayling Wong, Kasper Haggstrom,&nbsp;Lucrecia Taormina, RUFFMERCY and Louis Bhose.&nbsp;The podcast has also welcomed DoPs Rik Burnell and Adam Singodia, the latter talking with colourist Vlad Barin; hair stylist Regina Meesen; and COMPULSORY director's rep Lee Fairweather.&nbsp;• Listen to The Promonews Podcast with Sam Davey on&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7Be9cX1ek671wY5BBYpkc0" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, and other platforms.&nbsp;

The Promonews Podcast - new episode with Sam Davey out now!

A heavy cloud looms over a series of characters in Greg Davenport's pensive promo for Honne, featuring Khalid.&nbsp;Shot in an observational fashion, the concept visualises themes of introspection and retreating into oneself, through gentle vignettes which hint at a backstory and narrative, but focus more on the feeling and emotion involved in a moment.&nbsp;Beautifully put together, Davenport strikes a rare balance of quantity and quality of setups, capturing an unplaceable mood and feeling in every single shot.&nbsp;

Greg Davenport

Maya Dufeu

Sam Holmes

Adric Watson

Sinan Yilmaz

Dimi Vakrilov

Christian Hayes

Charlotte Noon

Alice Howlett

Alex Gregory

Jakob Thorhallsson

Kim Jarrett

Atlantic Records

Jack Bradley

Mike Vega

Honne ft Khalid 'Three Strikes' by Greg Davenport

HONNE - THREE STRIKES (Feat. Khalid) (Official Video)

Greg Davenport directs If The World Should Ever Stop, the third in a series of five interconnected films exploring family, faith, love, confusion, fear and joy.The video follows a couple performing interpretive dance&nbsp;by the water, and offers a&nbsp;beautiful message of support and solidarity, of care and unwavering love in the face of adversity.&nbsp;Beautifully shot by&nbsp;Adric Watson, the one-take, fluid structure allows the choreography to breathe and expand to the space, creating a softly absorbing atmosphere.&nbsp;

Denis Kumeiko

Alex Savelov

Eugene Bubley

Daniel Dubrovsky

Werelease

Kate Maksymova

James Bamford

Charlie Morris

Laura Clayton

Island Records

Alternative

JP Cooper 'If The World Should Ever Stop' by Greg Davenport

Jp-Cooper-'If-World-Should-Ever-Stop-'-by-Greg-Davenport

In the final episode of Natalie Steiner's film series about the music video community during the pandemic crisis, our panel of interviewees reflect upon what they have missed about their pre-lockdown work routine, and then ponder upon what the industry will look like when things start moving again.[vidtoken data:0]After <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-4-wonderings-and-worries-exclusive-promonews/64893" target="_blank">Episode 4: Wonderings &amp; Worries</a>, in which Natalie Steiner's interviewees reflected upon the immediate concerns caused by Covid-19, and the bigger issues that have arisen from the crisis, The Future Of Our Industry mixes some fond recollections of the communal experience of filmmaking, from the camaraderie to the adrenalin-buzz, to the practicalities of getting the industry moving again.<blockquote>The discussion in this final episode is a mixture of prediction, hopes and nostalgic appreciation for the music video industry pre-Covid19.</blockquote>This timely episode, edited by Meg Thorne at Cut+Run,&nbsp;features nearly all of the panel interviewed by Steiner and Eleri Evans for the Music Videos In Lockdown series. 'As the loosening of lockdown approaches and shoots begin we’ve got the opportunity to collectively question old habits, and start new ones," says Steiner.&nbsp;"The discussion in this final episode is a mixture of prediction, hopes and nostalgic appreciation for the music video industry pre-Covid19."The interviewees are: 1st AD Clara Paris;&nbsp;Virgin EMI director of video James Hackett;&nbsp;My Accomplice EP Imogen Harrison;&nbsp;wardrobe stylist Terri Higgins;&nbsp;director Aidan Zamiri;&nbsp;directors Zhang &amp; Knight;&nbsp;Knucklehead EP Ore Okonedo; Greatcoat Films' EP&nbsp;Kareem Adeshina; choreographer&nbsp;Simon Donnellon; FRIEND EP Luke Tierney; DoP Diana Olifirova; Envy colourist Jax Harney; director Oscar Hudson; Atlantic Records' director of video Dan Curwin; DoP David Wright; camera assistant Jomar O'Meally; Blink EP Laura Northover; producer Tom O'Driscoll; wardrobe stylist&nbsp;Taff Williamson; OB Management director's agent Sam Davey; hair and makeup artist Jessica Summer; marketing manager&nbsp;Olivier Massey; production runner&nbsp;Amelia Mullooly; Pulse Films' EP Rik Green; director Myles Whittingham; Object &amp; Animal EP Morgan Clement; director Ian Pons Jewell; and runners' agent Julia Patterson.This is the final episode of the five-part series Music Videos In Lockdown about the UK music video community during the crisis, exclusively presented by Promonews. Here are links to the previous episodes in the series:• Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 1: Last Jobs <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-series-launches-promonews-episode-1-last-jobs/64690" target="_blank">here</a> • Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 2: Spending Time <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-series-continues-episode-2-spending-time-exclusive-promonews/64744" target="_blank">here</a> • Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 3: Working During The Lockdown <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-3-working-during-lockdown-exclusive-promonews/64811" target="_blank">here</a> • Music Videos In Lockdown Episode 4: Worries &amp; Wonderings <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/interviews/music-videos-lockdown-episode-4-wonderings-and-worries-exclusive-promonews/64893" target="_blank">here</a>

Clara Paris

James Hackett

Imogen Harrison

Terri Higgins

Aidan Zamiri

Zhang + Knight

Ore Okonedo

Kareem Adeshina

Simon Donnellon

Luke Tierney

Diana Olifirova

Jax Harney

Oscar Hudson

Dan Curwin

David Wright

Jomar O'Meally

Laura Northover

Tom O'Driscoll

Taff Williamson

Jessica Summer

Rik Green

Myles Whittingham

Morgan Clement

Ian Pons Jewell

Natalie Steiner

Eleri Evans

Meg Thorne

'MUSIC VIDEOS IN LOCKDOWN' Episode 5: The Future Of Our Industry - exclusive on Promonews 

Music Videos In Lockdown | EP 5: The Future of Our Industry

Sam Davey, 33, joined OB Management eight years ago, and has been a very busy director&#39;s rep, righthand man to OB&#39;s head honcho Otis Bell, and&nbsp;a crucial (and largely uncredited)&nbsp;enabler of music video production in the UK ever since.&nbsp;Sam is a Essex boy, who grew up in Southend and now lives back in nearby Westcliff, and gets an awful lot of work done&nbsp;on the commute.Education:&nbsp;A degree in Film studies and Communication studies at Cambridge (not the Cambridge)Previous occupations:&nbsp;Post production sound assistant and runner.&nbsp;Inputs/outputs and all that technical stuff, not my forte.&nbsp;I did make a mean brew though.Favourite music video of the past 12 months?&nbsp; Pretty hard to ignore &lsquo;Iron Sky&rsquo;.&nbsp; Wish I had a smarter answer than that.<blockquote>&quot;Favourite video of all time? Radiohead&rsquo;s &lsquo;Just&rsquo; still does it for me.&quot;</blockquote>Favourite publications/websites: Promo News, you guys still delivering. Word is Cheap is a great platform for videos and insights. Nowness and er&hellip;BBC Sport, if I wanna switch off and just keep tabs on the darts scores.Favourite food/restaurant:&nbsp;Current fave is the Italian Deli on Old Compton street for lunch.&nbsp; Duck Soup on Dean Street for dinner.Favourite drink/drug:&nbsp;Heineken/Peroni or a nice syrupy red wine.Last movie you saw (and was it any good)?&nbsp; Fast &amp; Furious 7.&nbsp; My obsession with muscle-bound action heroes never wavers.&nbsp; Vin Diesel flies a car and everything.Favourite directors: If we&rsquo;re talking movies then Scorsese would be right up there.&nbsp; Video directors, always been a sucker for Keith Schofield and Dougal Wilson, but more recently Emile Sornin, clever bastard.&nbsp;<blockquote>&quot;I could name quite a few of my own guys, but I wouldn&rsquo;t wanna inflate their egos too much, so I&rsquo;ll leave it there.&quot;</blockquote>Last gig you went to (and was it any good)?&nbsp; Yumi Zouma at the Red Gallery.&nbsp; Shoe gazey loveliness from New ZealandFavourite bands/artists:&nbsp; Bruce Springsteen. There ya go.Currently reading/favourite book:&nbsp; Swapping my time between Kim Gordon&rsquo;s &lsquo;Girl In A Band&rsquo; and Steve Martin&rsquo;s &nbsp;&lsquo;Born Standing Up&rsquo;. I do enjoy a good memoir.What was the first music video you worked on &ndash; and what were you doing on that job? I think one of the first vids I remember being a part of when I joined OB was Eran Creevy&rsquo;s Utah Saints &lsquo;Something Good 08&rsquo;.&nbsp; That was the one with the birth of the Running Man in a Welsh working man&rsquo;s club.&nbsp; Such a fun shoot,&nbsp;and I remember being blown away by Rani&rsquo;s energy and presence on set, everyone just super relaxed having fun with it. Of course it may have been Girls Aloud &lsquo;Sexy No No No&rsquo; instead.&nbsp; Mother was so proud.Favourite job of the past 12 months:&nbsp; The nice thing about OB is that we get to represent such a mixture of directors, all with different styles and at different stages of their careers.&nbsp; For me I like videos that don&rsquo;t take themselves too seriously &ndash; like Zac Ella&rsquo;s Wiley, Emil&rsquo;s recent Sheeran &lsquo;Bloodstream&rsquo; with Ray Liotta.&nbsp; Oh really loved Georgia Hudson&rsquo;s Glass Animals, good match that one.What&rsquo;s the next Big Thing you&rsquo;re working on?&nbsp; Got a sexy one for Jack Garratt about to go into production with Andrew Donoho. Couple of promos dropping from a great new band called Astronomyy who I love. Emil and Ed Sheeran have a bit of a tear-jerker on the way for his next track &lsquo;Photograph&rsquo;.&nbsp; Never stops.<blockquote>&quot;What would most improve your life? Bigger budgets and more prep time.&quot;</blockquote>Best moment, or fondest memory, of your career thus far? I guess the most gratifying part of my job is nurturing and developing talent. Finding that little gem or seeing something in a young director, then helping them grow through the ranks and make outstanding pieces of work. We&rsquo;ve got 3 or 4 super talented guys who I can&rsquo;t wait to see what they do this year.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>&quot;Worst moment? When my sidekick Kim Jarrett goes on holiday. Everything we do is a proper team effort.&quot;</blockquote>Biggest frustration?&nbsp; Wasting directors&rsquo; time.Person you most admire?&nbsp; If I didn&rsquo;t say the big OB, I think I&rsquo;d be out of a job. Making the move into repping 8 years ago, he taught me everything I know.What advice would you give to someone starting out in music video production? &nbsp;Get out there, meet as many people as you can and immerse yourself in it.&nbsp; If you wanna be a director, make a video, no matter how rough and ready.&nbsp; Shoot an idea that&rsquo;s unique and entertaining in some way, that&rsquo;s what gets you noticed.&nbsp;<blockquote>&quot;Please no more powder paint, animal masks or ladies whose hands gingerly caress long grass. Oh, and no spacemen. Above all else, be nice.&quot;</blockquote>Any hot tips on who will be the future stars in music video in the next couple of years &ndash; directors or otherwise?&nbsp;I&rsquo;m afraid I&rsquo;m not allowed to divulge that information.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Questionnaire: Sam Davey

UK Music Video Awards 2022 - leaderboard

Sam Davey

Director's Representation

News featuring Sam Davey

Interviews featuring Sam Davey

Videos featuring Sam Davey

2022 (2)

2021 (2)

Popular content

Is this your profile?

Feedback

Latest Videos