Dilly Gent. Sometimes a producer, mostly a Creative Director and always a fixer, her M.O is best defined as that of a vision crafter. Early on, she gained a reputation for her ability to match the right people with the right project. She’s been the secret sauce behind many of them – often steering artists in the right visual direction, and inspiring others to take up a path that rings more true to them. Dilly spent 17 years as Radiohead’s Creative Director, earning a Grammy Nomination for the feature length documentary “Meeting People Is Easy”. Dilly discovered her deep love and concern for the environment, while working with Al Gore; pushing her to create projects designed to deliver a green message through music and film. Founded Son&amp;Heir in 2018 to support some of the most creative talent and to be able to run low budget productions as some of the most creative artists don&#039;t have the most cash :) dilly@sonandheir.com 323 868 5586

Dilly Gent at Son & Heir

Creative Director

Son & Heir

Taika Waititi takes a step in to directing music videos for real-life partner Rita Ora, and focusses entirely upon her compelling presence as a pop performer.&nbsp;In the liminal setting of the video for All Natural, Rita is the sole inhabitant of the space.&nbsp;The camera tracks, circles and lingers on her whilst she is almost continuously on the move, working within the space and with the lens.&nbsp;From the art direction through to movement direction, it's a punchy promo which feels both laidback and arresting. And celebrated actor and director Waititi, of What We Do&nbsp;In The Shadows and Jojo Rabbit fame, clearly enjoyed the experience of making the video.“Working with Rita is the easiest job in the world," he says. "I’m not even sure I could call it work. It’s literally pointing a camera at your best friend who happens to be criminally gorgeous and effortlessly talented."I mean, I wasn’t even operating the camera, I just told the guy where to point it. And all the while we got to listen to this absolute gem of a song. It’s actually a dream thing to do.”[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

United States

Susie Francis

Chloe Delgadilo

Taika Waititi

Dilly Gent

Jeff Chin

Mike Berlucchi

Ian Menzies

Tom Valko

Ben Benesh

James Barela

Austin Logan

JaQuel Knight

Kaleel Joy

Anthony Nguyen

Vern Moen

Long Beach Film Co.

Cody Baker

Company 3

Rita Ora 'All Natural' by Taika Waititi

Rita-Ora-'All-Natural'-by-Taika-Waititi

Creative collective Maschima direct an out-of-this-world epic for legendary outfit Tears For Fears' latest album.&nbsp;Consisting of four tracks from Songs From A Nervous Planet, the video follows an interconnected narrative exploring dreams, memories, space travel and the planet we inhabit.&nbsp;Across the four songs Maschina contrast the beauty of the natural Earthbound world - represented by a young woman in sun-dappled California, on a beach, among sunflowers, captured in warmly glowing film footage - with the crisp, VFX-fired wonder and beauty of space exploration.[imgtoken data:1]In the third and fourth songs,&nbsp;the two elements come together: the Astronaut (the title of the second song) crashes back to Earth. Then the woman, her growing son&nbsp;and the wandering space traveller finally encounter each other.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a collective, Maschima encompass a range of visual skillsets, and they are on full display here. Spanning animation, live action, graphic design and more, it's a momentous achievement and a truly international effort. And the music is pretty damn great too: Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal is still capable of writing big Beatles-esque pop tunes.[imgtoken data:2]"We've all been fans of Tears For Fears since we were kids," explain Maschima. "This video series gave us the opportunity to craft a cinematic story that unfolded over four episodes - like creating a miniature TV show.&nbsp;Writing and building the narrative as we went, all while collaborating with an artist we deeply admire."The directing team describe themselves as 'an international art collective' with a shifting membership and .&nbsp;[imgtoken data:3]"We have known each other for ages, working in secret, building worlds under countless names and aliases - for projects both mainstream and underground," they continue. "Individually, we direct, shoot, edit, paint, compose, sculpt, build, destroy, and rebuild. Together, we are a multi-limbed beast with many brains but one mind."One of the members connected to Dilly Gent, working as creative director and commmissioner for Tears For Fears on the Songs From A Nervous Planet visuals."As longtime fans, we knew this was the perfect moment to finally come together - a filmmaking Voltron, fully assembled."

United Kingdom

Maschima

Dilly@sonandheir.com

Faith@sonandheir.com

Renee Kester

Bodhi Martinez

Concord Records

Tears For Fears 'Songs From A Nervous Planet' by Maschima

Tears-For-Fears-'Songs-From-A-Nervous-Planet'-by-Maschima

Picking up where the video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/01/09/christian-lee-hutson-strawberry-lemonade-waley-wang/79881" target="_blank">Strawberry Lemonade</a> left off,&nbsp;Christian Lee Hutson&nbsp;hitchhikes back to LA, in Waley Wang's quirky road trip performance video for State Bird.&nbsp;We see Hutson don a disguise and hop into the back of a U-Haul, sharing the ride with a couple of enamoured hitchikers, who passionately kiss as he delivers his deadpan performance without a care in the world.&nbsp;From the grey, desaturated streets of New York to the warm glow of LA, the video is anchored by a sense of transition in both location and mindset, perfectly visualised through the attentive&nbsp;colour grade and gentle cinematography.Great work again from Waley Wang and team, which when paired with the first video, encapsulates a poignant and unusual emotional journey.&nbsp;

Waley Wang

Amanda Austin

Mayur Patankar

Amaal Mustafa

Alexey Kosorukov

Sashank Sana

Zoe Donahoe

Anti- Records

Musician

Christian Lee Hutson 'State Bird' by Waley Wang

Christian Lee Hutson - "State Bird"

Waley Wang directs a stirring promo for&nbsp;Christian Lee Hutson, which sees the singer-songwriter and bandmates&nbsp;perform on a 360 degree rotating platform, in the centre of Washington Square Park in New York.&nbsp;The elevated&nbsp;live performance of Strawberry Lemonade subtly transforms into a melancholy of recalled memories and mourned connections, with the location of the rotating platform moving uptown to Central Park, and&nbsp;leading into the guitar solo section.&nbsp;Balancing a clever central concept with an unexpected flourish of abstract narrative, the video emanates a bittersweet vibe, which runs straight through the track - which was produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst&nbsp;- and the visuals.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Daisy Wang

Aileen Wu

Ben Goelz

Jo Gennett

Rahul Sharma

Peter Harrison

Maria Matarrese

Olaf Woldan

Maria Carretero

NiceShoes

Christian Lee Hutson 'Strawberry Lemonade' by Waley Wang

Christian Lee Hutson - "Strawberry Lemonade"

'Fitz'&nbsp;dances through downtown Los Angeles - sending shockwaves of brightly-coloured energy through a group of BMX bikers, bandmate Noelle Scaggs and other dancing passersby - in Jamie Thraves scintillating video for 123456.Ofir Shoman - aka Blottermedia - created the 'energy' animation that passes like a bodypopping-inducing&nbsp;energy current through the cast.