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Wendy Laister

<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/2011/11/11/duran-duran-girl-panic-by-jonas-akerlund/duran-duran-girl-panic-by-jonas-akerlund/" rel="attachment wp-att-35760"><img src="http://www.promonews.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Duran-Duran-Girl-Panic-by-Jonas-Åkerlund.jpg" alt="" title="Duran Duran &#039;Girl Panic!&#039; by Jonas Åkerlund" width="580" height="327" class="alignright size-full wp-image-35760" /></a><a href="http://www.promonews.tv/2011/11/11/duran-duran-girl-panic-by-jonas-akerlund/duran-duran-girl-panic-by-jonas-akerlund2/" rel="attachment wp-att-35761"><img src="http://www.promonews.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Duran-Duran-Girl-Panic-by-Jonas-Åkerlund2.jpg" alt="" title="Duran Duran &#039;Girl Panic!&#039; by Jonas Åkerlund" width="580" height="326" class="alignright size-full wp-image-35761" /></a><a href="http://www.promonews.tv/2011/11/11/duran-duran-girl-panic-by-jonas-akerlund/duran-duran-girl-panic-by-jonas-akerlund5/" rel="attachment wp-att-35766"><img src="http://www.promonews.tv/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Duran-Duran-Girl-Panic-by-Jonas-Åkerlund5.jpg" alt="" title="Duran Duran &#039;Girl Panic!&#039; by Jonas Åkerlund" width="580" height="325" class="alignright size-full wp-image-35766" /></a>At the UK Music Video Awards 2011 a few days ago, Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran presented Jonas Åkerlund with the Icon Award – the honour that recognises the masters of music video direction. 

And here's why: this nine minute epic of glamour, luxury, fantasy and sex that is Jonas's video for Duran Duran's Girl Panic!, starring Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Eva Herzigova and Yasmin Le Bon - playing the band. 

It was shot at the Savoy Hotel in London over two days, in a project that also saw Jonas shoot 22 pages of editorial and the Christmas cover of <em>Harpers Bazaar</em> with these five first-generation supermodels. And it's a jawdropping demonstration in what's possible with substantial brand sponsorship.

In his Icon Award film at the MVAs, Iggy Pop said that Jonas makes his videos seem bigger than the screen itself. And this is classic, über-Akerlund –  escapist, erotic, irresistable...  and brilliantly reconnects Duran Duran with the glamour of the supermodel era, and their own iconic early music videos. No wonder they came to pay homage to Jonas on Tuesday.  

<strong>Duran Duran
Girl Panic! (Skin Divers)
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Producer: Svana Gisla and Helen Potter
DoP:  Erik Sohlstrom
1st AD:  Andy Coffing
Production Manager:  Hannah May
2nd Unit Director:  Christian Larson
Location Manager:  Alistair Vlok
Production Designer: Joseph Bennett
Props Stylists: Caroline Cobbold
2nd Unit DoP: Daniel Trapp
Gaffer: Richard Oxley
Senior Fashion Stylist:  Vanessa Coyle
Stylist female extras: Camilla Pole
Duran Duran Stylist: Jeffery Bryant
Lead Hair Artist: Johnnie Sapong
Lead Make-up Artist: Kristin Piggott
Duran Duran Hair and Make-up Artist: Emma Day         
Naomi Capmbell Hair Artist: Daniel Dyer
Naomi Make-up Artist: Alex Babsky
Sound Recordist/Playback: Howie Nicol
Sound Mixing and Design: Redpipe Stockholm
Editor: Christian Larson
Graphics: Anna Lindqvist
Online: Chimney Pot Stockholm and Unkle Berlin
Colorist: Edward Negussie 
Post Production supervisor: Christian Larson
Commissioner: Wendy Laister at Magus Entertainment 
Watch: <a href="http://rsafilms.wiredrive.com/l/p/?presentation=b8bf9e550d587fb20ed2cbd6a5625a81" target="_blank">Quicktime movie</a></strong>


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