Timbuktu 'Annie Leibovitz' by Måns Nyman
Cat Velez - 1st June 2015
Swedish director Måns Nyman arrived on our radar earlier this year with his video for Nause's The World I Know, about a dopey outcast that decides try his luck in a dance competition, and defies all expectations. But this experienced director had directed numerous other promos, ads and shorts before that one - including his video for Swedish rapper Timbuktu's track Annie Leibovitz, which won the Best Art Direction prize at the Nordic Music Video Awards last month.
In the video, he creates a playful, wonderfully crafty world where Timbuktu is frustrated at every turn by objects and people - like his girlfriend - turning into flat, photographic versions of themselves. It's a reflection of our image-obsessed society - not just down to the Leibovitz lookalike in the video.
The delivery of the idea is charming throughout, fully meriting that Art Direction prize - won by Måns Nyman himself. And there's a winning performance too by his fellow Swedish director Alexandra Dahlström.
Cat Velez - 1st June 2015
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Måns Nyman
- Producer
- Frida Klarker
- Production Company
- Romantics Anonymous
- Executive Producer
- Måns Nyman
- 1st AD
- Isabelle Kågström
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Niklas Panthell
- Focus Puller
- Max Larsson
- 2nd AC
- Sara Sivesson
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Niklas Jonsson
Art
- Art Director
- Måns Nyman
Wardrobe
- Hair
- Johanna Salomonsson
- Make-up
- Johanna Salomonsson
- Wardrobe
- Anna Tjernberg, Franciska Svenson
Casting
- Lead actor
- Alexandra Dahlström, Anna Rosina Möller
- Lead actor
- Mona Bergström
Editorial
- Editor
- Måns Nyman
Grading
- Colourist
- Ola Bäccman
VFX
- VFX
- Måns Nyman
Commission
- Label
- Warner Music
Misc
Other credits
2nd AD
Elin Övergard
Set Designer
Inca Leionborg
Carpenter & Propsmaster
Mattias Sellden, David Andrén, Johan Andrén
Cat Velez - 1st June 2015