Protoclip prefers Paris

29 Nov 2009

Photos by Jonathan Wells Stéphane Berla accepts award for his Matthieu Chedid video
French actor/comedian and Protoclip Awards MC, Nicolas Ullman donned a kilt and a pair of Doc Martens in honor of this year’s festival focus on the UK. Last night’s spirited awards for the 5th Annual Protoclip music video festival took place at […]

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Protoclip Music Video Festival, Paris

31 Oct 2009

[ 25 Nov 2009 2:00 pm to 29 Nov 2009 9:00 pm. ]

PROTOCLIP, one of the world’s only festivals dedicated to independent music video, celebrates its 5th edition. PROTOCLIP has a twofold purpose: first to bring to light the artistic vision and creation of the video clip and also to discover and make public the work of emergent/rising independent directors.

Among this year’s highlights are Made in […]

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Who is Chris Cairns

15 Sep 2009

Name: Chris Cairns
Created on: 1979-March-05
Record last updated on: 2008-November-20
Homepage: Chris Cairns, Partizan
Domain: Fencing, Base jumping, Cake decoration, lying. I like cameras and computers, music and sleep.
Location: London, England

Born in Brussels, UK-raised Chris Cairns burst on the creative scene in 2005 with a dynamic video for LCD Soundsystem that paid homage […]

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Anatomy of a Music Video: Treat Me Like Your Mother

19 Aug 2009

Jonathan Glazer’s note to self on the set of his Treat Me Like Your Mother video for The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather “Treat Me Like Your Mother” (Third Man Records/Warner Bros.)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Producer: Rachel Curl
Production Company: Academy@HELLO!, Los Angeles
DP: Max Malkin
Editor: Paul Watts
Post + Visual Effects: One Of Us […]

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Video: Jonathan Glazer’s “Treat Me Like Your Mother” for The Dead Weather

13 Jul 2009

Dueling lovers Jack White and Alison Mosshart take out their anger with machine guns in Jonathan Glazer’s new video for The Dead Weather (his first video since 2006’s Live with Me for Massive Attack).

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Introducing…The Cooper Video Wall

15 Jun 2009

The brand new Cooper Video Wall: Visual Treats comprised of short films, music videos, experimental works and photography
Barely seventy-two jet-lagged hours after planting my feet firmly in the rich California soil, I am off to my first official Flux event–the momentous unveiling of the Cooper Video Wall. Tired, but driven by the promise of exciting […]

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Chris Milk Photographs, San Diego

22 May 2009

[ 23 May 2009 12:00 am to 24 May 2009 1:00 am. ]

On Saturday, May 23rd, the W Hotel will host the opening night of Who’s Got Chris Milk, a four month exhibition of award-winning Music Video Director and Photographer, Chris Milk. Having worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry such as Kanye West (pictured), U2, Gnarls Barkley and John Mellencamp, Milk is […]

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hello Barack Obama

20 Jan 2009

To help celebrate this historic day, directing duo GOLD, have directed this fun video for Adam Freeland’s remix of Daft Punk’s “Aerodynamic.” The stop motion video includes a ton of animated toys from the likes of Dalek, Bill McMullen and Kubrick.
GOLD is made up of Sinuhe Xavier and Richard Farmer. Richard is of course best […]

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Who is Martin de Thurah

20 Nov 2008

After touring his stunning 2005 Carpark North music video and his subsequent videos around the world with RESFEST, I had an affinity for Martin de Thurah, but we had never met. This week, that changed…

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Protoclip Palmares near Paris

16 Nov 2008

Saturday night at the 4th Annual Protoclip, independent music video festival, the Jury announced the Palmares or awards for best music videos. The event took place in Sèvres, a southwestern suburb of Paris, France.

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