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UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2019 OPENS FOR ENTRIES

The UK Music Video Awards 2019 is now open for entries today, accepting music videos and music films from the past year. Entry deadline is August 2, 2019, and the event is scheduled to take place October 23 at London's Roundhouse.

There are over 30 categories, with opportunities for UK and International submissions.

Visit ukmva.com for submission information and more details. And read on for the full Press Release

Childish Gambino Sweeps the Grammys

Childish Gambino's "This Is America" swept The Grammys, earning Video of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year.

"This Is America" was directed by Hiro Murai, with Ibra Ake, Jason Cole and Fam Rothstein all received video producer credit.

2019 Grammy Award Music Video Noms

Music Video Nominations for the 61st GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 10 have been announced, honoring The Carters, Childish Gambino, Joyner Licas, Janell Monáe and Tierra Whack. Read on for full credits and links...

2018 CAMERIMAGE CINEMATOGRAPHY WINNERS

The international cinematography festival Camerimage recently wrapped its 2018 edition, with the following music video awards:

Best Music Video:

Novo Amor "Birthplace" cin. Nihal Friedel dir. Jorik Dozy, Sil Van Der Woerd Best Cinematography In A Music Video:

Childish Gambino "This Is America" cin. Larkin Seiple dir. Hiro Murai

UK MVA Winners - 2018

Congratulations to all the winners! Read more for the full list...

Camerimage 2018 Music Videos Competition Line-Up Announced

Internationally recognized cinematography festival Camerimage has announced the music videos for their 2018 competition.

The nominated videos will be presented at a special screening for the Jury and the festival audience on Thursday, 15th November in Bydgoszcz, Poland, with winners announced during the Festival's Closing Ceremony on Saturday 17th November. The nominees are:

alt-J "PLEADER"

cinematographer: John Lynch
director: Isaiah Seret
label: Infectious Music
production company: Biscuit

Childish Gambino "THIS IS AMERICA"

cinematographer: Larkin Seiple
director: Hiro Murai
label: Sony Music Entertainment
production company: Doomsday Entertainment

DJ Snake "MAGENTA RIDDIM"

cinematographer: Arnau Valls Colomer
directors: Vania Heymann, Gal Muggia
label: Universal Music
production company: Iconoclast

Drekoty "TROSKLIWY"

cinematographer: Kacper Fertacz
director: Zuzanna Plisz
label: Thin Man Records
production company: Haka Films

Florence + The Machine "HUNGER"

cinematographer: Evan Prosofsky
director: AG Rojas
label: Virgin EMI
production company: Park Pictures

Imagine Dragons "NEXT TO ME"

cinematographer: Matthew Sakatani Roe
director: Mark Pellington
label: Interscope
production company: Prime Zero

Indochine "STATION 13"

cinematographer: Kaname Onoyama
director: Bouha Kazmi
label: Sony Music Entertainment
production company: London Alley

Jack White "CORPORATION"

cinematographer: Kristof Brandl
director: Jodeb
label: Columbia Records
production company: Prettybird

Justin Timberlake "SAY SOMETHING" ft. Chris Stapleton

cinematographer: Bill Kirstein
director: Arturo Perez Jr.
label: RCA Records
production company: La Blogothèque

Leon Bridges "BAD BAD NEWS"

cinematographer: Steve Annis
director: Natalie Rae
label: Columbia Records
production company: Sanctuary Content

Lykke Li "HARD RAIN"

cinematographer: Mathieu Plainfossé
director: Anton Tammi
label: RCA Records
production company: Iconoclast

Moses Sumney "QUARREL"

cinematographer: Sy Turnbull
directors: Allie Avital, Moses Sumney
label: Secretly Canadian / Jagjaguwar
production company: Partizan

Novo Amor "BIRTHPLACE"

cinematographer: Nihal Friedel
directors: Jorik Dozy, Sil Van Der Woerd
label: AllPoints
production company: New Frontier Pictures

Novo Amor & Ed Tullett "TERRAFORM"

cinematographer: Nicolas Chin
directors: Jorik Dozy, Sil Van Der Woerd
label: AllPoints
production company: New Frontier Pictures

Sevdaliza "SHAHMARAN"

cinematographer: Paul Özgür
director: Emmanuel Adjei
label: Twisted Elegance
production company: Compulsory, Handsome, Halal Pictures

Son Lux "ALL DIRECTIONS"

cinematographer: Steve Yedlin
director: Nathan Johnson
label: City Slang
production company: The Made Shop

Tagua Tagua "RASTRO DE PÓ"

cinematographer: Adolpho Veloso
director: Douglas Bernardt
production company: Stink Films

The Carters "APES**T"

cinematographer: Benoît Debie
director: Ricky Saiz
label: Parkwood Entertainment
production company: Iconoclast

Visit this special camerimage page for video links, and camerimage.pl/en/ for more information.

2018 UK MVA Nominees

Nominee shortlists have been announced for this year's UK Music Video Awards, which takes place at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London on Thursday October 25th, celebrating music video creativity at all levels, in all musical genres, and from all over the world.

Florence + The Machine and Sevdaliza lead the pack with five nominations apiece, while Björk, Chaka Khan, Christine and the Queens and Rosalía are close behind with four nominations each.

Visit ukmva.com for ticket information and more details. And read more here for the full nominations

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Tommy Labuda Repping Director Daniel Carberry

Tommy Labuda is now representing director Daniel Carberry. Lanette Phillips remains his executive producer.

Recent directing credits include:

Thrice "The Grey"
Rise Against "House On Fire"

2018 MTV VMA WINNERS

And the winners... are in Bold below!

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry”
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” [winner]
The Carters – “APES**T”
Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Drake – “God's Plan”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande
Bruno Mars
Camila Cabello [winner]
Cardi B
Drake
Post Malone

SONG OF THE YEAR

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
Drake – “God's Plan”
Dua Lipa – “New Rules”
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect”
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “rockstar” [winner]

BEST NEW ARTIST (Presented by Taco Bell®)

Bazzi
Cardi B [winner]
Chloe x Halle
Hayley Kiyoko
Lil Pump
Lil Uzi Vert

BEST COLLABORATION

Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line – “Meant to Be”
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
The Carters – “APES**T”
Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero” [winner]
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255”
N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon”

BEST POP

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” [winner]
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
Demi Lovato – “Sorry Not Sorry”
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect”
P!nk – “What About Us”
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”

BEST HIP HOP

Cardi B ft. 21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi”
The Carters – “APES**T”
Drake – “God's Plan”
J. Cole – “ATM”
Migos ft. Drake – “Walk It Talk It”
Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li” [winner]

BEST LATIN

Daddy Yankee – “Dura”
J Balvin, Willy William – “Mi Gente” [winner]
Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero”
Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato – “Échame La Culpa”
Maluma – “Felices los 4”
Shakira ft. Maluma – “Chantaje”

BEST DANCE

Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” [winner]
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – “One Kiss”
The Chainsmokers – “Everybody Hates Me”
David Guetta & Sia – “Flames”
Marshmello ft. Khalid – “Silence”
Zedd & Liam Payne – “Get Low (Street Video)”

BEST ROCK

Fall Out Boy – “Champion”
Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”
Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes” [winner]
Linkin Park – “One More Light”
Panic! At The Disco – “Say Amen (Saturday Night)”
Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Walk On Water”

VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE

Childish Gambino – “This Is America” [winner]
Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges – “Liberated”
Drake – ‘God’s Plan”
Janelle Monáe – “PYNK”
Jessie Reyez – “Gatekeeper”
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255”

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

JULY 2018 – Chloe x Halle – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
JUNE 2018 – Sigrid – Island Records
MAY 2018 – Lil Xan – Columbia Records
APRIL 2018 – Hayley Kiyoko – Atlantic Records [winner]
MARCH 2018 – Jessie Reyez – Island Records
FEBRUARY 2018 – Tee Grizzley – 300 Entertainment
JANUARY 2018 – Bishop Briggs – Island Records
DECEMBER 2017 – Grace VanderWaal – Syco Music/Columbia Records
NOVEMBER 2017 – Why Don’t We – Atlantic Records
OCTOBER 2017 – PRETTYMUCH – Syco Music/Columbia Records
SEPTEMBER 2017 – SZA – TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
AUGUST 2017 – Kacy Hill – Def Jam Recordings
JULY 2017 – Khalid – RCA Records
JUNE 2017 – Kyle – Atlantic Records
MAY 2017 – Noah Cyrus – Records

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION

The Carters – “APES**T” – Art Direction by Jan Houlevigue [winner]
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Art Direction by Jason Kisvarday
J. Cole – “ATM” – Art Direction by Miles Mullin
Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” – Art Direction by Pepper Nguyen
SZA – “The Weekend” – Art Direction by SZA and Solange
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Art Direction by Brett Hess

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” – Choreography by Phil Tayag & Bruno Mars
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” – Choreography by Calvit Hodge and Sara Bivens
The Carters – “APES**T” – Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jaquel Knight
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Choreography by Sherrie Silver [winner]
Dua Lipa – “IDGAF” – Choreography by Marion Motin
Justin Timberlake – “Filthy” – Choreography by Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracy Phillips, and Ivan Koumaev

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alessia Cara – “Growing Pains” – Cinematography by Pau Castejón
Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
The Carters – “APES**T” – Cinematography by Benoit Debie [winner]
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Cinematography by Larkin Seiple
Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – “River” – Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick Meller
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Cinematography by Jonathan Sela

BEST DIRECTION

The Carters – “APES**T” – Directed by Ricky Saiz
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Directed by Hiro Murai [winner]
Drake – “God's Plan” – Directed by Karena Evans
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” – Directed by Jason Koenig
Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton – “Say Something” – Directed by Arturo Perez Jr.
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Directed by Jay Martin

BEST EDITING

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” – Editing by Jacquelyn London
The Carters – “APES**T” – Taylor Ward and Sam Ostrove
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Editing by Ernie Gilbert
Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” – Editing by Deji LaRay
N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon” – Editing by Taylor Ward [winner]
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Editing by Chancler Haynes for Cosmo

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” – Visual Effects by Vidal and Loris Paillier for Buf
Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” – Visual Effects by KPP
Eminem ft. Beyoncé – “Walk On Water” – Visual Effects Supervisor Rich Lee for Drive Studios
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All The Stars” – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier for BUF Paris [winner]
Maroon 5 – “Wait” – Visual Effects by TIMBER
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios

UK MVA Submission Deadline - August 7

The submission for the annual UK Music Video Awards is August 7, 2018.

The UKMVAs will be celebrating its 10 th anniversary when it returns to London’s iconic Roundhouse on Thursday, October 25, bestowing honors on the best work and greatest achievements in music videos, live films and interactive works, from all genres and territories (including the U.S.)

Submission and ticket information can be found at www.ukmva.com.

Blindspotting Movie Opening (Carlos Lopez Estrada, dir.)

Longtime music video director Carlos Lopez Estrada makes his big screen directorial debut with Blindspotting, starring Daveed Diggs from the hip-hop group Clipping.

Lopez Estrada and Diggs have collaborated on many previous videos, including "True Believer," "Shooter" and "Air Em Out."

Blindspotting is currently playing in select cities, incuding NYC and L.A.

2018 MTV VMA NOMINEES

It's that time again. Nominations for the 2018 MTV VMAs have been announced! All categories — except for the professional slate — are voted on by the public, so clicky clicky if you want to have a say about the winners.

The VMAs are schedule for August 20 from NYC's famed Radio City Music Hall.

Nominees are as follows...

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry”
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
The Carters – “APES**T”
Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Drake – “God's Plan”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Ariana Grande
Bruno Mars
Camila Cabello
Cardi B
Drake
Post Malone

SONG OF THE YEAR

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
Drake – “God's Plan”
Dua Lipa – “New Rules”
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect”
Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “rockstar”

BEST NEW ARTIST (Presented by Taco Bell®)

Bazzi
Cardi B
Chloe x Halle
Hayley Kiyoko
Lil Pump
Lil Uzi Vert

BEST COLLABORATION

Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line – “Meant to Be”
Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
The Carters – “APES**T”
Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero”
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255”
N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon”

BEST POP

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry”
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana”
Demi Lovato – “Sorry Not Sorry”
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect”
P!nk – “What About Us”
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”

BEST HIP HOP

Cardi B ft. 21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi”
The Carters – “APES**T”
Drake – “God's Plan”
J. Cole – “ATM”
Migos ft. Drake – “Walk It Talk It”
Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li”

BEST LATIN

Daddy Yankee – “Dura”
J Balvin, Willy William – “Mi Gente”
Jennifer Lopez ft. DJ Khaled & Cardi B – “Dinero”
Luis Fonsi, Demi Lovato – “Échame La Culpa”
Maluma – “Felices los 4”
Shakira ft. Maluma – “Chantaje”

BEST DANCE

Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together”
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa – “One Kiss”
The Chainsmokers – “Everybody Hates Me”
David Guetta & Sia – “Flames”
Marshmello ft. Khalid – “Silence”
Zedd & Liam Payne – “Get Low (Street Video)”

BEST ROCK

Fall Out Boy – “Champion”
Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”
Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes”
Linkin Park – “One More Light”
Panic! At The Disco – “Say Amen (Saturday Night)”
Thirty Seconds to Mars – “Walk On Water”

VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE

Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
Dej Loaf and Leon Bridges – “Liberated”
Drake – ‘God’s Plan”
Janelle Monáe – “PYNK”
Jessie Reyez – “Gatekeeper”
Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid – “1-800-273-8255”

PUSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR

JULY 2018 – Chloe x Halle – Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records
JUNE 2018 – Sigrid – Island Records
MAY 2018 – Lil Xan – Columbia Records
APRIL 2018 – Hayley Kiyoko – Atlantic Records
MARCH 2018 – Jessie Reyez – Island Records
FEBRUARY 2018 – Tee Grizzley – 300 Entertainment
JANUARY 2018 – Bishop Briggs – Island Records
DECEMBER 2017 – Grace VanderWaal – Syco Music/Columbia Records
NOVEMBER 2017 – Why Don’t We – Atlantic Records
OCTOBER 2017 – PRETTYMUCH – Syco Music/Columbia Records
SEPTEMBER 2017 – SZA – TDE/Aftermath/Interscope Records
AUGUST 2017 – Kacy Hill – Def Jam Recordings
JULY 2017 – Khalid – RCA Records
JUNE 2017 – Kyle – Atlantic Records
MAY 2017 – Noah Cyrus – Records

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION

The Carters – “APES**T” – Art Direction by Jan Houlevigue
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Art Direction by Jason Kisvarday
J. Cole – “ATM” – Art Direction by Miles Mullin
Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” – Art Direction by Pepper Nguyen
SZA – “The Weekend” – Art Direction by SZA and Solange
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Art Direction by Brett Hess

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” – Choreography by Phil Tayag & Bruno Mars
Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – “Havana” – Choreography by Calvit Hodge and Sara Bivens
The Carters – “APES**T” – Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jaquel Knight
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Choreography by Sherrie Silver
Dua Lipa – “IDGAF” – Choreography by Marion Motin
Justin Timberlake – “Filthy” – Choreography by Marty Kudelka, AJ Harpold, Tracy Phillips, and Ivan Koumaev

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alessia Cara – “Growing Pains” – Cinematography by Pau Castejón
Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” – Cinematography by Scott Cunningham
The Carters – “APES**T” – Cinematography by Benoit Debie
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Cinematography by Larkin Seiple
Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – “River” – Cinematography by Frank Mobilio & Patrick Meller
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Cinematography by Jonathan Sela

BEST DIRECTION

The Carters – “APES**T” – Directed by Ricky Saiz
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Directed by Hiro Murai
Drake – “God's Plan” – Directed by Karena Evans
Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” – Directed by Jason Koenig
Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton – “Say Something” – Directed by Arturo Perez Jr.
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood” – Directed by Jay Martin

BEST EDITING

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” – Editing by Jacquelyn London
The Carters – “APES**T” – Taylor Ward and Sam Ostrove
Childish Gambino – “This Is America” – Editing by Ernie Gilbert
Janelle Monáe – “Make Me Feel” – Editing by Deji LaRay
N.E.R.D & Rihanna – “Lemon” – Editing by Taylor Ward
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Editing by Chancler Haynes for Cosmo

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ariana Grande – “No Tears Left to Cry” – Visual Effects by Vidal and Loris Paillier for Buf
Avicii ft. Rita Ora – “Lonely Together” – Visual Effects by KPP
Eminem ft. Beyoncé – “Walk On Water” – Visual Effects Supervisor Rich Lee for Drive Studios
Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All The Stars” – Visual Effects by Loris Paillier for BUF Paris
Maroon 5 – “Wait” – Visual Effects by TIMBER
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do” – Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios

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Production Company Little Ugly Launches

Director Carlos Lopez Estrada and Executive Producer Kimberly S Stuckwisch have officially announced the launch of their new production company, Little Ugly. Based in LA and represented for music videos by Reprobates, the director roster includes:

Kendrick Lamar "Humble" Wins Music Video Grammy

Award winning and still Humble... The acclaimed music video takes home the Grammy at the 60th annual music celebration.

Kendrick Lamar "Humble." (Dave Meyers, dir.) Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers

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DERBY LAUNCHES MUSIC VIDEO DIVISION

Creative production company Derby official announced the launch of their Music Video division this week. The launch comes on the heels of G-Eazy’s highly anticipated dark music video introducing his third studio album, The Beautiful & Damned. The 23-minute short film conveys the two different sides of G-Eazy’s life, focusing on the rapper’s rise to fame and the effects of his success.