EXCLUSIVE: 2015 MTV VMA Professional/Technical Categories

And without any ado, the Professional/Technical nominees for the 2015 MTV VMAs are:

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Charles Infante, art dir.)
• Snoop Dogg "So Many Pros" (Jason Fijal, art dir.)
• Jack White "Would You Fight For My Love?" (Jeff Peterson, art dir.)
• The Chemical Brothers "Go" (Michel Gondry, art dir.)
• Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber "Where Are U Now" (Brewer, art dir.)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Beyonce "7/11" (Beyoncé, Chris Grant, choreographers; Additional choreography: Gabriel Valenciano")
• OK Go "I Won't Let You Down" (OK Go, air:man, Mori Harano, choreographers)
• Chet Faker "Gold" (Ryan Heffington, choreographer)
• Ed Sheeran "Don't" (Nappy Tabs, choreographer)
• Flying Lotus f/ Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me" (Keone, Mari Madrid, dir.)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Flying Lotus f/ Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me" (Larkin Seiple, DP)
• Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" (Daniel Pearl, DP)
• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Christopher Probst, DP)
• FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" (Justin Brown, DP)
• Alt-J "Left Hand Free" (Mike Simpson, DP)

BEST DIRECTION

• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley & The Little Homies, dir.)
• Hozier "Take Me To Church" (Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost, dir.)
• Childish Gambino "Sober" (Hiro Murai, dir.)

BEST EDITING

• Beyonce "7/11" (Beyoncé, Ed Burke, Jonathan Wing, editors)
• Ed Sheeran "Don't" (Jacquelyn London, editor)
• Taylor Swift f/ Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" (Chancler Haynes @ Cosmo Street, editor)
• A$AP Rocky "L$D" (Dexter Navy, editor)
• Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber "Where Are U Now" (Brewer, editor)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Taylor Swift "Bad Blood" (Ingenuity Studios, vfx)
• FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" (Gloria FX, Tomash Kuzmytskyi, & Max Chyzhevskyy, vfx)
• Childish Gambino "Telegraph Ave" (Gloria FX, vfx)
• Skrillex & Diplo w/ Justin Bieber "Where Are U Now" (Brewer, vfx)
• Tyler, The Creator "F*cking Young/Death Camp" (Gloria FX, vfx)

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