NEWS: 2007 MVPA Award Nominees

Nominees have been announced for the 16th Annual MVPA Awards, to be held May 16 at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

The nominees are:

Director of the Year

• Chris Milk of Radical Media for:
  
  • Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone"
  • Kanye West "Touch The Sky"
  • U2 & Green Day "The Saints Are Comin"
• Floria Sigismondi of Revolver Film Co for:
  
  • Muse "Supermassive Black Hole"
  • Christina Aguilera "Hurt"
  • The Raconteurs "Broken Boy Soldier"
• Michael Haussman of HSI for:
  
  • Chris Cornell "You Know Me"
  • Justin Timberlake "SexyBack"
  • Jennifer Lopez "Que Hiciste"
• Philip Andelman of Partizan for:
  
  • Fort Minor "Where'd You Go"
  • John Mayer "Waiting For The World To Change"
  • Silversun Pickups "Well Thought Out Twinkles"
• Samuel Bayer of HSI for:
  
  • Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around"
  • My Chemical Romance "The Black Parade"
  • The Strokes"You Only Live Once" + "Heart In A Cage"

Directorial Debut

• Common "A Dream" — Neon, directors (Partizan)
• Dashboard Confessional "Don't Wait" — Rich Lee (DNA)
• Guster "One Man Wrecking Machine" — Drew Lightfoot, director (Revolver Film Co)
• Ludacris f/Pharrell "Money Maker" Melina, director (F.M. Rocks)
• Talib Kweli "Listen" — Syndrome, director (Robot Films)

Best Video Produced for Under $25,000

• Guster "One Man Wrecking Machine" — Drew Lightfoot, director (Revolver Film Co)
• Wolfmother "White Unicorn" (defaced) — Bandito Bruce/Kris Moyes, directors
• Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" — Jay Martin, director
• The Blood Brothers "Set Fire To The Face On Fire" — Roboshobo, director (Revolver Film Co)
• CSS "Alala" — Cat Solen, director (Partizan)

Direction of a Male Artist

• Damien Rice "9 Crimes" — Jamie Thraves, director (Factory @ Oil Factory)
• Jesse McCartney "Right Where You Want Me" — Big TV!, director (DNA)
• Justin Timberlake "My Love" — Paul Hunter, director (HSI)
• Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around" — Samuel Bayer, director (HSI)
• Weird Al Yankovic "White & Nerdy" — Al Yankovic, director (Radical Media)

Direction of a Female Artist

• Christina Aguilera "Hurt" — Floria Sigismondi & Christina Aguilera, directors (Revolver Film Co)
• Hilary Duff "Play With Fire" — Alex & Martin, director (Partizan)
• Kelis "Bossy" — Marc Klasfeld, director (Rockhard)
• Lady Sovereign "Love Me Or Hate Me" — Brian Beletic, director (SMUGGLER/Stink)
• Regina Spektor "Fidelity" — Marc Webb, director (DNA)

Direction of a New Artist

• Corinne Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On" — Sam Brown, director (Flynn)
• CSS "Alala" — Cat Solen, director (Partizan)
• Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Robert Hales, director (HSI)
• Lily Allen "Smile" — Sophie Muller, director (Factory @ Oil Factory Inc.)
• Silversun Pickups "Well Thought Out Twinkles" — Philip Andelman, director (Partizan)

Direction of a Band

• AFI "Love Like Winter" — Marc Webb, director (DNA)
• All-American Rejects "It Ends Tonight" — Wayne Isham, director (Merge @ Crossroads)
• Elefant "Lolita" — Philip Andelman, director (Partizan)
• Ima Robot "Creeps Me Out" — Frank Borin, director (Shadow Screen)
• Muse "Knights Of Cydonia" — Joseph Kahn, director (HSI)

GENRE CATEGORIES:

Adult Contemporary

• Christina Aguilera "Hurt" — Floria Sigismondi & Christina Aguilera, directors (Revolver Film Co.)
• Dixie Chicks" Not Ready To Make Nice" — Sophie Muller, director (Oil Factory)
• The Fray "How To Save A Life" — Mark Pellington, director (Merge @ Crossroads)
• Norah Jones "Thinking About You" — Ace Norton (Partizan)
• Regina Spektor "Fidelity" — Marc Webb, director (DNA)

Alternative

• Beck "Cellphone's Dead" — Michel Gondry, director (Partizan)
• Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Robert Hales, director (HSI)
• Kasabian "Empire" — W.I.Z., director (Factory @ Oil Factory)
• Morning Runner "Oceans" — Laurent Briet, director (Black Dog)
• Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill" — Chel White, director (BENT)

Electronic Music

• CSS "Alala" — Cat Solen, director (Partizan)
• Faithless "Bombs" — Howard Greenhalgh, director (Believe Media)
• Fatboy Slim "That Old Pair Of Jeans" — Jon Watts, directors (SMUGGLER)
• Moby "New York New York" — Evan Bernard, director (Chelsea Pictures)
• Tiga "Far From Home" — Nagi Noda, director (Partizan)

Hip-Hop

• Common "A Dream" — Neon, directors (Partizan)
• Jurassic 5 "Work it Out" — The Malloys, directors (Black Dog)
• Kanye West "Touch The Sky" — Chris Milk, director (Radical Media)
• Ludacris f/Pharrell "Money Maker" Melina, director (F.M. Rocks)
• Talib Kweli "Listen" — Syndrome, director (Robot Films)

Pop

• Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man" — Bryan Barber, director (F.M. Rocks)
• Gwen Stefani "Wind It Up" — Sophie Muller, director (Oil Factory)
• Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" — Michael Haussman, director (HSI)
• Lady Sovereign "Love Me Or Hate Me" — Brian Beletic, director (SMUGGLER/Stink)
• The Rapture "Wooh! Alright - Yeah!" — Ben Dickinson, director (Greencard)

R & B

• Beyonce f/ Jay Z "Déjà Vu" — Sophie Muller, director (Oil Factory)
• Cassie "Me & U" — Ray Kay, director (Rockhard Films)
• Ciara "Promise" — Diane Martel, director (DNA)
• India.Arie "I Am Not My Hair" — Barnaby Roper, director (Flynn Prod's./Collaboration Factory)
• Shareefa "Cry No More"  — Melina, director (F.M. Rocks)

Rock

• Elefant "Lolita" — Philip Andelman, director (Partizan)
• Fall Out Boy "A Little Less 16 Candles" — Alan Ferguson, director (Anonymous Content)
• U2/Green Day "The Saints Are Coming" — Chris Milk, director (Radical Media)
• Living Things "Bombs Below" — Floria Sigismondi, director (Revolver Film Co)
• Wolfmother "Woman" —Alex & Martin, directors (Partizan)

International

• Hot Chip "And I Was A Boy From School" Garth Jennings/Hammer & Tongs, director (Anonymous Content)
• Arctic Monkeys "View From the Afternoon" — W.I.Z., director (Factory @ Oil Factory)
• Damien Rice "9 Crimes" — Jamie Thraves, director (Factory @ Oil Factory)
• Robbie Williams "She's Madonna" — Johan Renck, director (Black Dog)
• Spinto Band "Oh Mandy" — Jon Watts & Sean Donnelly, directors (Colonel Blimp)

Animated

• Death Cab for Cutie "Someday You Will Be Loved" — Ace Norton, director (Partizan)
• Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" — Robert Hales, director (HSI)
• Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone" — Chris Milk, director (Radical Media)
• Guster "One Man Wrecking Machine" — Drew Lightfoot, director (Revolver Film Co)
• Softlights "Heart Made Of Sound" — Kris Moyes, director

TECHINICAL CATEGORIES: (specific credits for the technical categories have not been announced yet)

Cinematography

• Kanye West "Touch The Sky"
• The Killers "When You Were Young"
• Muse "Knights Of Cydonia"
• Secret Machines "Lighting Blue Eyes"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs Gold Lion"

Editing

• 30 Seconds to Mars "From Yesterday"
• AFI "Miss Murder"
• Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
• The Fray "How to Save A Life"
• U2/Green Day "The Saints Are Coming"

Colorist / Telecine

• Christina Aguilera "Hurt"
• Justin Timberlake "SexyBack"
• The Killers "When You Were Young"
• Matt Costa "Cold December"
• My Chemical Romance "Welcome To The Black Parade"

Special Effects

• Beck "Cellphone's Dead"
• KT Tunstall "Suddenly I See"
• Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill"
• U2/Green Day "The Saints Are Coming"
• Wolfmother "Woman"

Computer Effects

• Common "A Dream"
• Dashboard Confessional "Don't Wait"
• Faithless "Bombs"
• Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone"
• Switchfoot "Oh! Gravity"

Art Direction

• 30 Seconds to Mars "From Yesterday"
• AFI "Love Like Winter"
• Christina Aguilera "Hurt"
• Norah Jones "Thinking Of You"
• The Raconteurs "Steady As She Goes"

Choreography

• Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
• Justin Timberlake "My Love"
• Missy Elliott "We Run This/Badman"
• Moby "New York New York"
• Pussycat Dolls "Buttons"

Styling

• Christina Aguilera "Hurt"
• Dixie Chicks "Not Ready To Make Nice"
• Justin Timberlake "SexyBack"
• Kanye West "Touch The Sky"
• My Chemical Romance "Welcome To The Black Parade"

Hair

• Beyonce f/Jay Z "Déjà Vu"
• Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Woman"
• Gwen Stefani "Sweet Escape"
• Kelis "Bossy"
• Muse "Knights Of Cydonia"

Make-Up

• AFI "Love Like Winter"
• Evanescence "Lithium"
• Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around"
• Peaches "Boys Wanna Be Her"
• Rihanna "SOS"