The line-up is beginning to take shape for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, set for a live broadcast Sunday, September 13 @ 9pm from NYC's legendary Radio City Music Hall.
Merge @ Crossroads directing/creative team Walter Robot is now officialyl award-winning. The Walter Robot clip for Death Cab For Cutie "Grapevine Fires" snagged the Audience Award for Best Music Video at the 2009 LA Film Festival. Video is embedded below.
Tommy LaBuda of LaBuda Management is now representing directing team The Brothers Strause for music videos. They remain signed to their own Hydraulx Filmz.
Say hello (pardon the pun) to new Los Angeles production company Hello & Co, specializing in music video, commercial, integrated media and live concert/3D content. The company is a new endeavor that, on the music video side, combines longstanding production company HKM Productions with former Anonymous Content executive producer Sheira Rees-Davies and former HSI rep Jamie Kohn.
The Hello & Co directing roster includes: PR Brown, Evan Bernard, Syndrome, Nick Wickham, Asa Mader, UV Phactory, Aaron Platt and Kai Regan. [note: PR Brown is repped by Molly Bohas/Collide; Symdrome is repped by Robin Frank management].
Executive producer Kelly Norris Sarno has exited Revolver Film Company to start-up the new production/development company Symphony19. All directors are repped in the U.S. by Labuda Management.The Symphony19 roster includes Floria Sigismondi, Noble Jones, Roboshobo, Andrew MacNaughtan, Suzie Vlcek, Adam Rothlein, Morgan Lawley and Chris Marrs Piliero.Visit Symphony19.com for more info on all directors... See below for key credits for each director.
New Los Angeles boutique post house, Bonch, Inc has launched. Boasting a roster of veteran offline editors and online/beauty/vfx artists, Bonch is specializes in music videos, EPK's,
commercials and film.
Executive Producer Lanette Phillips has announced the launch of her new music video company Mighty 8, in partnership with production companies Hydraulx Filmz and Paydirt.
The Mighty 8 roster includes directors Josh Forbes, KROZM, Lorenzo Fonda, Moh Azima, The Brothers Strause and renowned DP Shawn Kim . Select credits are listed after the jump.
The new video showcases Eclectic Mix 1 & 2 largely focuses on indie and alternative rock, including directors such as Patrick Daughters, Adam Neustadter and Nabil. Featured recording artists include MGMT, Royksopp, Kanye West, Bjork and many others.
Yesterday's BET Upfront presentation served as the launching pad for several new programs and the official announcement of Centri, a new channel that will cater to "today's affluent, trend-setting, sophisticated African American adult." The press release also reports that the channel "was created through the collective creative resources and expertise of BET Networks and MTV Networks," but doesn't address the rumors of a BET J and Vh1 Soul merger.
Look for Centric to launch in the 4th Quarter with 45 million households.
Also announced at the BET Upfront:
The Mo'Nique Show — A nightly talk/variety show hosted by the comedienne on BET
Monica: Still Standing — A BET reality show following the singer as she makes a comeback in the music biz<
Very few music video directors merit a DVD collecting all their videos. Even fewer deserve two. Michel Gondry takes a bow with today's release of the very appropriately-titled DVD, Michel Gondry 2: More Videos Before & After DVD 1. The tracklist includes a wide range of videos, including:
