The Music Video Production Association (MVPA) used a December holiday party to officially announce the winners of their 17th Annual Awards Show.
Nominees were originally announced in May — hence the fact that all of the winning below are over six months old — but the planned awards ceremony was delayed and then eventually scaled back to a party/announcement event.
Winners as follows, with awards given to the director and production companies, or to the appropriate technician...
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: Melina, of Black Dog Films for:
Yvette Lang-Einczig of Yell Productions is now representing Roman White for all countries outside of the Nashville/Country market. He remains signed to Nashville production house, Revolution Pictures.
Roman White's more rock/pop video directing credits include:
MTV2’s underground music show Subterranean and the tastemaking music magazine Paste have teamed up to reveal the best indie rock videos of the year.
Tune into Subterranean Thursday, December 11 @ 1am for an inside look with the Subterranean/Paste team at their Top Ten. The December 18 episode will then unveil a Top Ten list as voted on by Subterranean and Paste viewers and readers. Got it?
This is off-topic from the usual "all video, all the time" but it involves a good friend, a good cause and a bunch of good bands. And it's Thanksgiving.*
Jeff Castelaz of Dangerbird Records/Management/Publishing will be on KCRW at 8pm this evenning, Wednesday Nov 26, to discuss Give Listen Help, double-CD is a benefit compilation created in support of the Pablove Foundation.
Leading Video On Demand channel Music Choice announced the categories and nominees for MOST DEMANDED - The Music Choice Video On Demand Awards, the first-ever Video On Demand awards show.
Most Demanded doles out music video awards as determined by Music Choice viewers: Each of the projected one billion orders for music videos or Originals in 2008 was counted as a vote to determine the Most Demanded award nominees in each of the twenty categories.
A full list of awards is below (or after the jump) with the show scheduled to be available December 1 through the end of the year as a multi-part special. Music Choice VOD is carried by the leading cable companies (Comcast Cable Communications, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable), so consult your local listings.
How can you not love a Polish awards show that doles out Golden Frogs for the best cinematography achievements? The annual Plus Cameraimage Film Festival will unveil an Award for Best Cinematography in a Music Video — a much deserved recognition of the stellar and often groundbreaking cinematography seen in music videos.
Directing team Aggressive win a Latin Grammy! The Aggressive duo Dan Shapiro and Alex Topaller, plus producer JP Fox (seen l–r, clutching their Latin Grammy) took home the Best Short Form Music Video for Juanes "Me Enamora" (also embedded below).
As I believe they say in Latin America, Mazel Tov to Dan, Alex, JP and all at Refused TV.
Canadian production company Vision Entertainment has announced the signing of director Micheal Maxxis to its music video roster. He remains repped in the US by RW Media.
The mtvU Woodie Awards isn't just a good excuse to make an erectile pun, it's also the award show with the best music (so long as yr inclinations veer toward the college rock sorta thing).
The 2008 show makes its broadcast premiere tonight, November 19, at 8pm on mtvU and mtvU.com. And, if you have the MTV Networks Palladia network, you can watch the simulcast in HD at 8pm as well.
Since the show was taped last week, spoilers are in order.
