Heidi Gregory is now repping the Merge @ Crossroads direccreativeting team Walter Robot.
Consisting of artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie, the duo has created a mix of live action and animation videos for Gnarls Barkley, Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie and Rob Thomas.
Their breakthrough clip is the Death Cab for Cutie video "Grapevine Fires," which won the won the Audience Award for Best Music Video at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, and was also nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards and Best Video at the MTVu Woodie Awards.
Attention L.A. People: Wednesday Night marks the latest installment of the FLUX Screening Series at the Hammer Museum. Music videos will be shown, directors will be speaking, and lots of creative folks will be there. And it's free. So, motivate.
Note: Tickets are free, but are required. First come, first served, available at the Hammer's Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person.
FLUX Screening Series at the Hammer MuseumWednesday, September 15, 7-11pm
WHO: Confirmed performers include: Eminem, Linkin Park, Usher, Paramore, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, B.o.B, Florence + The Machine, plus Travie McCoy, Jason Derulo and Robyn who will join this year’s VMA house artist, deadmau5. The pre-show will feature Nicki Minaj in her first-ever TV performance.
PLUS CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, has announced a call for entries to their 18th annual event.
PLUS CAMERIMAGE is the biggest international film festival devoted to cinematography, showcasing works in a variety of categories, including music videos. All presented works will be judged by an International Jury who will grant awards to the best of the best. Last year's music video jury was chaired by Brett Ratner and included DP's Martin Coppen and Andrzej Bartkowiak
Jason Botkin has announced the closing of his production company, Streetgang Films to join Furlined in an executive producer role. Streetgang was founded in 2003. An official sign-off from the company and updated contact info can be found at streetgangfilms.com... The Furlined directorial roster boasts:
Andreas Nilsson
Adam Hashemi
Nez (USA only)
Terri Timely (USA only)
Dougal Wilson (USA only)
Labuda Management is repping for the U.S.; Alexa Haywood @ Free Agent for the U.K.
MTV announced the 2010 MTV Video Music Award Nominees today. As expected, it's all about Lady Gaga with a record breaking 13 nominations and, in a rare feat, both "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" are nominated in the Video of The Year category. Other Video of the Year nominees are: 30 Seconds To Mars "Kings and Queens", B.o.B. f/ Haley Williams "Airplanes", Eminem "Not Afraid", and Florence + The Machine "Dog Days Are Over", which is the other big story of the 2010 VMA nominees.
