The seventh annual UK Music Video Awards took place in London last night, held in honour of British and international filmmakers and to celebrate creative and technical excellence in music videos.
Winners included directors, producers, artists and commissioners, and spanned across the spectrum of production and post-production craft categories.
Video of the Year went to American directing duo Daniels, who received a total of five nominations and also picked up Best Dance Video - International for DJ Snake ft Lil Jon’s Turn Down For What.
LA-based director Hiro Murai was named Best Director of the past year for his body of work, which includes Queens of the Stone Age’s Smooth Sailing, which also won him the Best Rock/Indie Video – International.
One of the big British winners of the night was Daniel Wolfe for Paolo Nutini’s eight-minute Iron Sky, which picked up five nominations and rewarded him with the Best Pop Video title as well as the Best Cinematography prize for Robbie Ryan.
Also picking up two honours at the ceremony was Mercury Prize-nominated FKA Twigs (pictured) who won the brand new Best Video Artist category, as well as the Best Alternative Video – Budget for Papi Pacify, co-directed by Twigs with Tom Beard.
Other British women gracing the stage on the night included Agile Films producer, Amber Millington, who won the Best Producer award, and Caroline Clayton who took home Best Commissioner.
Alt-J, Atoms For Peace, Disclosure, Paloma Faith, Peace, Jon Hopkins and James were among the other British artists whose videos won awards at the UKMVAs.
In the non-video categories, Kate Moross collected the Best Music Ad – TV or Online for her direction of Settle by Disclosure. And Bartleberry Logan picked up the Best Live Music Coverage title for his direction of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Live in Paris.
Among other international talent celebrated at the awards were Israeli director Vania Heymann, French directing team Truman & Cooper and OK Go.
Sia and Daniel Askill were honoured for the choreography-led video for Chandelier and UK director Sam Pilling grabbed the Best International Urban Video award for J Cole ft Amber Coffman’s She Knows.
Sony Music were the biggest winners among record labels at the UK MVAs, picking up five awards, and Grammy-award winning video director Joseph Kahn was presented with the Icon Award.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Best Pop Video – UK in association with Rushes
Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky
Director: Daniel Wolfe
Producer: Lee Groombridge
Prod co: Somesuch
Commissioner: Dan Curwin for Atlantic
Best Dance Video – UK
Director: Emile Sornin
Producer: Jules de Chateleux
Prod co: DIVISION Paris
Commissioner: John Moule for Island Records
Best Rock/Indie Video – UK in association with Finish
Throne - Tharsis Sleeps
Director: Nicos Livesey / Tom Bunker
Producer: Posy Dixon
Prod co: Lucky Features
Commissioner: Channel 4 Random Acts
Best Alternative Video – UK in association with Smoke & Mirrors
Atoms For Peace - Before Your Very Eyes
Director: Andrew Thomas Huang
Exec Producers: Tamsin Glasson / Nathan James Tettey
Prod co: Colonel Blimp / Blinkink
Commissioner: Phil Lee for XL Records
Best Urban Video – UK
Director: Karim Huu Do
Producer: Katie Dolan
Exec Producers: Katie Dolan / Sorcha Shepherd / Louise Gagen
Prod co: Caviar
Commissioner: Last Night In Paris
Best Pop Video – International
Sia – Chandelier
Director: SIA / Daniel Askill
Producer: Jack Hogan
Prod co: Radical Media
Commissioner: Camille Yorrick for RCA Records / Sony Music Ent
Best Dance Video – International
DJ Snake ft Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
Director: DANIELS
Producer: Judy Craig / Jonathan Wang
Exec Producer: Candice Ouaknine
Prod co: Prettybird
Commissioner: Bryan Younce for Columbia Records
Best Rock/Indie Video – International
Queens of the Stone Age - Smooth Sailing
Director: Hiro Murai
Producer: Jason Colon
Exec Producer: Danielle Hinde
Prod co: Doomsday Entertainment
Commissioner: Gabe Spierer for Matador
Best Alternative Video – International
Arcade Fire - After Life
Director: Emily Kai Bock
Producer: Anne Johnson
Exec Producer: Kathleen Heffernan
Prod co: Iconoclast
Commissioner: Genneah Turner for Mercury / Merge
Best Urban Video – International
J Cole ft Amber Coffman - She Knows
Director: Sam Pilling
Producer: Sarah Park
Exec Producer: Laura Tunstall
Prod co: Pulse Films
Commissioner: Chaka Pilgrim for Roc Nation
Best Pop Video – Budget
The Correspondents - Fear and Delight
Director: Naren Wilks
Producer: Naren Wilks
Commissioner: The Correspondents
Best Dance Video – Budget
Friend Within - The Renegade
Director: Craig Moore
Producer: Liam Johnson
Exec Producer: Sophie Brooks
Prod co: Familia / robot
Commissioner: Caroline Clayton for Ministry of Sound
Best Rock/Indie Video – Budget
Kid Wise – Hope
Director: Truman & Cooper
Producer: Anthony & Johnathan
Prod co: Chey Eddy / Colonel Blimp
Commissioner: Kid Wise
Best Alternative Video – Budget
FKA twigs - Papi Pacify
Director: FKA twigs / Tom Beard
Producer: Cherise Payne
Prod co: Cherise Payne
Commissioner: FKA twigs
Best Urban Video – Budget
Bonnie Banane - Champs-Elysees
Director: Helmi
Producer: Clémence Cuvelier
Prod co: DIVISION, Paris
Commissioner: Jules Cuvelier for Weird Data Music
Best Art Direction & Design in a Video in association with Creative Commission
OK Go - The Writing's On The Wall
Art Director: Ethan Tobman
Director: Aaron Duffy, Damian Kulash, Jr. Bob Partington
Producer: Garrett Fennelly
Exec Producers: Cheri Anderson / Sam Penfield
Prod co: 1st Ave Machine / Warm & Fuzzy
Record company: Paracadute
Best Styling in a Video in association with i-D
Brooke Candy – Opulence
Stylist: Nicola Formichetti
Director: Steven Klein
Producer: Colin Lewis
Exec Producer: Coleen Haynes
Prod co: Black Dog Films
Record company: RCA
Best Choreography in a Video
Peace – Money
Choreographer: Supple Nam
Director: Ninian Doff
Producer: Rik Green / Ore Okonedo
Exec Producer: Zak Razvi
Prod co: Pulse Films
Record company: Sony Music
Best Cinematography in a Video in association with Panalux
Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky
DOP: Robbie Ryan
Director: Daniel Wolfe
Producer: Lee Groombridge
Prod co: Somesuch
Record company: Atlantic Records
Best Colour Grade in a Video
Paloma Faith - Can't Rely On You
Colourist: George K @ MPC
Director: Paul Gore
Producer: Denna Cartamkhoob
Exec Producer: Tim Nash / Tash Tan
Prod co: Somesuch
Record company: Sony Music
Best Animation in a Video
James – Moving On
Animator: Ainslie Henderson / Michael Huges
Director: Ainslie Henderson
Producer: Ainslie Henderson
Prod co: White Robot
Record company: BMG Chrysalis / Cooking Vinyl
Best Editing in a Video
Jon Hopkins – Collider
Editor: Dan Sherwen @ Final Cut
Director: Tom Haines
Producer: Connor Hollman
Exec Producer: Dom Gomez
Prod co: Rogue Films
Record company: Domino Records
Best Visual Effects in a Video
Alt-J - Hunger Of The Pine
VFX Artist: Adam Watson / Richard C Thomas / Annie Rowland / Bernardo Varela / Micheal Walton @ Electric Theatre Collective
Director: Nabil
Producer: Claire Oxley
Exec Producer: Liz Kessler
Prod co: Academy / A+
Record company: Infectious
Best Live Music Coverage
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Live In Paris
Director: Bartleberry Logan
Producer: Bartleberry Logan
Commissioner: Jordan Berliant
Record company: Abstract Dragon
Best Music Ad – TV or Online
Disclosure – Settle
Director: Kate Moross
Prod co: Studio Moross
Commissioner: Universal-Island Recordings
Record company: Universal-Island Recordings
Best Interactive Video
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
Director: Vania Heymann
Prod co: Interlude, Walter Pictures, Pulse Films
Commissioner: Sony Music Global
Record company: Sony / Legacy Recordings
Vevo Must See Award
Wilkinson – Afterglow
Director: Rémy Cayuela
Prod co: Able&Baker
Commissioner: James Hackett for Virgin EMI / Ram Records
Best Producer in association with Island Studios
Amber Millington
Best New Director in association with Electric Theatre Collective
Truman and Cooper
Best Director in association with Locomotion
Hiro Murai
Best Commissioner in association with IMD Fastrax
Caroline Clayton
Best Video Artist in association with Box Television
FKA twigs
The Icon Award
Joseph Kahn
Video of the Year, in association with Promo News
DJ Snake ft Lil Jon - Turn Down For What
Director: DANIELS
Producer: Jon Wang / Judy Craig
Executive Producer: Juliette Larthe UK
Prod co: Prettybird
Commissioner: Bryan Younce for Sony Music