W.I.Z.

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Bio

A former musician, DJ, and photographer, W.I.Z. has an impressive clutch of pop videos on his showreel, as well as a concert film shot around a live performance by Suede at the Brixton Academy. However, the future promise of his career is most effectively articulated in Weekender, a short film about the band Flowered Up and about the hedonistic side of club and drug culture, which was screened on Channel 4 in Britain.

An uncompromising auteur, W.I.Z. is a master of the sound-bite school of self-promotion and loves to incorporate drug references like "uncut and undiluted imagery" into his conversation when describing his work.

W.I.Z. has also completed videos for The Smashing Pumpkins, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, The Black Crowes, and Marilyn Manson to name just a few. He has recently completed a short film entitled Baby. It was funded by a grant from the British Film Institute, a prestigious award to achieve.

Baby made its European debut at the Edinburgh International film festival and its US debut at the MVPA Director's Cuts 2000 film festival. In February of 2003 W.I.Z.'s video for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Whatever Happened to my Rock and Roll was named MTV2 Best Video of The Year 2002 by the NME Carling Awards.

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Videos

Oasis/Falling Down (antville post)
Clinic/Tomorrow (antville post)
Kaiser Chiefs/The Angry Mob
Dizzee Rascal/Sirens
Lisa Lindley-Jones/Firetime
All Saints/Rock Steady (antville post)
Kasabian/Empire
Will Young/All Time Love (antville post)
Wiz's Featured Work: courtesy of The Oil Factory
The Arctic Monkeys/View from The Afternoon
Chemical Brothers/Out Of Control
Shakira/Te dejo Madrid
The 411/Teardrops
Dirty Harry/So Real
Smashing Pumpkins/Stand Inside Your Love
Oasis/Stop Crying Your Heart Out & The Hindu Times
Marilyn Manson/Man That You Fear & Fight Song
Kasabian/Club Foot
Jamelia/See It In A Boys Eyes
BRMCPunk Song(What Ever Happened to My Rock N' Roll
BRMC/We're All In Love
Kasabian/LSF
Stereophonics/Maybe Tomorrow
Cradle Of Filth/Babylon AD
Zero 7/In The Waiting Line
Leftfield/ Dusted
Melanie G/Word Up
All Saints/War of Nerves
Massive Attack/Inertia Creeps
Manic Street Preachers/If You Tolerate This
Happy Mondays/Stinkin' thinkin'
Ian Brown/My Star
The Charlatans/Jesus Hairdo

For almost full listings see MVDB

Music Films

Weekender
Streaming
(scripted and directed) - featuring Flowered Up
Hamburg Film Festival; Winner Best Music Film.
Broadcast on Channel 4 Television/UK.

Love & Poison
(scripted and directed) -featuring Suede
Premiered at the National Film Theatre.

Primal Scream/Live at Sheffield - Miners Benefit.

Short Films

Comida
(scripted and directed)

Baby
(scripted and directed)
British Film Institute/Film Four New Directors Scheme
Premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2000: Special Mention.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2001
Buenos Aires Film Festival 2001: Special Mention.

Documentary

David Bowie/Outside

Les Awards

CAD AWARDS Outstanding Achievement Award 2003
Nominated best director CAD Awards 1998
Nominated best director CAD Awards 1999
Nominated best director CAD Awards 2003
Nominated best director CAD Awards 2004

Will Young/All Time Love
-nominated CAD Awards 2006: Best Pop Video, Best Cinematography, Best Editing
Kasabian/Club Foot
- Winner Best Rock Video CAD Awards 2004The Making Of...

Jamelia/See It In A Boys Eyes
- Winner best telecine CAD Awards 2004

BRMC/Punk Song (Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll)
- Winner NME Brat Award - Best Video 2003
- Winner best cinematography CAD Awards 2003

Smashing Pumpkins/Stand Inside Your Love:
-Winner most visionary video VH1 Awards 2000

Manic Street Preachers/If You Tolerate This...:
Winner NME Brat Award--Best Video 1998

Black Crowes/A Conspiracy:
Winner MVPA Best International Video 1996

Therapy?/Loose:
MTV Awards 1995 nomination best video.

Promo magazine: Best new director 1992.