British director who rose to
fame through a series of music videos and
commercials, including the superb
Virtual Insanity by
Jamiroquai and the Surfer commercial for
Guinness. He has just finished work on a feature film, entitled
Sexy Beast, starring
Ray Winstone and
Ben Kingsley as a pair of
gangsters returning from the Costa Del Crime for one last
job (UK release date: 12/1/01).
Recent work:
1995:
Massive Attack -
Karmacoma
1996:
Radiohead -
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1997:
Jamiroquai -
Virtual Insanity
1998:
Blur -
The Universal,
Radiohead -
Karma Police,
UNKLE -
Rabbit In Your Headlights
1999:
Guinness -
Swimblack,
Guinness -
Surfer
2000:
FilmFour -
Sexy Beast
Virtual Insanity won 4
MTV Awards in 1997, including
best video, and
The Times described Surfer as '
The most beautiful and powerful piece of film on our screens is not one of Hollywood's technical epics. It's a 60-second commercial for Guinness.' Reviews of his first full-length movie, however, have been
mixed.
Note: Apparently he has also done work for
Nick Cave but I've been unable to find any information on what and when this was.