Paul D

Communicator Award 2014 Win!

I’m delighted to announce that Every Time I See You I Go Wild (the video I Directed & Produced for B.E.F featuring Kim Wilde) has just been selected by The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts to receive a 2014 Communicator Award.

“The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), a 600+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current IAVA membership represents a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: AirType Studio, Condè Nast, Disney, Keller Crescent, Lockheed Martin, Monster.com, MTV, rabble+rouser, Time Inc., Tribal DDB, Yahoo!, and many others.”

This is my second Commie. I’ll put it next to the first, which I keep under the bed.

Rincon International Film Festival Select Kim Wilde B.E.F. Promo

Hot on the heels of the announcement that my ‘Every Time I See You I Go Wild’ B.E.F. Kim Wilde music video has been selected by the St. Albans International Film Festival, comes the news that it has just been selected by the Rincon International Film Festival (RIFF).

RIFF, “the most celebrated film festival in Puerto Rico,” takes place at the resort of Rincon, between 7th & 13th April and includes screenings on the beech front during the day and amongst the palm trees at night. Tempted to go is an understatement.

St Albans Film Festival Select Kim Wilde B.E.F. Video

I’m delighted to announce that the ‘Every Time I See You I Go Wild‘ music video I directed and produced for B.E.F. featuring Kim Wilde has just been officially selected as part of the St Albans Film Festival.

The festival takes place 1st-4th May this year, in St Albans. Rumours that special guests will include the ghost of Stanley Kubrik are unconfirmed.

If you would like to know more about the festival, you can follow it on Twitter and Facebook.

Paul D TV on Vimeo

Rejoice…I have finally launched my Vimeo presence with, what else but my double award winning Thomas Dolby promo, ‘The Toadlickers’.

More content will follow in 2012, so subscribe now!

Licking Toads with Thomas Dolby.

A few months ago, Thomas Dolby invited me to direct his first music video of the 21st century!

The track, entitled ‘The Toadlickers’, is about a group of scientists who live in the hills of Snowdonia, get high licking toads, get the munchies and come out at night to raid sweetshops.

Given the song’s banjo ‘n’ fiddle heavy roots Americana, some might see it as something of a radical departure for him, but I beg to differ! Infectious melodies…surreal humour…mad scientists…impeccable production…it’s classic Dolby!

Since Thomas has always had a penchant for pushing the envelope, it seemed only fitting to shoot the video with the latest cutting edge technology, which is why I chose Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs. I’ll be posting more about this soon. In the meantime…enjoy!