2. Chris Hopewell
• English Video Director
• Formed his own animation company with fellow director Ben
Foley; Collision Films.
• Studied a BA Hons in animation at Newport University
• Over the last 7 years he has worked with some of the major
record labels in the UK and USA; Sony, Island and Warner.
• His work is described as being "highly original story telling
with a darkly atmospheric folksy leaning".
• In 2003 he won MTV's Big Shiny Moon Man Award for best art
direction in Radiohead’s "There,There". The video also picked
up Video of the Year at the NME awards.
3. Artists
• McFly
• Radiohead
• Franz Ferdinand
• The Killers
• Scissor Sisters
• The Zutons
• Goldfrapp
4. Elements of Work
• I like the elements of Chris's work. I like how he adds a kind of
fantasy twist to the music and separates his videos from real
life, and uses the music to fulfil his 'crazy' ideas. I also like how
he produces some of his videos as short stories.
