Emil Nava is a British music video director who has worked with popular artists like the Sugarbabes, Jessie J, Calvin Harris, Ed Sheeran, and Rita Ora since the 2000s. While interested in music and drama in school, he began directing videos when he was around 20 years old. Nava takes input from the artists on their video concepts so he does not have a single directing style, but he often uses wide shots that capture the artist and background. He is known for having a high-energy directing approach on set that keeps morale and enthusiasm up during shoots.

1. Emil Nava

2. Emil Nava is a British music video director who has directed videos
for many pop acts since the late noughties such as the Sugarbabes,
Jessie J, Calvin Harris, Ed Sheeran, The Vamps, Tinie Tempah, Rita
Ora and Paloma Faith.
At school he was always into music and drama but it wasn’t until he
was around 20 that he got into video directing.
Calvin Harris - Summer Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love Paloma Faith – Just Be
Jessie J – Price Tag Ed Sheeran – Lego House Rita Ora – Shine Ya Light

3. Nava doesn’t really have one particular style that
he follows every video. Some people use a fish-eye
lens or only film in black and white, but Emil
lets the artist have a heavy input into their video
so hasn’t been able to credit himself a particular
style yet.
However he does tend to use a
wide shot a lot which gets the
artist in and much of the
background.

4. Intertexuality
Jessie J’s video for Nobody’s Perfect has reference to
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.
It references the ‘mad hatter’ scene at the long
table as it depicts everyone dressed in similar
outfits to the film.

5. Nava on set
Artists that have worked with him on videos say he is an
energetic director that doesn’t just sit behind the screen
and yell ‘cut’, he really gets involved behind the scene,
keeping morale high and energy high on set.