UK Music Video Awards 2022 winners announced

The video for Pharrell’s Cash In Cash Out won four awards, including the most prestigious prize of all, Video Of The Year, while the video for Little Simz’s Point & Kill won three awards, at the 15th UK Music Video Awards, held this evening in London.

Harry Styles, Rosalía, Michael Kiwanuka, Doechii, Sam Fender, and black midi, were also among the numerous artists whose music videos were honoured at the UKMVAs 2022, where awards were bestowed upon the videos’ creators and makers, in the biggest celebration of the year for creativity in the field of music videos.

Other big winners on the night included Ukranian director Tanu Muino, who won the prize for Best Director for the second year running; Ebeneza Blanche, who directed the Little Simz Point & Kill video and won the Best New Director award; and Jules de Chateleux and Division Paris, the producer and the production company (respectively) behind the Pharrell Cash In Cash Out video, who won Best Producer and Best Production Company awards.

Meanwhile, Loyle Carner accepted the award for Best Performance in a Video for his promo for Hate, which he co-directed with Greg Hackett, at the sold-out event attended by music video professionals from the UK and beyond at new venue Magazine, in South East London.

Among the Individual awards, veteran music video commissioner John Moule won the Best Commissioner prize, Alexa Haywood won Best Agent, and Christopher Ripley was the winner of the inaugural Best Director of Photography at the UKMVAs.

The Outstanding Achievement Award, bestowed on an individual who has made a huge contribution to the industry over many years, was presented to Dan Curwin, director of music videos at Atlantic Records in the UK, and commissioner of some of the UK’s most successful videos, for the likes of Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora, Stormzy and Rudimental.

But the biggest honours of all were scooped by the makers of the remarkable animated video for Pharrell’s Cash In Cash Out, featuring 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator. Based around a CGI-made zoetrope machine, and more than a year in the making, the video directed by French director Francois Rousselet, with VFX and animation completed at London-based studio Electric Theatre Collective, won Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Video International, awards for Best Animation and Best VFX awards, before taking the Video of the Year prize.

The winners are:

Best Pop Video – UK in association with Cinelab Film & Digital

Harry Styles - As It Was
director: Tanu Muino
producer: Fred Bonham Carter/Andrew Rawson/Alexa Haywood/Frank Borin/Ivanna Borin/Bryan Younce
production company: UnderWonder Content
commissioner: Bryan Younce for Columbia Records

Best Pop Video – International
Rosalía - Saoko
director: Valentin Petit
producer: Théo Gall
production company: DIVISION
commissioner: Saul Levitz for Columbia Records

Best Pop Video – Newcomer
Cavetown x beabadoobee - Fall In Love With A Girl
director: Chris Fowles
producer: Alex White
production company: Jealous Films
commissioner: Devin Sarno for Warner Records

Best R&B / Soul Video – UK
Michael Kiwanuka - Beautiful Life
director: Phillip Youmans
producer: Manny Caston
production company: SMUGGLER
commissioner: Marco Grey for Polydor

Best R&B / Soul Video – International
Omar Apollo ft. Daniel Caeser - Invincible
director: STILLZ
producer: Malcolm Duncan, Esteban Zuluaga, Fabien Colas
production company: WeOwnTheCity
record co: Warner Records

Best R&B / Soul Video – Newcomer
Khazali - Better With The Devil
director: Freddie Wright
producer: Matthew Craig
production company: EM Films
commissioner: Darius Williams for Slow Dance

Best Dance / Electronic Video – UK
Tourist - Your Love
director: Duncan Loudon
producer: Ayo Davis
production company: Somesuch
commissioner: Tmwrk Management for Monday Records

Best Dance / Electronic Video – International
Arca – Prada / Rakata
director: Frederik Heyman / Arca
produced by: Bounce Rocks & Shaun MacDonald
commissioner: Scott Wright for X
L Recordings

Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer
Ross from Friends - The Daisy
director: Rudá Santos
producer: India Lee, Oli Falcon
production company: Ground Work / Three Minutes
commissioner: Simon Gold for Ninja Tune

Best Rock Video – Newcomer
La Jungle - Du sang du singe
director: Alex Orma
exec producer: Eurydice Gysel
producer: Maarten De Sutter
production company: Czar
commissioner: La Jungle
record co: Black Basset Records

Best Alternative Video – UK
Radiohead - If You Say The Word
director: Kasper Häggström
producer: Daphne Do
exec producer: Dom Thomas, Morgan Clement,
production company: Object & Animal
commissioner: Scott Wright for XL Recordings

Best Rock Video – Newcomer
La Jungle - Du sang du singe
director: Alex Orma
exec producer: Eurydice Gysel
producer: Maarten De Sutter
production company: Czar
commissioner: La Jungle
record co: Black Basset Records

Best Alternative Video – UK
Radiohead - If You Say The Word
director: Kasper Häggström
producer: Daphne Do
exec producer: Dom Thomas, Morgan Clement,
production company: Object & Animal
commissioner: Scott Wright for XL Recordings

Best Alternative Video – International
Jean-Michel Blais - Passepied
director: Adrian Villagomez
producer: Elyse Belmont-Stroh
production company: Consulat
record co: Arts & Crafts

Best Alternative Video – Newcomer
Nick Leng - Morning - Midnight
director: Josh Sondock
producer: Leon Derriey
production company: Kode
commissioner: Jay Lincoln for Sota Records

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK
Little Simz ft Obongjayar - Point And Kill
director: Ebeneza Blanche
producer: Elizabeth Doonan, Luca Chapman, Dawa Thompson
production company: SMUGGLER
commissioner: Bianca Bhagat for AWAL

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International
Pharrell Williams ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator - Cash In Cash Out
director: François Rousselet
producer: Jules de Chateleux
production company: DIVISION
commissioner: Bryan Younce, Todd Tourso & Phi Hollinger for Columbia Records

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer
WU-LU - Ten
director: Ethan & Tom
producer: Medb Riordan
production company: Academy Films
commissioner: Daniel Spinola for WARP Records

Best Live Video
Obongjayar - I Wish It Was Me
director: Hector Aponysus
producer: Joseph Radonich
record co: September