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WIZ is a British writer-director of drama and music videos.

Career
''‘He's one of Britain's foremost music video directors with a career that intersects with the great movements of British music in the past two decades - from acid house to pop. WIZ has been one of the great practitioners and advocates for music video as a popular artform''.’ – Catalina Velez

‘He’s the last apostle of music video’ – Noel Gallagher

'''His videos are among the most sexual and the most hedonistic. Weekender, an eighteen minute short film about the band Flowered Up and the wilder side of dance-club culture, caused a sensation when it was first aired in 1992 on Channel 4 in Britain, and it has been credited with launching the genre of British youth-culture movies such as Trainspotting.'' ' - Steve Reiss, Thirty Frames Per Second The Visionary Art of The Music Video.

‘I loved Weekender, its a great shot of the street’ - Lou Reed, NYC 1994

After training under Polish master Krzysztof Kieslowski, WIZ has made films with some of the most challenging and respected artist’s today, including actors Michael Fassbender, Rosario Dawson, Ben Whishaw, Dinara Drukarova and artists Alexander McQueen, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Manic Street Preachers, Oasis, Chemical Brothers, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Dizzee Rascal, Emeli Sandé, Disclosure, Richard Fearless, Will Young.

WIZ’s renowned for an ability to cast and elicit compelling performances within highly visual narrative, technical precision and always resounding subject matter. His non-conformist work is as arresting as it is sensual, and has earned many awards and admirers, including the coveted MVA Icon honour, joining ranks with Anton Corbijn and Jonathan Glazer.

His short drama, Baby (scripted and directed) featuring Ben Whishaw was in the official selection Sundance Film Festival 2001''.  'The best film in Sundance'' ' - Tilda Swinton

He was chosen to create and direct the BBC period drama, ‘The Young Victorians’ (co-scripted and directed).

His theatrical debut ‘Tainted Love’, won New Venture Theatre’s best play award.

He's currently developing two features: a contemporary erotic thriller starring Ben Whishaw and a Virtual Reality shamanic drama with Tinge Krishnan, Chris Milk & Scott O’Donnell.

Influences
‘My cinematic fathers are Lindsay Anderson, Georges Bataille, Carlos Castaneda, Will Farrell, Camile Paglia, Nicholas Roeg, Barry Wasserman’

Representation
Drama: Sam Greenwood & Nish Panchal @ Curtis Brown

Music video: Alexa Haywood @ Free Agent.

Previously at: Media Lab, Oil Factroy Films, Academy Films.

He was part of the legendary music video production company Oil Factory Films/Inc created by John Stewart (brother of Eurythmics' Dave Stewart) and Billy Poveda. Whose roster included: Miles Aldridge, Jonas Åkerlund, Dom & Nic, Cerith Wyn Evans, Grant Gee, Richard Heslop, Paul Hunter, The Hughes Brothers, Barry McQuire, Thomas Q Napper, Sophie Muller, Gregg Masuak, Pedro Romhanyi, Shynola, Jamie Thraves, Joe Wright.

He is a member of BECTU the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union.

Selected drama

 * 2015 - ‘Tainted Love’
 * 2012 - ‘Strait Street’ (for Nowness)
 * 2011 - ‘The Young Victorians’
 * 2004 - ‘Hate Blues’
 * 2003 - ‘Comida’
 * 2002 - ‘Naked and Proud (The Wedding)'
 * 2000 - ‘Baby’ - critique
 * 1997 - ‘Teenage Head’
 * 1996 - ’Tricky & Madcunt’
 * 1995 - ‘The End of the First Experiment’ (lost or untraceable)
 * 1994 - ‘Memento Mori’

Actor
From 1992-2008 he attended Dexter Fletcher and Graham Fletcher Cook’s Jackson’s Lane weekly drama workshop.

He is currently a member of Brighton’s New Venture Theatre.

Spots
2016 - ‘Death is a Pool’ - Olivier Theyskens & Dazed & Confused

2011 - BBC ‘Proms’

2010 - BBC ‘Bull History of the World’

2010 - BBC ‘Horse History of the World’ (feat. Michael Fassbinder)

2010 - BBC ‘Opera’

2002 - ‘Daylight Robbery’

1994 - ‘Passengers’ - C4 title sequence

Selected Music Video's

 * 2015 - Will Young ‘Brave Man’ (directors cut)
 * 2014 - Disclosure - "Voices" (director's cut)
 * 2013 - Kings of Leon - "Supersoaker" (directors cut)
 * 2012 - Emeli Sandé - "Clown"
 * 2012 - Robbie Williams - "Different"
 * 2010 - Magnetic Man feat. Katy B - "Perfect Stranger"
 * 2010 - Hurts - "Better Than Love"
 * 2009 - Will Young "Let it Go"
 * 2009 - Dizzee Rascal - "Dirtee Cash"
 * 2009 - Oasis - "Falling Down"
 * 2009 - Oasis - "I’m Outta Time" (director’s original version)
 * 2009 - Kasabian - "Fire"
 * 2007 - Clinic - "Tomorrow"
 * 2007 - Dizzee Rascal - "Sirens"
 * 2007 - Kaiser Chiefs - "The Angry Mob"
 * 2006 - Arctic Monkeys - "The View from the Afternoon"
 * 2006 - Kasabian - "Empire"
 * 2005 - Will Young - "All Time Love"
 * 2004 - Jamelia - "See It in a Boy's Eyes"
 * 2004 - Kasabian - "Club Foot", "L.S.F."
 * 2003 - Cradle of Filth - "Babalon A.D."
 * 2002 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Whatever Happened to My Rock 'N Roll", "We're All in Love
 * 2002 - Oasis - "Stop Crying Your Heart Out", "The Hindu Times"
 * 2001 - Marilyn Manson - "The Fight Song"
 * 2001 - Zero 7 - "In the Waiting Line"
 * 2000 - The Smashing Pumpkins - "Stand Inside Your Love"
 * 1999 - The Chemical Brothers - "Out of Control"
 * 1999 - Leftfield - "Dusted"
 * 1999 - Melanie B - "Word Up"
 * 1998 - All Saints - "War of Nerves"
 * 1998 - DJ Rap - "Bad Girl"
 * 1998 - Ian Brown - "My Star"
 * 1998 - Manic Street Preachers - "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
 * 1998 - Massive Attack - "Inertia Creeps"
 * 1997 - Marilyn Manson - "Man That You Fear"
 * 1996 - Manic Street Preachers - "Everything Must Go"
 * 1995 - Del Amitri - "Here and Now"
 * 1995 - Simple Minds - "Hypnotised"
 * 1995 - Therapy? - "Loose", "Diane"
 * 1994 - The Black Crowes - "A Conspiracy"
 * 1994 - The Charlatans - "Jesus Hairdo""
 * 1992 - Happy Mondays - "Stinkin' Thinkin'"
 * 1991 - Manic Street Preachers - "You Love Us", "Love's Sweet Exile"
 * 1991 - Flowered Up - “Take It”
 * 1990 - Bocca Juniors - "Raise (53 Steps to Heaven)"

Selected Music Films

 * 2010 - ‘Invert Your Eyes’ with Dark Horses
 * 2009 - ‘fEAST of Dreams’ (Far East tour film - unpublished) with Kasabian
 * 2002 - ‘Contino Rising’ (documentary - unpublished) with Death in Vegas, featuring Liam Gallagher
 * 2001 - ‘Acephalica’ fashion show film for Alexander McQueen
 * 2001 - ‘Destroyer of Evil’ (documentary - unpublished) with Death in Vegas
 * 1998 - ‘Nish’ (“Renegade TV Gets Dazed”)
 * 1995 - ‘Outside’ (documentary - unpublished), David Bowie
 * 1993 - ‘Love and Poison’ (concert film) Suede
 * 1992 - Sheffield Miners Benefit (concert film - unpublished), with Primal Scream
 * 1992 - Weekender, Flowered Up

Art Director
In 2009 Sergio Pizzorno invited WIZ to shoot and design the artwork for Kasabian’s West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum album and art direct the accompanying UK arena tour.

In 2012 and 2014 he collaborated with photographer Ali Tollervey designing the artwork for Dark Horses ‘Black Music’ and ‘Hail Lucid State’ albums.