2012 UK Music Video Awards

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2012 UK Music Video Awards
Date8 November 2012
Location Leicester Square, London
Hosted by Adam Buxton
Website www.ukmva.com
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The 2012 UK Music Video Awards were held on 8 November 2012 at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square, London to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide. [1] The nominations were announced on 8 October 2012. [2] [3] English rapper M.I.A. won Video of the Year for "Bad Girls" directed by Romain Gavras. [4]

Contents

Video of the Year

Video of the Year

Special Awards

Icon AwardOutstanding Contribution

Jamie Thraves

David Knight

Video Genre Categories

Best Pop Video - UKBest Pop Video - International

M.I.A. - "Bad Girls"
(Director: Romain Gavras)

Lana Del Rey - "Blue Jeans"
(Director: Yoann Lemoine)

Best Dance Video - UKBest Dance Video - International

The Shoes - "Time to Dance"
(Director: Daniel Wolfe)

Duck Sauce - "Big Bad Wolf"
(Director: Keith Schofield)

Best Urban Video - UKBest Urban Video - International

Plan B - "Ill Manors"
(Director: Yann Demange)

Frank Ocean - "Novacane"
(Director: Nabil)

Best Indie/Rock Video - UKBest Indie/Rock Video - International

Spiritualized - "Hey Jane"
(Director: AG Rojas)

The Shins - "Simple Song"
(Director: Daniels)

Best Alternative Video - UKBest Alternative Video - International

Alt-J - "Breezeblocks"
(Director: Ellis Bahl)

The Hickey Underworld - "The Frog"
(Director: Joe Vanhoutteghem)

Best Pop Video - BudgetBest Dance Video - Budget

Rent Boys - "Shoot The Shot"
(Director: Zac Ella)

Todd Terje - "Inspector Norse"
(Director: Kristoffer Borgli)

Best Urban Video - BudgetBest Indie/Rock Video - Budget

Noisses ft. RTKAL, Lady Leshurr and Foreign Beggars - "Run Your Mouth"
(Director: Drew Cox)

When Saints Go Machine - "Parix"
(Director: Daniel-Kragh Jacobsen)

Best Alternative Video - Budget

The Death Set - "They Come to Get Us"
(Director: Guillaume Panariello)

Technical

Best Animation in a VideoBest Art Direction & Design in a Video

Fleet Foxes - "The Shrine/An Argument"
(Animators: Sean Pecknold & Britta Johnson)

Justice - "New Lands"
(Art Director: Roger Bellés)

Best Cinematography in a VideoBest Choreography in a Video

Feist - "The Bad In Each Other"
(DoP: Kasper Tuxen)

Will Young - "Losing Myself"
(Choreographer: Aletta Collins)

Best Editing in a VideoBest Styling in a Video

The Shoes - "Time to Dance"
(Editor: Tom Lindsay)

M.I.A. - "Bad Girls"
(Stylist: Hannah Edwards)

Best Telecine in a VideoBest Visual Effects in a Video

Temper Trap - "Trembling Hands"
(TK: James Tillett at Moving Picture Company)

Woodkid - "Run Boy Run"
(VFX: One More Productions)

Music Vision and Innovation

Best Live Music CoverageBest Music AD - TV or Online

Chemical Brothers - "Don't Think"
(Director: Adam Smith)

LCD Soundsystem - "Shut Up and Play the Hits"
(Director: Thirtytwo)

Kasabian - "Velociraptor!"
(Directors: John Paveley, The Lennox Brothers & Ian Dutt)

The Innovation AwardPeople's Choice Award

ALB - "Golden Chains"
(Director: Johnatan Broda)

One Direction - "Live While We're Young"
(Director: Vaughan Arnell)

Individual

Best ProducerBest Commissioner

Lee Groombridge

  • Gareth Thomas
  • Leanne Stott
  • Liz Kessler
  • Phil Tidy
  • Tamsin Glasson

John Moule

  • Dan Millar
  • Dan Curwin
  • James Hackett
  • Julia Frost
  • Mike O'Keefe
Best DirectorBest New Director

Romain Gavras

AG Rojas

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