Natasha Pincus

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Natasha Pincus
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Film director and producer
Notable work"Somebody That I Used to Know" and "Everyone's Waiting (song)" (video clips)

Natasha Pincus is an Australian creative film maker. Pincus has created music videos for a number of Australian musicians, including Powderfinger, Paul Kelly, Gotye, Missy Higgins, The Paper Kites and Sarah Blasko. Pinctus created a major film work for the Australian premiere production of David Bowie's Lazarus stage show, for which she conceived of and directed 16 narratively connected Bowie music videos. [1]

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Pincus has written more than 20 feature film and TV scripts for projects in Australia and the USA. [1] Pincus is also a qualified lawyer and research scientist. [1]

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2011 Natasha Pincus for Gotye featuring Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" Best Video Won [2]
2012 Natasha Pincus for Missy Higgins' "Everyone's Waiting"Won

Inside Film Awards

The Inside Film Awards (now known as the IF Awards) is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry. It ran from 2007-2008 and 2010.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2012 Natasha Pincus for Paul Kelly's "God Told Me to"The 3 IF Award for Best Music Videoawarded

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
J Awards of 2011 [3] Natasha Pincus for "Somebody That I Used to Know"Australian Video of the YearNominated

MTV Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2012 Natasha Pincus for Gotye featuring Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing Nominated [4]

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References

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  2. ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. "The J Award 2011". Triple J . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. Ford, Rebecca (6 September 2012). "VMAs 2012: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.