2019 UK Music Video Awards

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2019 UK Music Video Awards
Date23 October 2019
LocationRoundhouse, London, United Kingdom
Hosted byAdam Buxton
Website www.ukmva.com
  2018  · UK Music Video Awards ·  2020  

The 2019 UK Music Video Awards were held on 23 October 2019 [1] to recognise the best in music videos from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 25 September 2019. [2] [3] British singer FKA Twigs led the nominations with seven.

Contents

Video of the Year

Video of the Year

Stormzy - "Vossi Bop"
(Director: Henry Scholfield)

The Icon Award

The Icon Award

Michel Gondry

Video Genre Categories

Best Pop Video - UKBest Pop Video - International

Barns Courtney - "You and I"
(Director: Pablo Maestres)

Rosalía - "De aquí no sales"
(Directors: Diana kunst & Mau morgó)

Best Rock Video - UKBest Rock Video - International

Sam Fender - "Dead Boys"
(Director: Vincent Haycock)

De Staat - "Kitty Kitty"
(Director: Wouter Stoter)

Best Alternative Video - UKBest Alternative Video - International

FKA Twigs - "Cellophane"
(Director: Andrew Thomas Huang)

Cayucas - "Girl"
(Director: Nick Roney)

Best Dance Video - UKBest Dance Video - International

Beardyman ft. Joe Rogan - "6am (ready to write)"
(Director: Ian Pons Jewell)

Salvatore Ganacci - "Horse"
(Director: Vedran Rupic)

Best Urban Video - UKBest Urban Video - International

Stormzy - "Vossi Bop"
(Director: Henry Scholfield)

A$AP Rocky ft. Tame Impala - "Sundress"
(Director: Frank Lebon)

Best Pop Video - NewcomerBest Rock Video - Newcomer

Ashnikko - "Hi, it's Me"
(Director: Lucrecia Taormina)

Flasher - "Material"
(Director: Nick Roney)

  • Beabadoobee - "Disappear"
  • Crows - "Wednesday's Child"
  • Fat White Family - "When I Have"
  • Indoor Pets - "Being Strange"
  • Lo! - "As Fools Ripen"
Best Alternative Video - NewcomerBest Dance Video - Newcomer

Obongjayar - "Never Change"
(Director: Duncan Loudon)

  • Amon Tobin - "Vipers Follow You"
  • Pearl City - "Down by the Tree"
  • SOAK - "Everybody Loves You"
  • Sola - "Save Yourself"
  • Swim Deep - "To Feel Good"

Cora Novoa - "State of Mind"
(Director: Alex Gargot)

  • Daithi ft. The Sei - "In My Darkest Moments"
  • Daniel Avery - "Under the Tallest Arch"
  • Leifur James - "Wurlitzer"
  • RL Grime & Graves - "Arcus"
  • Sludge - "Blacksmith"
Best Urban Video - Newcomer

Jay Prince - "Beamlight"
(Director: Filmawi)

Craft and Technical Categories

Best Production Design in a VideoBest Styling in a Video

Loyle Carner ft. Jordan Rakei - "Ottolenghi"
(Production Designer: Luke Moran-Morris)

Baloji - "Zombies"
(Stylist: Baloji)

Best Choreography in a VideoBest Cinematography in a Video

Thom Yorke - "Anima"
(Choreographer: Damien Jalet)

FKA Twigs - "Cellophane"
(DOP: Daniel Fernández Abelló)

Best Color Grading in a VideoBest Editing in a Video

Prince - "Mary Don't You Weep"
(Colourist: Simon Bourne at Framestore)

FKA Twigs - "Cellophane"
(Editor: Andrew Thomas Huang)

Best Visual Effects in a VideoBest Animation in a Video

FKA Twigs - "Cellophane"
(VFX: Analog Studio, Matt Chandler, Fabio Zaveti)

Weval - "Someday"
(Animator: Páraic mc Gloughlin)

Live and Interactive Categories

Best Live VideoBest Live Concert

Maggie Rogers - "Light On" (La Blogotèque - Live in Paris)
(Director: Elie Girard)

Kylie Minogue - Golden Live Tour
(Director: Blue Leach & Rob Sinclair)

Best Special Video Project

Kano - "Trouble"
(Director: Aneil Karia)

Individual and Company Categories

Best ArtistBest Commissioner

FKA Twigs

Semera Khan

  • Connie Meade
  • Dan Curwin
  • John Moule
  • Laura Clayton
  • Sam Seager
Best Production CompanyBest Producer

Object & Animal

  • Cavias
  • Compulsory
  • Division
  • Partizan
  • Pulse Films

Javier Alejandro

  • Dasha Deriagina
  • Dom Thomas
  • Hayley Williams
  • Morgan Clement
  • Rick Hayes
Best DirectorBest New Director

Henry Scholfield

  • Dave Meyers
  • Diana Kunst & Mau Morgó
  • Frank Lebon
  • Ian Pons Jewell
  • Matilda Finn

Duncan Loudon

  • Charlottew Regan
  • Louis Bhose
  • Max Siedentopf
  • Rick Roney
  • The Rest

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References

  1. "Winners". ukmva. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. "UK Music Video Awards 2019: all the nominations!". Promonews. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "UK Music Video Awards 2019 nominations revealed". Music Week. Retrieved 28 September 2019.