SHOT: Uh Huh Her - Vincent Haycock, director

artist: Uh Huh Her
song: "Not A Love Song"
label: Nettwerk
director(s): Vincent Haycock
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Free Agent UK / Lanette Phillips Management

SHOT: Sandi Thom - Paul Minor, director

artist: Sandi Thom
song: "Devils Beat"
label: SonyBMG UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Free Agent UK / Lanette Phillips Management 

SHOT: Death Cab For Cutie - Shawn Kim & Aaron Stewart-Ahn, directors

First video off the new album, Narrow Stairs...

artist: Death Cab For Cutie
song: "I Will Possess Your Heart"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Shawn Kim & Aaron Stewart-Ahn
production co: Streetgang Films/Mister Boom Boom
rep (for Shawn Kim): Lanette Phillips Management  / Free Agent UK
rep: (for Aaron Stewart-Ahn): Laure Scott

SHOT: Juanes - Vincent Haycock, director

artist: Juanes
song: "Trace"
label: Universal Music Latino
director(s): Vincent Haycock
production co: Streetgang Films

NEWS: Streetgang Signs Director Keith Schofield

Director Keith Schofield has signed with Streetgang Films for music video production and representation.  He will be repped by Lanette Phillips Mgmt in the US and Alexa Haywood @ Free Agent UK in England.

Keith Schofield's music video credits include:

• Supergrass "Bad Blood"
• Minus The Bear "Knights"
• Goose "British Mode"
• Death Cab for Cutie "Jealousy Rides With Me"

SHOT: Newton Faulkner - Paul Minor, director

artist: Newton Faulkner
song: "I Need Something"
label: RCA Records UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Free Agent UK / Lanette Phillips Management

SHOT: Editors - Paul Minor, director

artist: Editors 
song: "Push Your Head Towards The Air" 
label: Fader/Epic
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: The Script - Charles Mehling, director

artist: The Script
song: "We Cry"
label: SonyBMG UK
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Enrique Iglesias - Paul Minor, director

artist: Enrique Iglesias
song: "Donde Estas Corazon"
label: Universal International
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: The Feeling - Paul Minor, director

artist: The Feeling
song: "I Thought It Was Over"
label: Island Def Jam (UK)
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

NEW RELEASE: Tom Baxter "Better"

The new HBO series Tell Me You Love Me seems engineered to shock. And shock me it does, though not in the way the producers probably intended. 1) It made me realize that real life drama between scenes of hardcore fucking is even duller than the usual porn plot procedurals and 2) it forced me to finally acknowledge the fact that old people are people too and they have dirty, nasty, hot sex. This new video doesn't feature any sex scenes or boring narrative elements, but it plays on the same theme of love coming (no pun intended) in all shapes and sizes and ages. After an introductory shot which seems like that old "two faces or a goblet" optical illusion, the video settles into a procession of couples posing for portraiture shots while singer/songwriter Tom Baxter strums out this tune. Things take a nice little twist toward the end when the camera reveals that these lovebirds are all passersby who decided to step in front of the white cyc which had been set up for the shoot on a London street. --> watch "Better" plus a "Making Of"

Tom Baxter "Better" (Sylvan/EMI UK)
Josh & Xander, director | Ben Sullivan @ Bikini Films, producer | Streetgang Films, production co | Lanette Phillips Management, US rep | Alexa Haywood, UK rep | Simon Chaudoir, DP | Logan Hefflefinger @ Final Cut LA, editor 

NEWS: Josh & Xander Join Streetgang

Streetgang Films announced the signing of directors Josh & Xander for international music video production.  They will be repped by Lanette Phillips Mgmt in the US and Alexa Haywood @ Free Agent UK in England.   

Josh & Xander's music video credits include:

• Cat Power "Where Is My Love?"
• The Postal Service "Such Great Heights"
• System Of A Down "Lonely Day"
• The Stills "Still In Love"
• Death Cab for Cutie "A Movie Script Ending"

Hi-res samples of all these videos are at StreetgangFilms.com...

SHOT: Editors - Vince Haycock, director

artist: Editors
song: "The Racing Rats"
label: Fader/Epic
director(s): Vince Haycock
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Free Agent UK

NEW RELEASE: Queens Of The Stone Age "3's & 7's"

One of the complaints about the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez B-movie double feature Grindhouse was that its emphasis of style over substance grew tiresome rather quickly. If you're gonna go full bore into the realm of schlocky '70s sexploitation flicks and bombard the viewer with purposely roughed-up footage and ridiculous plot points, you better be as concise as possible. And, I think that even the biggest fan of the flick will concede that Grindhouse — with an over three hour running time — was anything but concise. Thankfully, the concept works way better as a three minute music video and that's exactly what you get with the new Queens Of The Stone Age clip "3's & 7's." Video director Paul Minor follows the sexploits of a band of gun-toting chicks who equally enjoy killing and stripping. Yes, we're talking boobs and blood, so use your usual NSFW discrection. --> watch "3's & 7's"

Queens Of The Stone Age "3's & 7's" (Interscope)
Paul Minor, director | Jonathan Lia, producer | Streetgang Films, production co | Lanette Phillips, rep | Shawn Kim, DP | Curtis Schmidt, editor | Marshall Plante @ The Syndicate, telecine

SHOT: Queens Of The Stone Age - Paul Minor, director

Behold the QOTSA girl gang as featured in the upcoming Queens Of The Stone Age video, "3's And 7's."

artist: Queens Of The Stone Age
song: "3's And 7's."
label: Interscope
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Lanette Phillips Management

NEW RELEASE: Tiny Dancers "Ashes & Diamonds"

Director Paul Minor goes for a cinema verite vibe — think Cocksucker Blues without the debauchery or Gimme Shelter without the stabbing — in this video for the retro UK rock band Tiny Dancers. The "you are there" technique lets the viewer into various band activities,culminating in a gig at the Koko in London. --> watch "Ashes And Diamonds"

Tiny Dancers "Ashes And Diamonds" (Parlophone UK)
Paul Minor, director/editor | Ben Sullivan, producer | Streetgang Films, production co | Magni Agustsson, DP

SHOT: Stereophonics - Charles Mehling, director

Shot in Romania...

artist: Stereophonics
song: "It Means Nothing"
label: V2 UK
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Hot Hot Heat - Shawn Kim, director

artist: Hot Hot Heat
song: "Let Me In"
label: Sire/Warner Bros.
director(s): Shawn Kim
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Tiny Dancers - Paul Minor, director

artist: Tiny Dancers
song: "Ashes And Diamonds"
label: Parlophone
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

PROFILE: Charles Mehling, Streetgang Films

name: Charles Mehling
company: Streetgang Films
job/title: director

First Video: "Whatever Happened To My Rock'N'Roll (Punk Song)" for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Not the elegantly lit and highly stylized version that the English director WIZ did. Rather, the "sloppy American version shot on DV and edited by my next door neighbor who had just gotten Final Cut Pro the day before" version.

Strangest Video: That’s kind of a tough one because I seem to intentionally create disastrous and chaotic situations to distract myself from my own somewhat chaotic and emotionally painful personal life that is in fact a world that I have subliminally created as well. Oh, I’m only joking. Sort of. The one that comes to mind is a video I did for the Brian Jonestown Massacre, "When Jokers Attack." Despite the fact that I played in the band for a couple of years, I agreed to do this impossibly low budget video for a band that really didn’t want one. The basic premise was to capture a classically hedonistic late night Silverlake party in all of its realistically hedonistic glory. With a small crew I shot a scant story line and a cool band performance all at the "Manson-like" home of Anton Newcombe, the bands maniacal singer. We shot through the night and stumbled out of there at dawn as the band piled into a van for a lengthy North American tour. In the morning I got a call from the DP/PA who informed me that in his inebriated state he decided to leave his red hatchback Toyota Corolla, spilling-over with all of our camera equipment, on a desolate street somewhere near Highland Blvd. Needless to say, it got broken into and all of the equipment, as well as the film, was gone. That call was immediately followed by the A&R guy from the band's small label who was wondering how the shoot went and to tell me that they needed to move the deadline for the video forward.  I truly felt sick, scared and hung-over. I took to driving the Los Angeles freeways for no apparent reason. I had no band, no equipment and no money. All I had left of the BJM was that house. I went there and repeatedly rang the doorbell until some cool looking but really out of it girl answered. After much persuading it was agreed that she would be in my video for a $60 bag of cocaine. I still don’t know why, but an acquaintance and rising young DP, Max Goldman, agreed to come over right away with a Panasonic and a couple of lights. Again we shot through the night as this really cool and charismatic girl perched atop a barstool sang all of Anton’s parts perfectly.  I never saw that girl again, but I can’t thank her enough for baring her soul and truly saving my ass. I don’t know if the video is any good but I do think that it suited the bands irreverent style and fucked up folklore perfectly. Max wouldn’t work with me for a few years and the band to this day doesn’t believe that the original film was stolen, but in the end I delivered the video on time. [watch "When Jokers Attack"]

What's Next: Bed.

SHOT: Ava Leigh - Charles Mehling, director

Shot in Cuba...

artist: Ava Leigh
song: "La La La"
label: Virgin UK
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Matt White - Paul Minor, director

artist: Matt White
song: "Best Days "
label: Geffen
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Heidi Gregory Management

SHOT: Dierks Bentley - Charles Mehling, director

Shot in Texas, South Carolina and Arkansas...

artist: Dierks Bentley
song: "Free And Easy Down The Road I Go"
label: Capitol Nashville
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films
rep: Heidi Gregory Management

NEW RELEASE: Travis "Closer"

If only all disgruntled workers could follow the lead of Travis singer Fran Healy. Deciding he's given out one flyer too many outside a supermarket while dressed in the bear suit, Healy enters the mart and commandeers the announcement system to croon this lovely ballad. His bandmates similarly abandon their supermarket jobs to back him up, thus inspiring a shopping cart ballet and other acts of beauty and kindness among the shoppers. The supermarket manager — played by the omnipresent Ben Stiller — is aware that something is amiss, but is thankfully never able to track down the source of the disruption. --> watch "Closer" in Quicktime

Travis "Closer" (Epic)
Michael Baldwin, director | Michelle Stark, producer | Red Rabbit Films/Streetgang Films, production co | David Lazenburg, DP | Paul Hardcastle @ Trim, editor

BOOKED: James Morrison - Charles Mehling, director

artist: James Morrison
song: "One Last Chance"
label: Polydor (UK)/Interscope (US)
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Keith Urban - Charles Mehling, director

Country star Keith Urban — who nearly became media roadkill thanks to his marriage to celebrity Nicole Kidman and subsequent stint in rehab — will be shooting a video on-location in Cape Town, South Africa,

artist: Keith Urban
song: "I Told You So"
label: Capitol Nashville
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Copeland - Vince Haycock, director

artist: Copeland
song: "Control Freak"
label: Columbia
director(s): Vince Haycock
production co: Streetgang Films

NEWS: Streetgang Signs Vincent Haycock

Director Vincent Haycock has signed with Streetgang Films for music video production. He will be repped by Heidi Gregory in the US and Alexa Haywood in the UK. He remains a director/creative director at his commercial house Vitamin Pictures, which has produced spots for Budweiser and Nike.

Vincent Haycock directed the videos:

• Mellowdrone "Oh My"
• Assassins "Guilty" (co-directed with Tim Richardson)

SHOT: Dierks Bentley - Charles Mehling, director

Director Charles Mehling (back row, fifth from left, red shirt, cowboy hat — you'll find him), country star Dierks Bentley (back row, centerish — this is kind of like Where's Waldo, huh?) on-location at a prison in Cuernavaca, Mexico with the "Long Trip Alone" video crew and some of the guards.

artist: Dierks Bentley
song: "Long Trip Alone"
label: Capitol Nashville
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Dierks Bentley - Charles Mehling, director

Shooting in Mexico...

artist: Dierks Bentley
song: "Long Trip Alone"
label: Capitol Nashville
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

NEWS: Streetgang Films Partners With HKM

Production company HKM has announced a partnership with Executive Producer Jason Botkin's Streetgang Films, whose roster includes Charles Mehling, Paul Minor, Shawn Kim and the most recent addition, Shafei & Levitz.

Other HKM satellite companies include Rock Fight and The Directors Bureau.

SHOT: Paolo Nutini - Charles Mehling, director

A new video was recently shot in downtown Los Angeles for Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini.

artist: Paolo Nutini
song: "Last Request"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Fields - Shawn Kim, director

artist: Fields
song: "If You Fail We All Fail"
label: Atlantic UK
director(s): Shawn Kim
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Simon Webbe - Charles Mehling, director

Shooting in Kiev...

artist: Simon Webbe
song: "Coming Around Again"
label: Virgin UK
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Pharoahe Monch - Paul Minor, director

Director Paul Minor recreates the infamous NYC blackout of 1977 in this video for underground hip-hop star Pharoahe Monch.

artist: Pharoahe Monche
song: "Push"
label: SRC/Universal
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Heavens - Shawn Kim, director

artist: Heavens
song: "Patent Pending"
label: Epitaph
director(s): Shawn Kim
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: The Kooks - Charles Mehling, director

Shooting in Paris...

artist: The Kooks
song: "Ooh La"
label: Virgin (UK)
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Muse - Paul Minor, director

Muse singer Matt Bellamy, director Paul Minor and DP Max Goldman on board an abandoned freighter in the Pacific Ocean for the band's video "Starlight."

artist: Muse
song: "Starlight"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

NEW RELEASE: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Face Down"

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
"Face Down" (Virgin)
Paul Minor, director | Brannon Walters, producer | Streetgang FIlms, production co | Curtis Schmidt, editor | Description: A young woman's internal turmoil about her abusive boyfriend is symbolized externally through destruction. Although she stays calm while thinking about the abuse, the fact that everything around her is being smashed and and thrown around by an invisible force is proof enough that she's raging inside. In the end she discards all the remnants of the relationship, which is a decision surely echoed by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, who perform in her home's living room. -- watch "Face Down"

BOOKED: Duncan James - Charles Mehling, director

Charles Mehling is directing a video in  Romania for Duncan James, a new solo artist best known for  his stint in the hit UK boy band Blue.

artist: Duncan James
song: "Can't Stop A River"
label: Virgin Records (UK)
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Rooster - Charles Mehling, director

Shot at NYC's infamous Hotel Chelsea and the Unisphere in Queens, NY.

artist: Rooster
song: "Home"
label: Sony BMG (UK)
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Paul Minor, director

artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
song: "Face Down"
label: Virgin
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Anti-Flag - Charles Mehling, director

artist: Anti-Flag
song: "The Press Corpse"
label: RCA
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Charlatans UK - Charles Mehling, director

Shooting in L.A.   

artist: Charlatans UK
song: "Blackened Blue Eyes"
label: Sanctuary
director(s): Charles Mehling
production co: Streetgang Films

NEWS: Director Shawn Kim Joins Streetgang

Streetgang Films has signed director Shawn Kim for music video productions. He will be repped in the US by Heidi Gregory and in the UK by Alexa Haywood.

Shawn's video credits include directing "Turnstile Blues" for Autolux.

BOOKED: James Blunt - Paul Minor, director

Shooting in London...

artist: James Blunt
song: "Wise Men"
label: Atlantic UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Kubb - Paul Minor, director

Shot in Brighton, England...

artist: Kubb
song: "Grow"
label: Mercury
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE: Kano and Paul Minor

Warner Bros. UK artist Kano hangs with Streetgang Films director Paul Minor on the Kingston, Jamaica set of "Brown Eyes."

BOOKED: Skye - Paul Minor, director

Shooting in Montego Bay, Jamaica...

artist: Skye
song: "Love Show"
label: Atlantic UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Kano - Paul Minor, director

Scheduled to shoot in Kingston, Jamaica...

artist: Kano
song: "Brown Eyes"
label: Warner Bros. UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

PODCAST: Shilo on the Audio Bullys

Shilo co-founder/director André Stringer and executive producer Tracy Chandler share the backstory to their new music video, "I'm In Love," for the UK electronic duo Audio Bullys. They discuss the photo-realistic CG elements and the importance of shaping their work to match the vibe of the song.

Listen to or download the mp3  or follow our instructions on how to subscribe via iTunes. You can watch the video for "I'm In Love" and a Making-Of featurette via the Shilo Player. Also, a beautiful, large format QuickTime is available  at streetgangfilms.com by clicking "Directors"  and the "Shilo."

Shilo is a creative production team whose work is all over TV, including a promo campaign for HBO's Def Poetry, a broadcast design package for VH1's telecast of the 2005 Rock And Roll hall Of Fame Ceremony, opening sequences for the MTV series TRL and Viva La Bam. Shilo was recently honored with a Creative Arts Emmy award in the Outstanding Main Title Design for their work on the acclaimed Showtime series Huff. For more info on the company or samples of their work, visit Shilo Design.com. Shilo is represented by Streetgang Films for music videos.

NEWS: Streetgang Films Gets New Site, New Address and a New Rep

Streetgang Films announced that Heidi Gregory is the production company's new U.S. rep. She will be representing the company's roster of Charles Mehling, Paul Minor and Shilo. Gregory will continue repping directors in a freelance basis at A Band and The Board @ Plum Productions. Streetgang's U.K. rep Alexa Haywood of Free Agent UK Ltd remains as Streetgang's rep for European work.

The company has also relocated to a new address in Santa Monica, CA. The full address, plus information about all of the directors above and much more can be found at the company's recently relaunched streetgangfilms.com.

SHOT: Kubb - Paul Minor, director

artist: Kubb
song: "Wicked Soul"
label: Mercury
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

NEW RELEASE: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Ain't No Easy Way"

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "Ain't No Easy Way" RCA
Charles Mehling, director
Jason Botkin, producer
Streetgang Films, production co
Ken Mowe, editor
Description: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club work up an organic bluesy swagger in "Ain't No Easy Way." The band's performance takes place at a party house where women enjoy both sin and salvation (or perhaps the salvation of sin?). Women entertain at a gathering of foreign army officers while they explore sexual boundaries with each other and take part in a communal meditation service. As BRMC fans could probably guess, the hazy and presumably opiate-fueled vibe meshes quite nicely with the band's sound.

SHOT: Louis XIV - Christian Swegal, director

A new video has been completed for "Finding Out True Love Is Blind." This version is slated to help the band successfully conquer the UK.

artist:  Louis XIV
song: "Finding Out True Love Is Blind"
label:  Atlantic
director(s):  Christian Swegal
production co:  Streetgang Films

NEW RELEASE: Funeral For A Friend "Monsters"

Funeral For A Friend "Monsters" Atlantic
Paul Minor, director
Streetgang Films, production co
Curtis Schmidt, editor
Description: Funeral For A Friend perform in a dark forest while intercut scenes show the singer being hunted down like an animal.

NEW RELEASE: Louis XIV "God Killed The Queen"

Louis XIV "God Killed The Queen" Atlantic
Christian Swegal, director
Streetgang Films, production co
Description: Louis XIV deliver another dose of dirty, sweet glam rock in this nicely hazy and retro video. Performance to an audience is mixed with shots of a sexy, debaucherous party. All of the footage is curved so as to seem like it's being shown on an old television.

BOOKED: Audio Bullys - Shilo, director

artist: Audio Bullys
song: "I'm In Love"
label: Virgin UK
director(s): Shilo
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Charles Mehling, director

Scheduled to shoot this week in Kiev, Ukraine...

artist:  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
song: "Ain't No Easy Way"
label:  Echo/RCA
director(s):  Charles Mehling
production co:  Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Funeral For A Friend - Paul Minor, director

Scheduled to shoot in Budapest...

artist: Funeral For A Friend
song: "Monsters"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

SHOT: Louis XIV - Made By Robots, directors

artist: Louis XIV
song: "God Killed The Queen"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Made By Robots
production co: Streetgang Films

Booked: Stereophonics - Charles Mehling, director

artist:  Stereophonics
song: "Superman"
label:  V2 Records
director(s):  Charles Mehling
production co:  Streetgang Films

SHOT: Funeral For A Friend - Paul Minor, director

artist:  Funeral For A Friend
song:  "Streetcar"
label:  Atlantic
director(s):  Paul Minor
production co:  Streetgang Films