Producer

MrMr

Oscar-nominated director Colm Bairéad directs an evocative promo for PJ Harvey, featuring acclaimed actor Ruth Wilson.&nbsp;The video for Seem An I features Wilson, running across a rural field&nbsp;in slow motion. A simple but strong&nbsp;idea, from the director of Irish language drama&nbsp;The Quiet Girl,&nbsp;nominated for Best Film in a Foreign Language at&nbsp;the Academy Awards in 2023, that is invested with mystery and drama by the presence of Wilson.And while the reasons for her flight&nbsp;are left to the viewer's imagination, the urgency and camerawork complements the power in Harvey's music, and builds to a powerful cliffhanger ending. Breathtaking work.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Lane Casting

Gus Sharpe

Colm Bairéad

Ella Woolgar

John Moule

Kate Mccullough

Katie Lambert

Rosie Brear

Freddie Wright

Sara Faulkner

Homespun

Ruth Wilson

Partisan Records

PJ Harvey 'Seem An I' by Colm Bairéad

Pj-Harvey--'Seem-An-I-'-by-Colm-Bairéad

Vic Lentaigne combines&nbsp;a supercool nightclub scenario with heartwarming romance starring Maisie Williams, for Romy's fabulous She's On My Mind.&nbsp;The video begins with Romy performing the track among the throng on a crowded dancefloor, as a group of partygoers enter the club - and then flashes back in time to the build-up to this big night out, and how Maisie's character falls for another girl in the group, and their tentative moves to connect.&nbsp;It all builds to a moment and big emotional rush as the pair finally get together on the dancefloor. Vic Lentaigne, Romy's wife and creative director, weaves a sweet&nbsp;and believable falling-in-love narrative into a neon-hued disco aesthetic with a super-hip&nbsp;cast of clubbers.Great work from all the cast, as well as Maisie Williams - and that&nbsp;means that all Romy does is perform this absolute banger of a track.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Vic Lentaigne

Nycollas Abreu

Martha McGuirk

Rose Lucas

Beatriz Sastre

Abi Hurcomb

Matty Mancy

Tamara Ishida

The Assembly Rooms

Myles Bevan

Studio RM

Catharina Scarpellini

Beau Pritchard James

Romy 'She's On My Mind' by Vic Lentaigne

Romy - She's On My Mind (Official Video)

Katie Lambert captures Georgia on a night out, and caught in 'WhatsApp Hell' in her vibrant video for&nbsp;Some Things You'll Never Know.&nbsp;&nbsp;Georgia is driving around London, hanging out&nbsp;with friends whilst&nbsp;being sucked into a WhatsApp conversation with some guy who is sending mixed messages. The messages are then added to the fabric of Georgia's world, with text encroaching upon&nbsp;on the road, on her car&nbsp;and in different locations across the video.It's cool and conceptual, but it's also&nbsp;about the emotion of Georgia's performance. And the video - DoP'd by director Douglas Bernardt - just looks great.[imgtoken data:1]

United Kingdom

Martha Howe

Oliver Whitworth

Frankie Noller

Douglas Bernardt

Joshua Jacobs

Matteo Zenini

Bean Harvey Williams

Jamie Oliver Lai

Ciaran Turner

Assembly Rooms

Andi Chu

Electric Theatre Collective

Mikko Ruostila

Domino Records

Georgia 'Some Things You'll Never Know' by Katie Lambert

Georgia-'Some-Things-You'll-Never-Know.-'-by-Katie-Lambert

Rosie Brear orchestrates&nbsp;a madcap road trip&nbsp;for&nbsp;new 'supergroup' FIZZ.Teaming up with bandmembers&nbsp;Orla Gartland, Greta Isaac, Dodie and Martin Luke Brown, Brear&nbsp;lays the foundations to the wacky world of FIZZ, taking the band down a surreal rabbit hole on a wild road trip to find Fizzville, in the High In Brighton promo.It's an eclectic, colourful trip with tentacle hands, monster feet and a random roadside café, and it's impossible not to fall in love with everything about it.&nbsp;And it looks like this is merely a taster of what's to come, and if future visuals are anything like this, it's going to be a rip-roaring good time.&nbsp;

Matty Mancey Jones

Pierre B

Ella Marafini

Olivia Jessop

Mia Maxwell

Frankie Willcock

Tom Thain

Rik Burnell

James Duddy

Wolf Wasserman

Nicolas Di Matteo

Guiseppe Stelitano

Georgia Hope

Maud Barry

Final Cut

Decca Records / Universal Music Group

Bedroom Pop

Supergroup

FIZZ 'High In Brighton' by Rosie Brear

Fizz-'High-In-Brighton'-by-Rosie-Brear

Pip Blom stalks the object of her affection - fairground worker&nbsp;Alex Kapranos, taking a break from&nbsp;Franz Ferdinand frontman duties - in MrMr's charming video for the Dutch indie quartet who share the name of their lead singer.Or is she? Things take a turn when someone else enters the fairground scenario and then a trip to the dodgems leads to a fortuitous collision...[imgtoken data:1]"This video encapsulated all of our favourite things. Rides, unrequited love and the flexibility of gender. If I had a pound for every man I’ve stalked around a fun fair I’d have maybe two, maybe three pounds," says MrMr's Katie Lambert on Instagram."[Pip Blom] really brought it performance wise on this video in less than ideal conditions and so a mega well done to her and also a huge thank you to dreamboat&nbsp;[Alex Kapranos]. Thank you to the small but mighty team on this."

Len Blanco

Olivia Awuor

Adam Barnett

Sunjna Mullick

Joel Rosenberg

Patrycja Cygan

Chris Wilson

Felipe Szulc

Nomad Editing Company

Digital Orchard

Indie Rock

Indie

Pip Blom ft Alex Kapranos 'Is This Love?' by MrMr 

Pip-Blom-Ft.-Alex-Kapranos-'Is-This-Love?-'-by-Mrmr-

Lava La Rue self-directs the video for new track Renegade, channeling iconic Japanese kids Tv in an actual model village.Inspired by 70's Ultraman Taro episodes, Lava premieres their new alter-ego Starface, in an action packed battle between two giant creatures.Equal parts Power Rangers, Star Trek and sleepy English village, the video boasts&nbsp;a mish-mash of otherworldly vignettes, excellently blended together with a stylish sense of whimsy.&nbsp;The hypnotic, psychedelic backdrops and exquisite art direction are the cherry on top of a fresh, exciting concept, and an excellent introduction to Lava's new character.&nbsp;

Troy Smith

Charlie Morris

Lavaland

Rae Lemeshow

Piero Cioffi

Ailsa Aikoa

Ella Woollgar

Josh Jacob

Joel Spence

Dorothy Iskrzynska

Clump Collective

Jenny Simmons

Jenny Glynn

Alex Gregory

No.8

Greedy Goons

Stephanie Burrell

Josh "stolen Nova" Landau

Eddie Lopes

Luca Caruso

Aaron Baksh

Dirty Hit

Lava La Rue 'Renegade' by Lavaland

Lava-La-Rue-'Renegade-'-by-Lavaland

A second video for Katie Melua by director/producer duo MrMr takes a poignant and emotional&nbsp;look at the experience of women coming to work in the UK, with&nbsp;loved ones far away.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the video for Love and Money, we see the lead character - played by Sophie Chinner - talk&nbsp;to her son on a video call, making the most of a small window of time before she needs to get back to work.&nbsp;As a cleaner of an upscale home, her work day is silent and contemplative, but when her memories begin to seep into the present moment, she takes the opportunity to dance&nbsp;in reflection of times spent with her loved ones.This is one of a pair of videos for Melua by MrMr - Katie Lambert and Martha McGuirk - that explore the experience of coming to live and work in the UK from elsewhere,&nbsp;and released shortly before the more upbeat <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/04/26/katie-melua-quiet-moves-mrmr-0/81297" target="_blank">Quiet Moves</a>.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"This song made us think about the countless women all over the world who travel to foreign countries in order to work and to send money to their loved ones at home," say Lambert and McGuirk, aka MrMr.&nbsp;"We wanted to show the sadness in being apart from your family, but also the strength and determination these women have. When we spoke to Katie Melua about the idea this is something which really resonated with her as she comes from Georgia, where a lot of women travel abroad for work."The video was beautifully shot by Ailsa Aikoa and cut by Tamara Ishida at Assembly Rooms. Our lead Sophie Chinner was also amazing - a brilliant dancer and actress."

Sam Storey

Nathalie Gabrielsson

Maya Dufeu

Faye Purcell

Liam Wallace Cook

Wayne A.w. Bentley

Lou Macnamara

Em Turner

Maxi-boy O'sullivan

Mikey Boats

Bmg Rights Management (ltd) Uk

Katie Melua 'Love And Money' by MrMr

Katie-Melua-'Love-And-Money-'-by-Mrmr

A bored fish and chip worker loves to dance, in this life-affirming video for Katie Melua by MrMr.&nbsp;Melua's song Quiet Moves is about immigration and culture; how growing up in the UK impacts on those who were come from other countries - as Melua herself did - and how these people retain their cultural heritage, often 'quietly'. The video&nbsp;reflects that message through the lead character. He&nbsp;has the most English of jobs - working in a fish &amp; chip shop. But he wants to dance... when no-one is watching.Only it turns out that someone is watching: a little girl who becomes his fascinated spectator and then his dance-partner, when he takes his dance to the streets around the fish and chip shop.&nbsp;MrMr - aka Katie Lambert and Martha&nbsp;McGuirk - give the video a charming simplicity and lightness of touch that suits the&nbsp;characteristic gentle delivery of Katie Melua - who cameos as one of the fish &amp; chip shop customers. The duo are better known as producers, but they show here they have a good reason to be serious about switching over to directing.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Emily Engelman

Bmg Rights Management Ltd

Katie Melua 'Quiet Moves' by MrMr

Katie-Melua-'Quiet-Moves-'-by-Mrmr

Stink Rising have announced the signing of award-winning producing duo&nbsp;MrMr to their global directing roster.MrMr are Katie Lambert and Martha McGuirk, who are returning to Stink where they first began working together in 2018, when Lambert was Head of Music at the London-based production company and recruited McGuirk to join as music video producer.The pair left Stink to establish their own production company, MrMr Films, in 2020. Since then they have produced ad campaigns and high profile music videos for the likes of Little Simz, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Muse and others, working with directors such as&nbsp;Lope Serrano at CANADA, Felix Brady, Georgia Hudson, Terrence Neale and Salomon Ligthelm.In addition to their producing work, MrMr have co-directed&nbsp;music videos with artists such as Wet Leg and Self Esteem, eventually moving into solo directing on projects, including a short film for Suede’s album Autofiction.&nbsp;Their latest project as directors is their short film <a href="https://stinkfilms.com/project/eat-it-competition" target="_blank">Eat It</a> - a gut-busting&nbsp;comedy. Released last week and destined for a festival run, Eat It has so far been accepted at&nbsp;Birmingham Film Festival, Oslo Film festival, Oaxaca Film Festival and New York Shorts.“It’s nice to be back and pestering all our old co-workers to try and get us scripts," say MrMr's Lambert and McGuirk - who will continue to produce the work they direct. "Jokes aside, we’ve seen first hand the skill and care of the Stink EPs and we’re incredibly grateful they are giving us their time and talent.”&nbsp;&nbsp;Blake Powell, Stink Global Head of Film, adds: “Katie and Martha have long been part of the Stink family and I'm excited to have them back, this time as directors. They are sharp, ambitious directors who have a highly valuable background in production with an eye for creatively driven stories.”• Watch MrMr's showreel at Stink Rising <a href="https://stinkfilms.com/artist/mrmr" target="_blank">here</a>

Stink Films

MrMr sign to Stink Rising as directors

Georgia Hudson returns to music videos to pull out all the stops for P!nk's old school banger Trustfall, the title track from the US superstar's new album.It's a cinematic epic in keeping with P!nk's huge (and hugely consistent)&nbsp;body of work over the past two-plus decades - where the artist plays indominatable super-guardian to a new generation of kids who need the belief to find their wings. And of course they do, over a series of beautifully realised set-ups across LA cityscapes, in suburbia and on beachside highways - and terrific wirework too.With&nbsp;sumptuous cinematography of Gaul Porat and visceral choreography from Ryan Heffington, it is above all a glorious return to the medium by Georgia Hudson - reminiscent of her last collab with P!nk, for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/08/16/pnk-what-about-us-georgia-hudson/49275" target="_blank">What About Us</a>, five&nbsp;years ago - and also co-produced by the team now known as MrMr - Katie Lambert and Martha McGuirk.Fist-pumping, big screen&nbsp;stuff. Now they just need to bring back proper MTV.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;&nbsp;

Adam Wilson

Selenia Rios

Georgia Hudson

Aiden Magarian

Park Pictures London

Gaul Porat

Fran Thompson

Ryan Heffington

Paul O'Reilly

Cartel

Daniel DeVue

Trafik

Time Based Arts

RCA Records

freenjoy

Shift

P!nk 'Trustfall' by Georgia Hudson

P!nk-'Trustfall'-by-Georgia-Hudson

Carlota Guerrero&nbsp;directs a dazzling, challenging&nbsp;promo for Ellie Goulding.The video for Let It Die presents a series of&nbsp;performance setups, blending contemporary aesthetics with raw, primal movement and animalistic instinct.&nbsp;Visualising the breakdown of a relationship through these abstract scenes, the contrast&nbsp;of refinement and spontaneity bleeds into every element, from the gallery-esque location to the sensational styling - including a naked breast-revealing bra top worn by Ellie.&nbsp;

Ellie Koslowksy

Maggie McDermott

Nathan Klein

Carlota Guerrero

We Folk

Katie Dolan

William Pope

Jack Exton

Alasdair Copland

Callum Hammet

Mike Linforth

Joshua Dadson

Candela Capitan

Dasha Taivas

Lucy Berry

Megan Lee

Ellie Goulding 'Let It Die' by Carlota Guerrero  

Ellie-Goulding-'Let-It-Die'-by-Carlota-Guerrero--

A battle ensues for Wizkid's heart, in CHILD's stylish, UK-shot promo for Bad To Me.&nbsp;On the set of a contemporary TV show, we are introduced to various behind the scenes staff, including a showrunner the artist is romantically involved in.&nbsp;Between the glitzy performance setups and entertaining vignettes, we see this romance develop as several other women have their eye on him.&nbsp;It's a glamorous affair, from the slick styling through to the effervescent lighting, and the video is already racking up the views in the millions.&nbsp;

Syd Harmony

Karen Binns

CHILD

Dasha Deriagina

De La Revolucion

Camille Yorrick

Tom Nowell

Joel Honeywell

Chanel Parkinson

Callum Watt

Ernest Tu

Shamara Roper

Emma Miles

Laura Cairney-keize

Trim Editing

Luke Morrison

Wizkid 'Bad To Me' by CHILD

Wizkid-'Bad-To-Me'-by-Child

<h3>The producer pair have shaken up the tree of music video production with a new production company model, while still working for other companies. Do keep up.&nbsp;DK talks to Ms Lambert and Ms McGuirk about life as MrMr - or is that MrMr Films? - and finds that banter is not just for boys.</h3>&nbsp;With years of experience between them producing music videos - including a few MVA winners&nbsp;along the way - Katie Lambert (above, left)&nbsp;and Martha McGuirk (right) made the bold decision in late 2020&nbsp;to leave&nbsp;their roles running the music video division at Stink Films&nbsp;to set up on their own. And also do things a little differently.Lambert and McGuirk founded MrMr Films, and since then the company has produced videos for Little Simz, Wet Leg, Self Esteem,&nbsp;Foals and alt-J. They have done this without what would usually be regarded a production company's main selling point:&nbsp;a roster of directors. Instead, MrMr Films'&nbsp;has produced work where artists have directed their own videos, provided a production base for unattached directors, and&nbsp;even directed work themselves, with a short film directed by Lambert for the new Suede album Autofiction released last month.Furthermore, the pair have also become freelance producers for hire - known simply as MrMr. In that role they have also produced some of the more high-end music video productions coming out of the UK in the past couple of years, including for Dua Lipa, Little Simz (again), Sam Smith and Harry Styles.We spoke to them about their ongoing adventures as MrMr, finding out about the inspiration and motivation behind it, their favourite work so far, and what they have planned for the future.Although, we didn't always get a straight answer - or even the same answer - from this quick-witted, fast-talking double act...&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>After years developing directors... it was time to think of ourselves as the people who needed developing.</blockquote>DK: Being a ‘producer&nbsp;duo’ is (still) quite unusual&nbsp;in the world of music video production. How did it happen?KL: Production can be incredibly lonely and you need someone to bounce off, and whinge to. Someone who really understands how stressful a bitchy agent can be, and exactly why we have to charge mark-up on all overages.We did a lot of jobs as this team [at Stink], and as the department got busier,&nbsp;and we had to do jobs apart, we realised everything was 100% more fun when you had a pal. And so we thought why not start our own thing, making sure we could have each other on every job in a beautiful, supportive, co-dependent, money-making machine. MrMr was built on these sturdy, healthy&nbsp;foundations.How does it work?&nbsp;Would you recommend it?MM: We divide and conquer depending on the job, and who hates the director most. If we can’t decide then we both have to do it.KL: 95% of the time I would recommend being a production duo. Sometimes Martha can be moody as hell and on those days I wish I was going it alone. Luckily, most of the time she's OK. I’m not sure we are a ‘’good team’’ but we do our best to muddle through.MM: Katie can be very needy. She demands we share a room on all away jobs.[imgtoken data:2]As MrMr, you are both a production company and producers/production team. What’s the difference? Does one version take precedence over the other?MM: We are still freelancing for others. Some of our best work is for other companies and traditionally our videos for big artists are with other production companies - for example, Dua Lipa for CANADA, Harry Styles for Prettybird.KL: Freelancing is very fun because we can work across companies, countries and directors. It’s the juicy jobs you always wanted.MM: Making stuff as MrMr has always been important to us. It started out with smaller videos with the artist directing like Self Esteem and Wet Leg but we’ve also worked with freelance directors who bring projects to us. Muse, for example, came through director Jared Hogan.What was the first job you did as MrMr?MM: We shot a video for Emir Taha with director and photographer Olivia Rose. This was our first full MrMr shoot running as a production company. It&nbsp;was a tiny shoot but felt very exciting to be doing something totally on our own.[vidtoken data:0]KL: Our first job was actually a Celeste video with Joe Connor and it was a performance thing with a two day turnaround. It was fun and Joe is lovely. I quite like the jobs when you have zero time, because you have to make decisions and roll with it. It’s exciting.[vidtoken data:1]MM: Oh yes, Joe Connor! Ahem, that was first. Our first big (commercial) job felt like the Samsung “Awesome is for Everyone” campaign with our sweet son Felix Brady.It was shooting in Lagos, Rio, Bangkok. Kyiv, Amsterdam and London (remotely mostly) but that was a big deal and a stressful but exciting ride. We all went to Kyiv for over a month and just had a production hub from our AirBnB. There were a lot of arguments, and once Felix accused us of trying to kill him, but overall a lovely time.[imgtoken data:3]Above: McGuirk (left), Felix Brady (centre) and Lambert (right) on the Samsung shootYou launched MrMr Films as a production company with a different proposition to the usual structure. What’s the thinking behind it? What motivated you to launch it?KL: It’s rosterless, that’s the crucial difference. Any company with a roster is structured to further those directors careers, and get them onto higher budget projects. Often that path is from music videos to ads, and this is something I loved doing – both at Agile and Stink. But, the time the pandemic rolled in I’d been developing directors for the best part of 8 years.I was (and remain) so proud of all the directors we worked with but it was time to think of ourselves as the people who needed developing and do projects that suited us.<blockquote>Artists who direct are much like new directors - they need creative support and help. Doesn’t everyone?</blockquote>MM: I think filmmaking and production is so much more than that, and a crucial factor of MrMr is us having the independence to do whatever we’d like. We went to Nashville for a month last year to shoot a short film, and we’re developing a lot of longform [ideas]&nbsp;– these feel like projects for us. MrMr means freedom.&nbsp;Good times all the time.[vidtoken data:2]You’ve worked with several music artists who have directed their own videos - Self Esteem, Little Simz, Rhian from&nbsp;Wet Leg... Have you actively sought those projects? Do the challenges differ from working with ‘professional’ directors?&nbsp;KL: This happened super-organically. Basically from making music videos for 10 years we knew a few commissioners and managers. When these artists want to make something, but don’t want a ‘director’&nbsp;per se&nbsp;– why not talk directly to the producers? It’s really rewarding and some of our proudest work.Honestly, artists directing are much like new directors. They need creative support and help - but doesn’t everyone? It depends on the artist and director, of course.MM: I’d say the biggest challenge is that artists may have a busier schedule than directors (!). But often it’s actually a smoother process because we’re doing directly what the artist wants. I feel like the biggest single factor in music video success is artists feeling involved and actually responsible for the creative. When you’re going straight to the source its simpler.[vidtoken data:3]You started working with Wet Leg after Chaise Longue had become a word-of-mouth smash, and you produced the all-important follow-up for Wet Dream. Presumably that all went to plan as you have been working with them on several videos since...?KL: It was the week after Green Man last year, and we were both feeling a&nbsp;little&nbsp;under the weather... Martha cried all the way to the Isle of Wight.MM: Katie demanded I drive all the way, and also that a small van would be big enough for all the kit. Guess what? It wasn’t.KL: Anyway, we got there and we were met by Rhian and Hester who immediately made the whole hideous journey worthwhile. We had a delighful time dressing up as lobsters and running around with the dream boat Ailsa Aikoa. When they came back this year&nbsp;[for Ur Mum] with Lava La Rue, how could we say no?[vidtoken data:4]Then you went on to produce the first Alt-J video from the current album, directed by Prosper Unger-Hamilton - brother of Gus&nbsp;from the band - for&nbsp;U&amp;ME...KL: Prosper got in touch with us via Isaac Eastgate and this project was incredibly fun. Romford Skatepark is a special place, complete with a squirrel hotel, ‘black hole’ BMX drop and ‘rom rash’ (you don’t want to know) – and the amazing manager Becky couldn’t have been more accommodating to us. Martha fell in love with a skater called David. That’s what the video is about, mostly.[vidtoken data:5]Dua Lipa’s Love Again - with Dua, linedancing and invisible horses…. How did you manage it? Was that the most challenging video you produced last year?MM: I think this probably was the most challenging video, yes. Lope [Serrano of CANADA] is one of the greatest,so it truly was exciting, but the budget wasn’t huge compared to the scale.We had a lot to shoot in the two days and only had Dua for one of those. We had to get several horses into the underground ballroom and the only access into the space was a lift which the horses were not too keen on.[imgtoken data:4]Above: McGuirk (left) and Lambert (right) with Karen Saurí (centre) in Grosvenor House Hotel for the Dua Lipa 'Love Again' shoot<blockquote>I was VERY worried about the carpet, which was not insurable...</blockquote>Art department hand-blew 400 eggs. Costume had to sew a greenscreen suit for the horse and hand stitch hundreds of tiny lights to Dua’s costume and then do it AGAIN overnight when someone unpicked the hundreds of lights before the stunt double had worn the clothes the next day. I was VERY worried about the carpet, which was not insurable and spent most of the time checking the horses rubber hoof protectors were on.KL: It was difficult but I managed to pull it off in good humour. I had a lovely day with the horsies.[vidtoken data:6]You were the production company on the Muse video Won't Stand Down, so when did you come on board, what were your roles in achieving this ambitious concept? Was this one of the last videos to shoot in Ukraine?KL: Jared Hogan is a long time friend and all around king. We were hanging out in Nashville (casual) when he won this video with Lark, and we were delighted to make it happen. We flew directly from Nashville to Kyiv because we didn’t want to miss the shoot.Luckily for us, the staggeringly talented Savvas Stavrou and Dasha Deriagina were all over it. This was December last year, so yes I think it’s fair to say it was one of the last projects shot in Kyiv.&nbsp;MM: My favourite moment was when the Matt Bellamy mask arrived and we all tried it on in the Shelter production office.[vidtoken data:7]You've produced several Wet Leg videos directed by lead singer Rhian. How and why did Lava LaRue get to direct Ur Mum?KL: Lava is one of the most uniquely talented people. They are a whirlwind of ideas, solutions, stories – all told at a million miles an hour with no pause for breath. This whole idea and story was written and developed by Lava with Rhian and we were just happy to be a part of the madness. I’ve never been more impressed with a new (ish?!) director on set than I was with Lava on ‘Ur Mum’.Poppy Ashton produced the video and the whole shoot was a super refreshing reminder of why it’s fun to make videos and exactly how creative a whole crew can be. It was a tonic we needed at the time.MM: You had to be over 25 to drive the camper van which meant no one else on the crew was nearly old enough. So I spent the day doing a lot of 9 point turns...[vidtoken data:8]You’ve been (mostly) working on budgets at the higher end of the scale in a year which overall has seemed tighter than ever, budget-wise. So has that come with greater pressure than before?Martha: YES, I’m incredibly stressed all the time.Katie: Mostly fine.<blockquote>Who knew Harry Styles was so famous? I was always a Louis girl myself.</blockquote>Arguably your biggest music video production this year so far was as freelance producers of&nbsp;Harry Styles – Late Night Talking...MM: The video was… ahem… challenging. Who knew Harry Styles was so famous? I was always a Louis girl myself. The self-proclaimed ‘Harry’s Whores’ (nice one ladies) kept guess the code word and the casting call was leaked for the world to see.KL: We used E Pellicci Café - which is next door to our office -&nbsp;as one of the locations. It is a proper East End London ‘Italian’ and they were incredibly excited, yet disappointed about the no pictures rule. However, they made Harry sign 25 Pellici tea towels instead, which he did like a total champ. What a man.[vidtoken data:9]MM: [Name redacted] asked Katie to join him in the Holiday Inn after the shoot wrapped.KL: I was flattered but had to decline.Does the MrMr&nbsp;structure operate in the same way for your commercial work?KL: It depends on how busy we are and who we are producing for. We often divide and conquer in prep and then both turn up for the shoots. It's easier for managing client / agency that way and it’s only fair we both enjoy the fancy commercial catering. We try to name a lead Mr on every project now, but it's hard because don’t want to encourage favouritism, and Martha is much better at most things than me.Can you talk about other projects you are working on at the moment - music video-related or otherwise?KL: Making movies. The L Word but set in London, 2022. A female Indiana Jones, set in colonial Greece and returning treasures. Bring It On but English, shit and gay. A middle aged woman digs a hole in her garden to die in.There are a lot of ideas floating around the MrMr office. Not many of them are very good - but that’s part of the fun.MM: I’d like to focus on my memoir, “Martha McGuirk: On Her Own.”• See more MrMr work <a href="https://www.mrmrfilms.com/" target="_blank">here</a>

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