Cinematic atmosphere at its best - Romain Chassaing. His work has a pacey black humour with regular nods to the icons of cinema. Romain grew up in Montpellier and studied graphic design in both Paris and Manchester with a plan to work in the music industry. While designing, photographing and finessing album artwork, his meticulous attention to craft caught the eye of several musicians, who invited him to direct their videos. Promos for Vitalic, Vald and Dizzee Rascal combine double-dealing edgy narratives with the darkest of humour. Romain’s collaboration with the band Naïve New Beaters has created a wealth of bold conceptual videos, notably ‘Words Hurt’; the D&amp;AD Yellow Pencil winning interactive film in which the viewer can fudge their own path to riches or ruin. Romain has applied his scrupulous craftsmanship to commercial work for Schweppes, Sega, Replay, Mercedes and many more.

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Winning is everything

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I like it like that

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Lucy

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Hyperflex

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Music video

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Salomon Ligthelm is a self-taught filmmaker, whose international background – a childhood spent in Johannesburg, Dubai, and Sydney - figures strongly in his distinctive, visual style. His textural and experimental work finds new ways of exploring visual storytelling, always with a human story at its core.

Ligthelm's work has garnered recognition across the world, with inclusion in both the Saatchi &amp; Saatchi and 1.4 New Directors Showcases, two Golds and three Silvers at the YDAs, shortlist for Online Commercial Of The Year over 2 minutes for Audi at Shots, shortlists for Music Video Of The Year at Shots, Best Alternative Video and Best New Director at the UKMVA’s, and a Music Video Shortlist at Ciclope.

His body of work includes short films like “Rocket Wars,” which documents the stunning aerial fireworks battle of a Greek village, as well as commercials for Audi, S7, and Valvoline, and music videos for artists like Daughter and Young Fathers.

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