Alun D Pughe is an award-winning Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 film and music video director.

Biography

Alun's career began in 2005 with a fifteen minute psychological film noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

 entitled The Girl, the Gun and the Desert. After the film was optioned for a European graphic novel adaptation it was nominated and later won the Swansea Bay Film Festival in 2006. Working under the banner of 'All Star Friends Productions', Alun moved directly into the music promo video industry winning the 'Notion Magazine Best New Film Maker Award' in 2007. At the end of the year Alun also won his category in the Newport International Film Festival

Newport International Film Festival

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. Alun's left field sensibilities and hunger for storytelling attracted him to Sir Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

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's panel of judges in May 2008 where he won Best Short Film (Over 10 mins).

Alun D Pughe is currently working in co-production with Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones

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 of Masterplan Films on a feature film entitled The White Room.

Swansea Bay Film Festival

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2006	Won	Best Film Noir	Best Film Noir for The Girl the Gun and the Desert

Notion Magazine

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2007	Won	TheExperiment	Best New Film Maker (in a music promo)

Newport International Film Festival

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2007	Won	Best Music Video	Best Music Video for On All Your Walls

Icewhole Film Contest

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	Best Short Film	Best Short Film

Filmography

2005: [Director] The Girl the Gun & the Desert (short film)

2005: [Director] Spit and Chew (music video)

2006: [Director] Fake Your Death (Music Video)

2006: [Director] It's All Gonna Catch Up With You (Music Video)

2006: [Director] Someone to Love (music video)

2006: [Director] Recoil (music video)

2006: [Director] History (music video)

2006: [Director] Attention (music video)

2006: [Director] Trust No One (music video)

2006: [Director] Dark Static (short film)

2007: [Director] On All Your Walls (music video)

2008: [Director] Never Be Like You (music video)

2008: [Director] For My Brothers (music video)

2009: [Director] City Queen (music video)

2009: [Director] The White Room (concept trailer)

External links

• Alun D Pughe at MySpace
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