Nick Morris
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Nick Morris is a film maker who began his career in the 1980s with music videos for "The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (song)
"The Final Countdown" is a rock song by the Swedish band Europe released in 1986. Written by Joey Tempest, it was the first single from the band's third studio album which was also named The Final Countdown. It is considered by some to be the band's most recognizable and popular song. The song...

" by Europe
Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

, "Kyrie
Kyrie (song)
"Kyrie" was a #1 hit song by the 1980s pop/rock band Mr. Mister, from their 1985 album Welcome to the Real World. Released in late 1985, it hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in March 1986, where it was #1 for two weeks. It also hit the top spot on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart...

" by Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister is an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister." Mr. Mister may be considered as...

 and "Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young
Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...

. After making approximately 100 promos for artists such as Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

, Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

, Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...

, Warrant
Warrant (American band)
Warrant is an American heavy metal band from Hollywood, California, that experienced success from 1989-1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, and one of its...

, Terence Trent D’Arby, Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

, Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Carrack has been a member of several bands including Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music, been a session and touring musician for several others including Nick Lowe, and has enjoyed success as a solo artist as well...

, Prefab Sprout
Prefab Sprout
Prefab Sprout are an alternative English pop rock band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, England who rose to fame during the 1980s. Eight of their albums have reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and one of their singles, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", peaked at number seven in the UK...

, Kirsty McCall, Go West
Go West (band)
Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist and drummer Peter Cox ; and guitarist and vocalist Richard Drummie...

, The Kane Gang, The Alarm
The Alarm
The Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a mod band and stayed together for over ten years. As a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture...

, Status Quo, Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...

, Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...

, Nena
Nena
Gabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she...

, Scorpions
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

 and the number one charity single Ferry Aid
Ferry Aid
Ferry Aid were a British-American ensemble group, brought together to record the song "Let It Be" in 1987. The single was released following the Zeebrugge Disaster, which had occurred on 6 March 1987 involving the capsizing of the MS Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, which killed 193 passengers and...

, he moved into longer form projects including the Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...

 show Alegría, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...

, which won an International Emmy, and AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...

; Stiff Upper Lip Live
Stiff Upper Lip Live
Stiff Upper Lip Live is a DVD made by Australian rock group AC/DC during their Stiff Upper Lip World Tour, which was supporting their album Stiff Upper Lip...

 in Munich. He has also directed DVDs for comedians such as The Mighty Boosh
The Mighty Boosh
The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Developed from three stage shows and a six episode radio series, it has since spawned a total of twenty television episodes for BBC Three and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows in the...

, Mitchell & Webb and Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his appearances on Black Books, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.Bailey was listed by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in...

. Other work includes numerous trailers and music clips for West End shows such as The Producers
The Producers (musical)
The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks and music composed by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly and Doug Besterman. As in the film, the story concerns two theatrical producers who scheme to get rich...

, Spamalot
Spamalot
Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre...

, Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls
Calendar Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia...

, Guys & Dolls, Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 romantic fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. The film shows the story of an artificial man named Edward, an unfinished creation, who has scissors for hands. Edward is taken in by a suburban family and falls in love with their teenage daughter...

 and The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...

. in 2009 he captured Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles...

's triumphant homecoming concert at the O2 Arena
The O2 arena (London)
The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the centre of The O2, a large entertainment complex on the Greenwich peninsula in London, England.With a capacity of up to 20,000 depending on the event, it is second largest...

 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 and Jude Law
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...

's portrayal of Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

.

1985

  • Paul Young
    Paul Young (singer and guitarist)
    Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...

     - "Everytime You Go Away
    Everytime You Go Away
    "Everytime You Go Away" is a song written by Daryl Hall and covered by Paul Young in 1985 .The original appeared on Hall & Oates's 1980 album, Voices, although it was not released as a single. Hall & Oates also recorded it for their 1985 concert album Live at the Apollo. Young's version hit number...

    "
  • Mr. Mister
    Mr. Mister
    Mr. Mister is an American pop rock band most popular in the 1980s. The band's name came from an inside joke about a Weather Report album called Mr. Gone where they referred to each other as "Mister This" or "Mister That", and eventually selected "Mr. Mister." Mr. Mister may be considered as...

     - "Kyrie
    Kyrie (song)
    "Kyrie" was a #1 hit song by the 1980s pop/rock band Mr. Mister, from their 1985 album Welcome to the Real World. Released in late 1985, it hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in March 1986, where it was #1 for two weeks. It also hit the top spot on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart...

    "

1986

  • The Alarm
    The Alarm
    The Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a mod band and stayed together for over ten years. As a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture...

     - "Spirit of '76"
  • Europe
    Europe (band)
    Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

     - "The Final Countdown
    The Final Countdown (song)
    "The Final Countdown" is a rock song by the Swedish band Europe released in 1986. Written by Joey Tempest, it was the first single from the band's third studio album which was also named The Final Countdown. It is considered by some to be the band's most recognizable and popular song. The song...

    "
  • Toto
    Toto (band)
    Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...

     - "I'll Be over You
    I'll Be over You
    "I'll Be over You" is a hit single by the American pop-rock band Toto. Taken as a single from their 1986 album, Fahrenheit, the song reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1986...

    "
  • Eddie Money
    Eddie Money
    Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...

     - "Take Me Home Tonight
    Take Me Home Tonight
    "Take Me Home Tonight" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money, from his album Can't Hold Back, released in 1986. It was released as a single and reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks...

    "
  • Eddie Money - "I Wanna Go Back
    I Wanna Go Back
    "I Wanna Go Back" is a 1984 song by American rock band Billy Satellite, written by band members Monty Byrom, Danny Chauncey, and Ira Walker, that achieved major popularity when recorded by Eddie Money in 1986...

    "
  • Europe - "Rock the Night
    Rock the Night (song)
    "Rock the Night" is a single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest in 1984 and premiered on the band's Wings of Tomorrow tour the same year....

    "
  • Europe - "Carrie
    Carrie (song)
    "Carrie" is a 1987 hit single and power ballad released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the third single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown, and it is their highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart -- peaking at #3 during the fall of 1987...

    "

1987

  • The Robert Cray Band
    Robert Cray
    Robert Cray is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career.-Career:...

     - "Nothin' But a Woman"
  • Jennifer Rush
    Jennifer Rush
    Jennifer Rush is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.-Career:...

     & Elton John
    Elton John
    Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

     - "Flames of Paradise"
  • Mason Ruffner - "Dancing on Top of the World"
  • Jennifer Rush - "Heart Over Mind"
  • Eddie Money - "We Should Be Sleeping
    We Should Be Sleeping
    "We Should Be Sleeping" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money, released as the fourth single from his album Can't Hold Back in 1986. It reached #90 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Context:...

    "
  • Europe - "Cherokee
    Cherokee (song)
    "Cherokee" is a 1987 hit single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the fourth single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown, and was number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA....

    "

1988

  • The Alarm - "Presence of Love"
  • Cinderella
    Cinderella (band)
    Cinderella is an American heavy metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. They were famous for being a glam metal band, but then shifted over towards a more hard...

     - "Gypsy Road
    Gypsy Road (Cinderella song)
    "Gypsy Road" was a #51 US hit for Cinderella in 1989, from their second album, Long Cold Winter, which was released almost a whole year before....

    "
  • Europe - "Superstitious
    Superstitious (song)
    "Superstitious" is a 1988 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the first single released from the album Out of This World. It charted at #31 in the Billboard Hot 100, #9 at the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #34 in the UK Singles Chart....

    "
  • Cinderella - "Don't Know What You Got (till It's Gone)"
  • Europe - "Let the Good Times Rock
    Let the Good Times Rock
    "Let the Good Times Rock" is a 1989 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the third single from their album Out of This World...

    "

1989

  • Warrant
    Warrant (American band)
    Warrant is an American heavy metal band from Hollywood, California, that experienced success from 1989-1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, and one of its...

     - "Heaven
    Heaven (Warrant song)
    Heaven is a song by American glam metal band Warrant. A power ballad, it was released in 1989 as the second single from Warrant's debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich...

    "
  • Cinderella - "The Last Mile"
  • Marillion
    Marillion
    Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

     - "Hooks in You"

1990

  • Basia
    Basia
    Basia Trzetrzelewska is a Polish singer-songwriter and record producer. She established a successful international recording career featuring characteristically Latin-flavoured jazz-pop crossover songs during the late 1980s and early 1990s and the late 2000s and 2010s, particularly in the United...

     - "Cruising for Bruising"
  • No Sweat - "Heart and Soul"
  • Warrant - "Big Talk"
  • Bad English
    Bad English
    Bad English was an American/British hard rock supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys.- History :...

     - "Price of Love"

1991

  • Roadhouse
    Roadhouse (band)
    Roadhouse was a British rock band that once included former Def Leppard members guitarist Pete Willis and drummer Frank Noon. However, Noon was no longer in Roadhouse by the time of the recording of their debut album. Roadhouse released their self-titled album in August 1991. The album is often...

     - "Tower of Love"
  • Steelheart
    Steelheart
    Steelheart is a glam metal band based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Formed in 1990, the band is fronted by vocalist Miljenko Matijevic.- Formation :...

     - "She's Gone"
  • Bad English - "Straight to Your Heart"
  • Europe - "Prisoners in Paradise
    Prisoners in Paradise (song)
    "Prisoners in Paradise" is a 1991 single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was the first single from the album of the same name. The single charted at #9 in Sweden.-Personnel:*Joey Tempest − lead vocals...

    "
  • Warrant - "I Saw Red"

Other work

THE BT DIGITAL MUSIC AWARDS 2007
5 Programmes for Channel 4
With Natasha Bedingfield, Paul McCartney, Mutya Buena, Kate Nash, etc.

David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...

 - “Remember That Night
Remember That Night
Remember That Night is a live concert recording of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 29, 30 & 31 May 2006 as part of his On an Island tour. The title is taken from a line in the song "On an Island". It has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats...

” Launch. Biggest-ever Cinema simulcast of live performances, Q & A and show extracts from the Odeon Leicester Square (to cinemas across Europe) and the Ritzy, Brixton (to cinemas across North America)

MITCHELL & WEBB - THE TWO FACES OF MITCHELL & WEBB
The stars of those Apple ads & The Peep show live on DVD

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - LIVE
Roger Waters live in the UK and Canada for HD DVD

SPAMALOT
The Tony award winning musical in London. Music Clips and EPK

AC/DC; STIFF UPPER LIP
26 camera shoot in the Olympic stadium, Munich (live DVD)

JAMIROQUAI
Live Channel 4 shoot at the B-Live festival

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “ALEGRIA”
Filmed live in the Grand Chapiteau in Sydney,
Nominated, Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special,
2002 Primetime Emmy awards.

THE MIGHTY BOOSH LIVE
Live DVD recorded at Brixton Academy

THE BIG CHILL
60 min Channel Four Music Festival / live music & documentary

BILL BAILEY “PART TROLL”
Multicamera live concert DVD & Channel 4 TV show.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (co-directed with Gale Edwards)
Shot at Pinewood studios.
Winner, Performing Arts Category, 2001 International Emmy awards.

CELEBRATION; THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER IN CHINA
Multicamera live concert / documentary recorded at the Great Hall Of The People, Beijing

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “VAREKAI”
Live from Toronto, In High definition. Seen on Bravo and DVD.

SHAOLIN; “WHEEL OF LIFE” / “MASTERS EDITION”/ “KUNG FU MASTERS LIVE”
The monks of the Shaolin Temple in a live kung-fu spectacular. Filmed both on location in China and onstage in London. (2000 , 2001 and 2004)

UMOJA
Live DVD of the African musical spectacular, in Durban, South Africa.

PINK – LIVE IN LONDON
Seen on Channel 4, MTV, etc.

TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY – INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE LIVE
Concert/Documentary in Munich, for Channel 4.

SIMPLY RED; HOME
“On Tour” documentary shot in Turkey, Croatia and Sicily.

ONE NIGHT WITH ROD STEWART
Backstage documentary director/editor. BBC One.

MATTHEW BOURNE’S “EDWARD SCISSORHANDS”
Live EPK at Sadler’s Wells, London

CELINE DION; A NEW DAY, LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
2 X 45 minute documentaries.

CAT STEVENS; MAJIKAT LIVE
Live Concert and documentary DVD.

THE LAST NIGHT OF “CATS”
Recorded live at the New London theatre

GUYS AND DOLLS
Live EPK & Music clips for the show, starring Ewan Macgregor.

THE PRODUCERS
Live EPK & Music clips for the hit West End musical.

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Music Clips and Live EPK with Richard O’Brien for the 2006 production

BOMBAY DREAMS
Bombay Dreams
Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical, with music by A. R. Rahman, lyrics by Don Black and the book by Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan,and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The London production opened in 2002 and ran for two years...


EPK, Music video & Cinema ad for the hit West End musical

DAVID GILMOUR
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...

“SMILE” / “ON AN ISLAND”
Music Videos & EPK clips
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