UK Music Video Awards 2022: The Winners

Pharrell’s Cash In Cash Out wins four awards including Video Of The Year at the UK Music Video Awards 2022; Little Simz’s Point & Kill video wins three UKMVAs.

The video for Pharrell’s Cash In Cash Out won four awards, including the most prestigious prize of all - Video Of The Year - while the video for Little Simz’s Point & Kill won three awards, at the 15th UK Music Video Awards, held this evening in London.

Harry Styles, Rosalía, Michael Kiwanuka, Doechii, Sam Fender, and black midi, were also among the numerous artists whose music videos were honoured at the UKMVAs 2022, where awards were bestowed upon the videos’ creators and makers, in the biggest celebration of the year for creativity in the field of music videos.

Other big winners on the night included Ukranian director Tanu Muino – who won the prize for Best Director for the second year running; Ebeneza Blanche, who directed the Little Simz Point & Kill video and won the Best New Director award; and Jules de Chateleux and Division Paris, the producer and the production company (respectively) behind the Pharrell - Cash In Cash Out video, who won Best Producer and Best Production Company awards.

Meanwhile, Loyle Carner accepted the award for Best Performance in a Video for his promo for Hate – which he co-directed with Greg Hackett – at the sold-out event attended by music video professionals from the UK and beyond at new venue Magazine, in South East London.

Among the Individual awards, veteran music video commissioner John Moule won the Best Commissioner prize, Alexa Haywood won Best Agent, and Christopher Ripley was the winner of the inaugural Best Director of Photography at the UKMVAs.

The Outstanding Achievement Award, bestowed on an individual who has made a huge contribution to the industry over many years, was presented to Dan Curwin, director of music videos at Atlantic Records in the UK, and commissioner of some of the UK’s most successful videos, for the likes of Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora, Stormzy and Rudimental.

But the biggest honours of all were scooped by the makers of the remarkable animated video for Pharrell’s Cash In Cash Out, featuring 21 Savage and Tyler the Creator. Based around a CGI-made zeotrope machine, and more than a year in the making, the video directed by French director Francois Rousselet, with VFX and animation completed at London-based studio Electric Theatre Collective, won Best Hip Hop/Rap/Grime Video International, awards for Best Animation and Best VFX awards, before taking the Video of the Year prize.
 

See the full list of winners at the UK Music Video Awards 2022 below.

Best Pop Video – UK in association with Cinelab Film & Digital

Harry Styles - As It Was
director: Tanu Muino
producer: Fred Bonham Carter/Andrew Rawson/Alexa Haywood/Frank Borin/Ivanna Borin/Bryan Younce production company: UnderWonder Content
commissioner: Bryan Younce for Columbia Records
 

Best Pop Video – International

Rosalía - Saoko
director: Valentin Petit
producer: Théo Gall
production company: DIVISION
commissioner: Saul Levitz for Columbia Records
 

Best Pop Video – Newcomer

Cavetown x beabadoobee - Fall In Love With A Girl director: Chris Fowles
producer: Alex White
production company: Jealous Films commissioner: Devin Sarno for Warner Records


Best R&B / Soul Video – UK

Michael Kiwanuka - Beautiful Life director: Phillip Youmans
producer: Manny Caston
production company: SMUGGLER commissioner: Marco Grey for Polydor
 

Best R&B / Soul Video – International

Omar Apollo ft. Daniel Caeser - Invincible
director: STILLZ
producer: Malcolm Duncan, Esteban Zuluaga, Fabien Colas production company: WeOwnTheCity
record co: Warner Records
 

Best R&B / Soul Video – Newcomer

Khazali - Better With The Devil
director: Freddie Wright
producer: Matthew Craig
production company: EM Films commissioner: Darius Williams for Slow Dance
 

Best Dance / Electronic Video – UK

Tourist - Your Love
director: Duncan Loudon
producer: Ayo Davis
production company: Somesuch
commissioner: Tmwrk Management for Monday Records
 

Best Dance / Electronic Video – International

Arca – Prada / Rakata
director: Frederik Heyman / Arca
produced by: Bounce Rocks & Shaun MacDonald commissioner: Scott Wright for X
L Recordings
 

Best Dance / Electronic Video – Newcomer

Ross from Friends - The Daisy
director: Rudá Santos
producer: India Lee, Oli Falcon
production company: Ground Work / Three Minutes commissioner: Simon Gold for Ninja Tune
 

Best Rock Video – UK

Sam Fender - Spit Of You
director: Philip Barantini
producer: Jack Lightfoot
production company: Blindeye Films commissioner: Semera Khan for Polydor
 

Best Rock Video – International

Pretty Sick - Human Condition
director: Frank Lebon
producer: Nat Baring
production company: Back That commissioner: Sabrina Fuentes for Dirty Hit
 

Best Rock Video – Newcomer

La Jungle - Du sang du singe director: Alex Orma
exec producer: Eurydice Gysel producer: Maarten De Sutter production company: Czar commissioner: La Jungle record co: Black Basset Records
 

Best Alternative Video – UK

Radiohead - If You Say The Word
director: Kasper Häggström
producer: Daphne Do
exec producer: Dom Thomas, Morgan Clement, production company: Object & Animal commissioner: Scott Wright for XL Recordings
 

Best Alternative Video – International

Jean-Michel Blais - Passepied director: Adrian Villagomez producer: Elyse Belmont-Stroh production company: Consulat record co: Arts & Crafts
 

Best Alternative Video – Newcomer

Nick Leng - Morning - Midnight
director: Josh Sondock
producer: Leon Derriey
production company: Kode
commissioner: Jay Lincoln for Sota Records
 

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK

Little Simz ft Obongjayar - Point And Kill
director: Ebeneza Blanche
producer: Elizabeth Doonan, Luca Chapman, Dawa Thompson production company: SMUGGLER
commissioner: Bianca Bhagat for AWAL
 

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International

Pharrell Williams ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator - Cash In Cash Out
director: François Rousselet
producer: Jules de Chateleux
production company: DIVISION

commissioner: Bryan Younce, Todd Tourso & Phi Hollinger for Columbia Records
 

Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer

WU-LU - Ten
director: Ethan & Tom
producer: Medb Riordan
production company: Academy Films

commissioner: Daniel Spinola for WARP Records
 

Best Live Video

Obongjayar - I Wish It Was Me director: Hector Aponysus
producer: Joseph Radonich record co: September
 

Best Special Visual Project in association with LEAP

Sad Night Dynamite - Volume II Mix Tape
director: Lucas Hrubizna
producer: Laura Northover, Rosie Brear
production company: Blink

record co: Warner Records
 

Best Performance In A Video

Loyle Carner – Hate
Performer: Loyle Carner
director: Greg Hackett and Loyle Carner production company: Spindle
record co: Virgin EMI
 

Best Production Design in a Video

Thom Draft – Breathtaking
production designer: Sandra Sasportas director: Valentin Guiod
production company: Birth Productions record co: Animal 63
 

Best Hair & Make-Up in a Video

Gloria Groove - A Queda
make-up artist(s): Gloria Groove, Victor Nogueira, Alma Negrot
hair stylist(s): Kelly Karamello, Alma Negrot, Stefany Silva director: Felipe Sassi
production company: Di+Wan
record co: SB Music
 

Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video in association with i-D

Little Simz ft Obongjayar - Point and Kill
stylist(s): Temitope Uduak Betiku
director: Ebeneza Blanche
production company: SMUGGLER record co: AWAL
 

Best Choreography in a Video

Doechii – Crazy
choreographer: Tyrik Patterson
director: C Prinz
production company: Field Trip
record co: Top Dawg Entertainment & Capitol Records
 

Best Cinematography in a Video in association with CHEAT

Black Midi - Sugar/Tzu
dop: Jake Scott
director: Noel Paul production company: Friend record co: Rough Trade
 

Best Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RM

Little Simz ft Obongjayar - Point and Kill
colourist(s): Jason Wallis @ Electric Theatre Collective post house: Electric Theatre Collective
director: Ebeneza Blanche
production company: SMUGGLER
record co: AWAL
 

Best Editing in a Video

Joji - Glimpse of Us
editor(s): Dan Streit
director: Dan Streit
production company: Stink Films, Grin Machine record co: 88rising
 

Best Visual Eects in a Video

Pharrell Williams ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator - Cash In Cash Out
vfx supervisors: Greg McKneally, Iain Murray, Alex Snookes, David Filipe, Tobin Brett, James Sindle, Fabrice
Fiteni, Andras Ormos @ Electric Theatre Collective
director: François Rousselet
production company: DIVISION
record co: Columbia Records
 

Best Animation in a Video

Pharrell Williams ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator - Cash In Cash Out
animator(s): vfx supervisors: Greg McKneally, Iain Murray, Alex Snookes, David Filipe, Tobin Brett, James Sindle, Lead Animators: Fabrice Fiteni, Andras Ormos
post house: Electric Theatre Collective
director: François Rousselet
production company: DIVISION
record co: Columbia Records
 

Best Director in association with Electric Theatre Collective
Tanu Muino

Best New Director in association with No.8 London
Ebeneza Blanche

Best Director of Photography in association with Loop Talent
Christopher Ripley

Best Producer in association with WPA UK
Jules de Chateleux

Best Production Company in association with Kodak
DIVISION

Best Commissioner
John Moule

Best Agent
Alexa Haywood, FreeAgent

Outstanding Achievement Award
Dan Curwin

Video of the Year
Pharrell Williams ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator - Cash In Cash Out
director: François Rousselet
producer: Jules de Chateleux
production company: DIVISION
commissioner: Bryan Younce, Todd Tourso & Phi Hollinger for Columbia Records