Ghost Robot - Videos

Perez Hilton Likes Us

Adam's new video for frequent collaborators Five O'Clock Heroes was released on MySpace this week. The video is for the Heroes' new single "Who" and features British super model Agyness Deyn and quickly became one of the Top 10 most viewed videos of the week.

We also got a shout out from Perez Hilton, who had great things to say about Miss Deyn's first venture into the music world. You can read the post here or watch a nice Quicktime on Adam's reel.

The Premiere of Bjork's "Wanderlust" In 3D

Last week was a busy one, as we screened the Wanderlust video 3 consecutive nights, for very enthusiastic crowds.

Wednesday, March 12th, was a private event, hosted by Jeffrey Deitch at his new Long Island City space. Afterwards, we hosted a party at Mark's favorite bar in Williamsburg with free Reyka vodka and great music from DJ Pumpkin Patch. It's no surprise the party went until 3 in the morning. Thursday's event was open to the public, and we had a such a large turnout, we had to turn people away at the door.

Friday night, was a very special event at the Museum of Natural History, hosted by our good friend Greg Dinkins of the New York Stereoscopic Society. There were tons of great questions, and those there for the tech side of things definitely got what they came for. There are some great pictures from the event here.

The video won't be available on the web until April 1st, so you've still got to be patient. In the meantime, here is a photo gallery we put together of images from the events. Photos are from The Gothamist, The New York Sun, Subterranean (who needs to check their facts), Flux, and Stash.

2008 Happenings

There's a lot to report on, as things have started rolling in the new year. First off, we welcome Ramon Bloomberg back to the team for Music Video Representation in the US. Check out his work and send us music for him.

We also have two new videos posted. The first was directed by Joey and his good friend Joseph Patel. It is for Domino's DJ duo The Count and Sinden. It features Chicago locals Kid Sister and Flosstradamus.

The second video was directed by Keven and his long time DP, Lee Daniels. It was shot at an abandoned airfield in Austin after a rainstorm. The music is by frequent Ghost Robot collaborators, The New Year who have a new album expected out later this year.

Co-directing credits give us a warm and fuzzy feeling.

Thin Crust Vs. Deep Dish

Mark has decided to go to Chicago to settle this debate, once in for all. While he is there, he will also be shooting a video for The Count & Sinden, featuring Kid Sister and Flosstradamus. The video will be directed by Joey Garfield, along with his friend Joseph Patel. Stay tuned for the verdict (and the video!).

"The Box" Gets Its Day

Elliot's handcrafted fantasy for Suretone's Eastern Conference Champions was released just before the holiday's on AOL's Spinner Blog. Described by drummer Greg Lyons as, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' meets A-ha", each frame of the video was delicately drawn by hand. For his efforts, the video received a spot in the 'Boards Screening Room.

Holiday Greetings

Some of you may have received a Ghost Robot greeting in the mail this holiday season. If you didn't, don't feel bad, you can download our card, and two alternate versions here.

Download, cut, tape, take a picture, and send it to us!

Year End List

As 2007 comes to a close, year end lists have been popping up all over the place. Rather then point out every list we’ve got a video on (Pitchfork , Stereogum, Music For Ants), we decided to make our own list, celebrating our first full year of business. In no particular order, here are the Top Eight Reasons why Ghost Robot is here to stay. (more after the jump)

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Call for Interns!

GHOST ROBOT is currently seeking production office interns for Spring 2008. The internship is unpaid, although there will be compensation for lunches. College credit is also available on request. If interested, please email resumes and cover letters to emily.anderson@ghostrobot.com.

Postmarks Gets Posted

Among other things going on in his life (getting married!), Adam just posted his video for the Florida-based band, The Postmarks. The band is on Andy Chase's label Unfiltered Records , and the lead singer, Tim, was featured in the Brookville video Adam shot a year or so ago. See, we're all one big family!

You can see it here, or at Stereogum, where it premiered Tuesday.

Joey Wins At Swerve

Ghost Robot's Joey Garfield was awared the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2007 Swerve Festival in LA . His RJD2 video was screened as a part of the Music Video Program. The video was also distributed on a DVD compilation made by Fuel TV. The awards show will be broadcast on Fuel the first week in November.

Joey Gets A Woodie Nomination

Joey's video for RJD2 has been nominated for the Best Video Woodie at the 2007 MtvU Woodie Awards. Voted on by the college students from across the country, the Woodie Awards will be held on November 8th at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

You can vote here (If you're not in college anymore, we won't tell) and watch the video here.

Introducing Office

Ghost Robot is pleased to announce the formation of its Adult Film Division, our first release being Adam's video for the Chicago band Office. The video stars classic porn stars such as Tom Byron, Randy West, Peter North, and Melanie Moore. Keep track of it over at Youtube.

Adam In Paris

Adam just returned from Paris, with a new little video in hand. While there sorting out the details for his upcoming wedding, he shot a video with his fiance, Audrey, for a local band she manages, called Die Romantik.

Channeling some French New Wave influences and the sights around the City of Light, Adam shot and edited this video himself. You can see it here.

Look out for Adam's upcoming videos for two other bands we love, Office and The Postmarks.

Ghost Robot @ Academy

So, it is official. Ghost Robot has signed on with Academy Films for music video and commercial representation in the UK and Europe.

We've been working with their music video department for the past few weeks trying to get the ball rolling and can't wait to get our first project with them off the ground. Liz Kessler and Chris Massey of Academy will be representing everyone on our roster, save for Encyclopedia Pictura. Any inquiries for EP will be handled by Ghost Robot directly.

We are super excited to be a part of Academy's tradition of creative work and look forward to growing and expanding under their tutelage. Look for news about Ghost Robot's US Representation in the next few months...

We Span Cities

For the second time this year, one of Ghost Robot's directors has been chosen by 'Boards Magazine as one of ten featured creatives for their Creative Workshop Series. This time, the city is Chicago and the director is Joey Garfield, who is still feeling the burn from his red-hot Rjd2 promo. You can read about it here.

Some Big News

It is our pleasure to announce that Encyclopedia Pictura has been tapped to direct the second video off Bjork's latest album "Volta". The video will be for the song "Wanderlust" and will be a Stereoscopic Mongolian Passion Play, due in mid-October.

Two New Videos

If you haven't noticed, Joey and Keven each have a killer new video on their reel. Joey snuck in a little Rjd2 video featuring Bill "Crutch" Shannon and Keven's aforementioned Spoon video is posted, as well. Two great videos, for two great bands couldn't make us any happier. Also, Elliot has a video for the band Eastern Confernce Champions due any day now.

P.S. "Work It Out" has gotten nearly 200,000 hits on Youtube since being featured last week.

Seventeen Evergreen, Part Deux

Elliot's video for Seventeen Evergreen's second single, "Lunar One" has finally hit the streets. You can see it on MTV's 120 Minutes in the UK and on Stereogum here in the states.

Watch it here.>>

Ghost Robot Goes To Austin

Ghost Robot has always had a presence in Austin and the State of Texas. Tommy shot both "A Scanner Darkly" and "Waking Life" there with Austin film pioneer, Richard Linklater (he is also in "Slackers") and Keven shot "You're Gonna Miss Me" there, but up until last week, we had yet to shoot a video in the "Live Music Capitol of the World".

The chance to work with the seminal Austin band, Spoon, seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so, so Mark and Keven headed to Austin where they shot with DP Lee Daniel at a local recording studio. The video is a One-er, so post should be minimal. Hopefully you'll see it here soon.

Setting All Kinds of Records

We've all been pretty busy, in general, but noone tops the prolificacy (it's a word) of Adam, who managed to shoot 5 videos in just over two months. Finally, they are all done and while only two are posted on our site right now, you can see them all on his personal page. I'll get them up soon, I promise.

To catch you up to speed, Adam shot videos for: Fountains of Wayne, As Tall As Lions, Five O'Clock Heroes, Bouncing Souls, and The Films. There was a great essay on FOW on Obtusity, our favorite essay blog, as well as write-ups in New York Magazine, Fader, Comedy Central, Stereogum, and MTV Overdrive. It was on Fuse's Oven Fresh and VH1. What's next for Adam? A well deserved break and a trip to Paris.

P.S. Thanks to Adam and our other directors, we are now working on our 16th video of 2007.

Nuptial News

The Ghost Robot crew recently got together and celebrated the wedding of Executive Producer Zacharay Mortensen. Check out our stylish duds and some pictures of the reception, held at the historic Loews Theater in Jersey City. It was a great night and I sure once Zach gets back from his honeymoon, we'll have a lot more photos to post. Don't fret, even though we're gearing up for another wedding early this fall, there's still one eligible bachelor in the office.

Picture Gallery

Jokelson Is Back

Elliot's first video as a member of the Ghost Robot crew just got released by MTV2 in the UK. His video for Holy Hail's "Born Of A Star" is currently up for voting on the NME chart over at MTV.co.uk Go ahead and vote and look for Elliot's Seventeen Evergreen video, which should be done soon as well.

P.S. To learn a little bit more about what Elliot was thinking when he made the video, visit Good Weather For Airstrikes , which has some exclusive details.

Talent Is Emerging In San Francisco

'Boards Magazine just released an online feature charting the top ten emerging talents from San Francisco. Included in the ten is Ghost Robot's own, Encyclopedia Pictura. Lauded as a "visionary, distinctly oddball duo", Sean and Isaiah answered a few questions for the magazine, offering a little bit more insight into what makes Encyclopedia Pictura tick. Find the article here.>>

The Freshmen

Adam's latest video, for As Tall As Lions, was this weeks winner on mtvU's The Freshman. It will be added into rotation next week, but for now, you can watch it here.

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Production Updates

2007 is turning out to be the year of the Robot. Last week we cranked out videos number 10 & 11 on the year. To catch everyone up, here's where we are at.

Elliot is finishing up his Holy Hail video. It's taken a while, but making trippy effects from the '80s is an unwielding process. He also just shot a video for recent Encyclopedia Pictura collaborators Seventeen Evergreen. You can see some photos from set here.

We still can't do anything to slow Adam down. Since we last posted about Fountains of Wayne, Adam has shot two more videos; One for The Five O'Clock Heroes and one for The Films. The Fountains of Wayne video should make it's way out there sometime next week, and we are also overdue on posting his videos for The Bouncing Souls and As Tall As Lions. He is taking a well deserved vacation next week.

While we are still waiting to learn exactly what Encyclopedia Pictura's next video extravaganza will be, they've stayed busy doing some album artwork for Seventeen Evergreen and will begin preproduction on a short called "Mountain Yoga", which is being funded by Warp Films.

We've grown a lot in the past year and are very eager to start exploring all the other opportunities that are out there. We'll have some new reels together in the next few weeks, as well so drop us a line if you need one.

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YGMM Shout Outs

Keven's documentary "You're Gonna Miss Me" just had a write up on Pitchfork Media. It will be released on July 10th by Palm Pictures and on June 8th in theaters in New York.

We will also be posting a new video from Keven for pimp-turned-crooner Darando, as well as some spiffy new quicktimes of all his work.

Pitchfork Media
You're Gonna Miss Me

"Someone To Love"

If you don't read The Modern Age or Video Static , then you may have missed out on some nice little press we've gotten about the Fountains of Wayne video we shot over the weekend. Check out both articles and add them as bookmarks, right away.

The Modern Age
Video Static
Fountains of Wayne
Demetri Martin

P.S. And there's more:
A shout out from the wonderful Melody Nelson.
"Demetri Martin Is The New Rachel Hunter", Via Stereogum

"Stuck Between Stations"

The Hold Steady video Andy produced was just released the other day. Directed by Moh Azima, the video has gotten shouts on both Stereogum and Pitchfork. When we've got a proper quicktime, it will be posted in our "Other Productions" section.

Pitchfork
Stereogum

EP's New Website

Encyclopedia Pictura's got a fancy new website. There are new drawings, all their new work, and a link to their side project, Mangello Tipperary. Currently, they are working on some album art for Seventeen Evergreen's next 7" and starting to put together some materials for what will hopefully be their next video....

Encyclopedia Pictura

Happy Hour

Encyclopedia Pictura will be showing some of their work at Happy Hour 2, and event held by directing duo Happy and sponsored by Smuggler, Theray, Zoic, Extopolis, and Reserve. "Grow", their newest video "Knife", and the intro animation for their new website will all be played.

Happy Hour 2 is being held this Saturday, March 3rd at the LA Museum of Natural History.

Happy Hour

As Tall As Lions

Adam just teamed up with Mark and Andy to shoot a video for the Long Island-based band, As Tall As Lions. DP Eric Robbins killed it, giving us some great looking footage that will hopefully lead to a video as lush and spectacular as the bands sound.

As Tall As Lion's Myspace Page

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Ghost Robot just wrapped up two music videos with old friend, director Moh Azihma. The first video was for The Hold Steady and was produced by the newest member of Ghost Robot's production crew, Andy Roa. Next, Andy, Mark, and Moh all teamed up to do a video for Brand New. Check back to see both videos and know that we've got another kick-ass producer, ready to take on anything.

Greetings From Asbury Park

Adam and Mark just returned from a weekend at the shore, where they shot a video for veteren punk rockers The Bouncing Souls. Packing up their vans with equipment and a tiny crew, the video was shot in Asbury Park, NJ - home of the Stone Pony, Asbury Lanes, and of course...The Boss. Check back in a week or so to see the finished video.

Holy H__l!

That's Holy Hail for all you people out there with dirty mouths and we just shot a video for them. These guys are awesome and good friends of ours, so when they needed a video for their second single "Born Of A Star" we jumped on the opportunity to collaborate.

Elliot directed and will be reprising some of the techniques he used on his "Staring At The Sun" video. However, be on the look out for something new and fresh with lots of dancing, shiny clothes, and tripped out effects.

Check out their Myspace page.

Vote For Us!

Encyclopedia Pictura is nominated for three music video awards over at, Antville, everyones favorite music video blog. EP got nods for "Best Animated Video" (Zion I), "Best Unknown/Unsigned Director" (the latter which we know is untrue), and "Best New Director". Also nominated is The Rapture video Mark produced - "Most Fun Video" - and our friend Ramon Bloomberg, for "Best New Director" as well (you can vote for him as well, if you like).

Now get over there and vote!

YGMM Gets Spirit Award Nod

Keven's doc, "You're Gonna Miss Me" has been nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award for best documentary. It will be out there soon for you all to see, so don't worry.

Here is a list of the nominees.

Grizzly Bear Updates for Everyone

Since someone spilled the beans already - er-hem, thanks Stereogum - we've decided it's ok to let everyone have a little peek at what's been going on with the Grizzly Bear video. If you have been keeping score at home, the video has spanned four months, shoots on both coasts and in the deserts of Death Valley. It's getting pretty close to being complete and should be done for all to enjoy in the next month or so.

Read the Stereogum article to get the full effect.

Choking Man Wins at the Gothams

In case you hadn't noticed, Ghost Robot also produces feature films and documentaries and we're very happy to announce that the boys on the other side of the office just brought home a Gotham Award for their feature film, "Choking Man", directed by music video pioneer, Steve Barron.

To hear more about "Choking Man", head over to the movies site at the top of the page. Click here to read more about the 16th Annual IFP Gotham Awards. If you're asking, "Who is Steve Barron?" "check out his entry on Wikipedia.

The Ghost Robot Family Gets a Little Larger

Ghost Robot would officially like to welcome both Elliot Jokelson and Adam Neustadter as members of our roster of young, talented, and super-cool directors. Elliot joins us after a residency at Oil Factory, but don't let that fool you, we've been friends with him for a long time. Adam, formerly 1/4th of Wormseye, has decided to come on over and pursue a career as a solo director.

We're very excited to have them both aboard and will have their work posted here soon enough. But for now, you can see their work at the links below.

Elliot Jokelson >>
Adam Neustadter >>

Keven Releases Robert Belfour Video

Keven has emerged from the backwoods of Mississippi with a new video in his pocket. On their way to a film festival in Florida, Keven and longtime collaborator, DP Lee Daniel, stopped by the house of Fat Possum bluesman, Robert Belfour, to shoot a video for Robert's latest album, "Pushin My Luck".

Keven and Lee used subtle exposure changes to slowly reveal the world around Belfour. The finished product is not only a music video, but a short film documenting the art of one of the country's many unknown blues performers. Good job, Keven.

See the video here. >>

EP to Play at MVPA Director's Cuts

Both "Micro/Macro" and "Grow" have been selected to play at the MVPA's Director's Cuts Festival. Director's Cuts screens short films and non-performance (or is it, performance-less) videos and will be held on Tuesday, December 5th at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.

This is the first time ever, a director has had two pieces in the festival.

MVPA Website >>

Marina Zurkow & LOVEFILM.dk

Ghost Robot producer Zach Mortensen teamed with animator Marina Zurkow to produce a series of animated spots for Lovefilm.dk. This is for an awareness campaign aimed at the theater kiosk market in Denmark.

Lovefilm is Europe's the largest subscription based DVD by mail company with operations in the UK, Denmark and Sweden.

See the spots >>
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Marina Zurkow >>
Zachary Mortensen >>

Micro/Macro to play in Reykjavik

Encyclopedia Pictura's short film "Micro/Macro" will be playing at the Sequences festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. It will be a part of a program curated by Package Deals, a New York company that organizes screenings based on a single cities cultural offerings.

"Micro/Macro" will be screened on October 21st.

Sequences Website>>
Package Deals>>

Where's Mark Been?

Yes, we admit it, Mark has been double dipping. But when friends call you to work on projects you think are really great, how can you say no?

First, Mark production managed a video for Pharoahe Monch, directed by Paul Minor from Streetgang Films and produced by our friend Jonathan Lia.

Directly after that, he produced a video for the Rapture, directed by Ben Dickinson for our other friends, Emily and Nick, at Greencard Pictures.

And then, he teamed up with Jonathan again, to shoot a video for the British band Fields, directed by Director/DP extraordanaire Shawn Kim.

A picture from the Rapture shoot is at right. Mark even got to drive the El Camino!

Green Spirit in Boards

The short Mark produced for Ramon Bloomberg, "Green Spirit", has been featured in Boards Magazine's online screening room. It also landed Ramon a really big commercial, (which, unfortunately Mark did not produce) that is also in the screening room.

Boards Screening Room>>

EP to Shoot Seventeen Evergreen

Besides finishing up their Grizzly Bear video, Encyclopedia Pictura will be shooting a video for the San Francisco band, Seventeen Evergreen, whose album is being released by Lucky Number Music. The track will be "Haven't Been Yourself". Isaiah of EP, also did the cover art for their album "Life Embarasses Me on Planet Earth" (pictured at left) as well as visuals for their upcoming tour.

Seventeen Evergreen's MySpace Page>>
Lucky Number Music>>

Keven Stays Busy...

Besides shooting a new documentary about four Dungeons and Dragons players, Keven has just shot two videos. One was for blues guitarist Robert Belfour (Fat Possum Records), the other for Darondo, an underground R & B legend, who is releasing his first album in over 30 years. Here is an article about him from NPR.>>
Darondo is pictured at left.

Both videos and the documentary were lensed by Keven's longtime collaborator, Lee Daniel. Check back for updates and a final version of "Fireflies", which will be posted soon.

Old 97's in Shots Magazine

Keven's video for the Old 97's will be featured in Shots Magazine and on the Shots Showreel. If you don't get shots, you can always watch it right here, at ghostrobot.com.

Shots Magazine>>

Encyclopedia Pictura Shoots Grizzly Bear

Encyclopedia Pictura just wrapped shooting part of what will be a video for the Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear. In the first picture, director Isaiah Saxon fixes part of what will eventually become the most elaborate and useless geological tool ever built. In the second, he talks to Grizzly Bear Daniel Rossen before he takes a plunge into a vat of quicksand. Yes, we said quicksand folks. More info to come...

Grizzly Bear>>
Warp Records >>

Breath Control in the UK

Joey Garfield's award winning documentary feature film "Breath Control: History of the Human Beat Box">> will be screening this saturday, July 15, in London.

BFI / NFT Website >>

Old 97's at Antenna Promos

Keven's video for "In The Satellite Rides A Star" will be playing at the National Film Theater in London as a part of the latest Antenna Promo screening. If you're in London, check it out!

Antenna Promos

Scanner At Cannes

Tommy just got back from France, where his film "A Scanner Darkly" premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard category. In the picture at left, Tommy is seated on the far right, followed by Robert Downey Jr., Keanu Reeves, and director Richard Linklater. "A Scanner Darkly" opens on July 7th. Also, check out the interview with Tommy posted on IGN.

A Scanner Darky - Official Site>>
IGN Interview>>

The Run Up on YouTube

Clips from Joey's "The Run Up" have gotten over 25,000 hits on YouTube. The full length DVD will be available in September through Upper Playground.

"The Run Up" on YouTube
Upper Playground

Aberdeen City

Mark just delivered a video for the Columbia Records band Aberdeen City with his good friends Wormseye. It's going to be a good one - watch out.

Aberdeen City
Wormseye

DJ Klock

Joey & Mark just finished production of an animated video for Japanese DJ, DJ Klock. The animated felt video, a collaboration with local artist Kenji Hirate, will be played at over 60 Tower Records stores in Japan, in association with the release of Klock's new album "San".

Kenji Hirata
DJ Klock