Young Guns
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Category
YG20
Annual ID
YG20_BRTHR_0
BRTHR
Directors
Creative Choice Award Winner
Hometown: Japan & Long Island, United States
Current City: New York, United States
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BRTHR mashes up vibrant pop culture with an energetic, unique style, integrating cinematic narratives with visual effects, graphics and various mediums. Comprised of filmmakers Alex Lee and Kyle Wightman, the directing duo are bold innovators, who create multi-layered storytelling with a strong visual punch and a wink.
Already a formidable force with a prolific reel and growing body of work, BRTHR has directed acclaimed music videos for Grimes, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Iggy Azalea, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, and Charli XCX among others.
They also bring their distinct, refreshing voice to the commercial world, helming spots for international brands such as Adidas, Yves Saint Laurent, Converse, Helmut Lang, Samsung, Instagram, and Adobe.
BRTHR's visual style and scope of filmmaking is further enhanced by their abilities off camera, with the majority of their work having been shot, edited, colored and animated by their own hands.
While Lee grew up in Japan and Wightman in Long Island, the two met at the School of Visual Arts, and officially began collaborating as BRTHR after their hypnotic mashup-ode to Alex's home town, 'Tokyo Slo-Mode', became a Vimeo staff pic and drew acclaim online. The duo saw another wave of mass interest with the release of their epic, six-and-a-half minute bloody feminist revenge fantasy for The Weeknd's 'In The Night' starring Bella Hadid as a beautiful savior in a dark, Japanese noir-style thriller.
Dazed has named them to their 100 list, ranking among the top visionary talent, while ID dubbed them "the directors making videos epic again."
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Title
Travis Scott - goosebumps ft. Kendrick Lamar
Agency
BRTHR
Client
Travis Scott
Annual ID
YG20_12_01
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Chemtrails Over The Country Club (Official Video)
Agency
BRTHR
Client
Lana Del Rey
Annual ID
YG20_12_02
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Grimes - Shinigami Eyes (Official Video)
Agency
BRTHR
Client
Grimes
Annual ID
YG20_12_03
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
"Playlist of the Decade"
Agency
BRTHR
Client
Spotify
Annual ID
YG20_12_04
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
Champions Rise
Agency
BRTHR
Client
EA Sports/FIFA
Annual ID
YG20_12_05
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
Title
I
Agency
BRTHR
Client
HP Omen
Annual ID
YG20_12_06
Category
2022 YG Work: YG20
2022 Awards
YG Winner
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