Next Tuesday as the first instalment of our ‘In Conversation’ events, we chat to Tony Kearns.
The event is happening Tuesday Oct 15th, 8pm Brooks Hotel.
Tony has a huge body of work over multiple disciplines and we are proud to have him as one of our first guests. We thought it would be pretty cool to present some examples of his work to give you a flavour of some of the stuff he has cut
From 1989 to 2005 Tony specialised in cutting music videos in London. In that time he edited videos for some of the biggest acts in world music, cutting some of the most seminal music videos of the time.
Radiohead -Just
The Prodigy – Firesater
Blur
Manic Street Preachers – A Design for Life
Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats
as well as one of my all time favourites tunes and with a great video
Pulp – This is Hardcore
In that time he also cut, among many others, more can be viewed here
The Prodigy – Breathe
The Chemical Brothers – Believe
Coldplay – The Scientist
Pulp – Disco 2000
Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist
Paul Weller – Changing Man
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
After a long break from music videos he returned to the genre in 2012 and cut 3 videos, 2 for irish band Kodaline ‘All I Want’ and ‘High Hopes’ as well as this one for Antony and The Johnsons ‘Cut The World’, featuring Willem Dafoe, Carise van Houten and Marina Abramovic.
As well as music videos Tony has edited a huge range of TV and cinema commercials since the late 1990s for brands such as Lynx, Peugeot, Diesel Fragrance, Foster’s Lager, Vodafone.
Since 2010 Tony has worked extensively in feature films
His credits here include
Charlie Casanova, written & directed by Terry McMahon and starring Emmett Scanlan. Selected for SXSW 2011.
Citadel, written & directed by Ciarán Foy and starring Aneurin Barnard & James Cosmo. This film has had its Ireland & UK cinema release in Summer 2013. Winner Audience Award SXSW 2012.
Kelly & Victor
written & directed by Kieran Evans and produced by Janine Marmot is being released in the UK and Ireland by Verve Pictures on 20th September 2013. There has already been a few great reviews – one in Little White Lies and K + V is film of the month in Sight and Sound.
This Film is still in release, you can find out about screenings here
He has also edited short films since 1999.
Wet Work
Directed by John Hardwick
Archaeology
Written & Directed by Olly Williams & Phil Sansom
Last Night
Directed by Conor Morrissey
Screwback
Directed by Brian O’Malley
Tony has also been specialising in taking photographs of Irish traditional musicians, singers and dancers since 1991. Several years ago I was fortunate to buy a copy of Tony’s excellent collection ‘Music & Light – Ceol & Solas’, a hardback book containing 130 of his photographs. I bought the book out of the boot of his car at the side of the road in the middle of Connemara (long story) and its a superb collection.
You can buy the book directly from this website. I highly recommend that you do.
For more info on Tony, you can visit his website
Tony on Linkedin
follow him on Twitter
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