DIRECTORS

Music Videos highlights:
Madonna 'World of Madame X’
Miley Cyrus 'Mother’s Daughter’ (editor)
Madonna Swae Lee ‘Crave’

SKNX is director duo Sasha Kasiuha and VMA Award winner Nuno Xico. By juxtaposing traditional cinematic art form with cutting edge technologies and other mixed media, SKNX brings a singular visual approach to each project. [XICO] A VMA award winner, Xico’s passion for story-telling through a cinematic lens has resulted in sublime collaborations with clients such as Madonna, Steven Klein, BMW, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Adele, Miley Cyrus, Tom Ford, Dior and others. [KASIUHA] Kasiuha’s passion for film, photography and fashion led him to NYC. With a prolific background - brand management at fit, art direction for fashion at London’s Central Saint Martins and chemical engineer degree, which comes in handy as Kasiuha develops and scans all his 35mm and medium format film.

SINGER, SONGWRITER & PRODUCER

Music highlights
‘Runnin’ Naughty Boy ft. Beyoncé, Arrow Benjamin ’
Freedom’ by Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar (co-writer)

It takes a lot to be front-and-centre on his debut single which was a duet with Queen Bey. Runnin’ (Lose It All). The Naughty Boy-produced, Beyoncé-featuring single caused a global sensation, sold over 3 million singles,1 Billion+ global streams to date, #1 on iTunes in over 31 countries and Nominated for multiple awards. Say hello to Arrow Benjamin, a British born talent who’s done all of the above. Not only that but the singer, songwriter, producer followed that up in 2016 by co-writing and lending backing vocals to the multiple Grammy-nominated single “Freedom” by Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar from her Grammy-winning album “Lemonade”. Arrow has also worked with many other talented artists and producers, including Major Lazer, Rudimental, Labrinth, Don Diablo, Alicia Keys, to name a few. Arrow is currently preparing his debut EP the “Hymn Book” which will be released later this summer.

EDITOR FOR BONCH POST

Music Videos highlights
Taylor Swift ‘Lover'
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars ‘Young, Wild and Free'
Ed Sheeran ft. Rudimental 'Bloodstream'

Steve Forner is an editor at Bonch Post in Los Angeles, CA. He’s always had an appreciation for the edit. As a kid, Steve would create and edit his own projects, using 2 VCR’s and the Mario Paint video game on super Nintendo. Steve has a love of music that spans all genres and he’s been cutting music videos professionally, for the last 13 years. Often accompanied in the bay by his French Bulldog, Bubba, Steve has cut videos for some of the biggest artists in the music industry. He continues to challenge himself with new and interesting projects, constantly learning, growing and honing his craft.

DIRECTOR

Music Videos highlights:
Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know’
The Paper Kites 'St Clarity’
Powderfinger 'Burn Your Name’

Natasha has created internationally regarded videos for a number of Australia's fav musicians, including Powderfinger, Paul Kelly, Gotye, Missy Higgins, The Paper Kites and Sarah Blasko. She won twice the ARIA award for Best Music Video and has been nominated for the MTV VMAs. Natasha’s Gotye’s 'Somebody That I Used To Know’ has been viewed over 1.5 billion times. Natasha created a major film work for Australia's production of David Bowie's ‘Lazarus’ for which she won the 2020 Green Room Award. Natasha has written more than 20 feature film and TV scripts for projects in Australia and the US, including adapting the Pulitzer-nominated novel SNOW CHILD for Tangerine Entertainment and co-writing THE TWISTED for Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions.

SENIOR PRODUCER FOR VEVO

Music Content highlights
Billie Eilish ‘The Official Story - Told By Her’
Doja Cat ‘Streets (Live Performance)’
Backstreet Boys ‘The Backstreet Boys on Their Bond, Breaking Points and Finding Balance’

Priya is a director from London intent on telling authentic and inclusive stories that emerge from the margins. Her work has been featured in The Fader, Billboard and Teen Vogue among others. Her background as a writer is integral to her narrative-focused directorial style. She was also a contributing writer to The Good Immigrant USA (Little, Brown 2019), an American edition of an award-winning best-selling anthology exploring race. Priya is currently based in New York where she produces and directs original content at Vevo. This includes live performances and short films for artists such as Billie Eilish, Yungblud, Doja Cat and Ella Mai.

PRODUCER

Music Videos highlights:
Dua Lipa 'Break My Heart’
Coldplay 'Champion Of The World’
Wiley ‘Boasty' ft S. Don, Sean Paul & Idris Elba

Daniella Manca is Head of Content & Music at leading production company Caviar. During her career, she's been involved in the creation of videos for the likes of Stormzy, Mark Ronson, Coldplay, Kano and Dua Lipa. As well as creating content for the likes of Gucci, Burberry, Boiler Room, i-D, Nowness and Vice.

SENIOR CREATIVE MANAGER BENELUX SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING

Suzanne van den Dool is Senior Creative Manager at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, one of the leading music publishers in the world. After a long time career at major record labels Warner Music and EMI Music, Van den Dool switched to publishing where she is responsible as an A&R for Holland and Belgium. Her role as a publisher is very diverse but mainly focused on taking the careers of songwriters and producers to a next level by guiding them, broaden their (inter)national network, set up sessions, organize writing-trips and –camps. Suzanne has signed and/or worked with many different songwriters and producers, a.o Duncan Laurence, Bilal Wahib, Jacqueline Govaert, Kovacs, Nona, The Magician (BE), Hooverphonic (BE), Faces On TV (BE), Matt Simons, Feng Suave and My Baby.

DIRECTOR OF THE CONSERVATORIUM VAN AMSTERDAM

Janneke van der Wijk has been director of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam since 2011. As one of the leading conservatories of the international music scene, the CvA cooperates closely with top institutes worldwide, including the United States, Brazil, China, Russia and Europe.
Van der Wijk is also vice-chairperson of Méér Muziek in de Klas. Additionally, she is a member of the executive boards of the Broadcasting Music Foundation (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Groot Omroepkoor, Zaterdagmatinee, Vrijdag van Vredenburg and MCO), of ITA (Stadsschouwburg and Toneelgroep Amsterdam), the Cello Biennale, Prinsengrachtconcert and Foundation Shortcutz Amsterdam.

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC CURATION AT XITE

Paul Natale is the Director of Music Curation in charge of the international music video streaming strategy at XITE, and primarily focussed on delivering regionally relevant, high-quality global viewer experiences. He has over 10 years of content and media discovery solution experience, and in the past was an award-winning independent short film and music video director with a European Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Directing from EICAR: The International Film School of Paris, France.