Jamie Thraves is a British film writer from Romford who has gone from making short films to some of the best known music videos in the industry. He began making short films at university andsoon became associated with Factory Films. Jamie has made two feature films, 'The Low Down' for FILM 4 starring Aidan Gillen and Kate Ashfield and 'The Cry Of The Owl' for BBC Films starring Paddy Considine and Julia Stiles. 'The Low Down' was named as one of the '50 lost classic films' in The Observer and had brilliant reviews across the board.
Jamie then became involved in making music videos after the successes of his short films. The process for making a music video is competitive as a 'commisioner' from a record label will send a track to a selection of directors (roughly 5-10). The selected directors will then submit a treatment (idea for the video) and send it back to the record label. The company will then select the treatment that they see best and pay the director to make the video.
Jamie is known for having made several famous, ground-breaking music videos, the two most successful being Radiohead's “Just” and Coldplay's “The Scientist” which won three MTV awards in 2003 including Best Director and Breakthrough Video.
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