Aotearoa Music Award for Best Music Video

Best Music Video is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand artists for excellence in music video production. The award was first presented in 1983 and is given to the video director. Previous winners have included feature film directors Niki Caro, Jonathan King and Chris Graham, and acclaimed artist Fane Flaws. The most wins have gone to Joe Lonie (aka Jo Fisher) who won three time for Supergroove videos and a fourth for Goodshirt. In 2012 all three nominees went to Special Problems, the creative partnership of Joel Kefali and Campbell Hooper.[1]

Recipients

YearDirectorSongOther nomineesRef
1983Andrew Shaw"Outlook For Thursday" (DD Smash)[2]
1984Bruce Morrison"I'm In Heaven" (Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos)[3]
1985Fane Flaws"Diamonds On China" (The Narcs)
  • Debra Bustin - "Krazy Legs" (The Pelicans)
  • Roger Guise - "I Like to Drive" (Scotty & Co)
[4]
1986Kerry Brown"As the Sun Goes Down" (Everything That Flies)[5]
1987Matt Box Films"Sensitive to a Smile" (Herbs)[6]
1988Fane Flaws"Sweet Lovers" (Holidaymakers)
  • Janine Morell - "Haere Mai" (Cara Pewhairangi)
  • Paul Middleditch - "Nobody Else" (Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris)
[7]
1989Paul Middleditch, Polly Walker, Debbie Watson"I Feel Love" (Fan Club)[8]
1990Niki Caro"Bad Note for a Heart" (Straitjacket Fits)[9]
1991No awards held this year
1992Mauger Bros"Trippin’" (Push Push)[10]
1993Kerry Brown, Bruce Sheridan"Four Seasons in One Day" (Crowded House)[11]
1994Matt Noonan, Josh Frizzell"System Virtue" (Emma Paki)[12]
1995Jo Fisher, Matt Noonan"Can't Get Enough" (Supergroove)[13]
1996Sigi Spath, Jo Fisher"You Gotta Know" (Supergroove)
  • Greg Page - "Honeyblonde" (Throw)
  • Matt Noonan, Josh Frizzell - "Static: Part One" (Joint Force)
[14]
1997Sigi Spath, Joe Lonie"If I Had My Way" (Supergroove)[15]
1998Mark Hurley"Home Again" (Shihad)[16]
1999Reuben Sutherland"Wait and See" (Shihad)
  • Sima Urale, Makerita Urale - "Sub-Cranium Feeling" (King Kapisi)
  • Mark Tierney, Fiona Champtaloup - "Unlikely" (NV)
[17]
2000Reuben Sutherland"My Mind's Sedate" (Shihad)[18]
2001Alex Sutherland, Michael Lonsdale"Touchdown" (The Stereo Bus)
  • Greg Page - "One Day Ahead" (Eye TV)
  • Wade Shotter, Jamie Dower - "Silent Film" (Augustino)
[19]
2002Matthew Metcalfe, Greg Rewai"Fade Away" (Che Fu)
  • Garry Sullivan - "Seed" (Dimmer)
  • Ed Davis, Paul McLaney - "Complicated" (Gramsci)
[20]
2003Joe Lonie"Sophie" (Goodshirt)[21]
2004Chris Graham"Stand Up" (Scribe)[22]
2005Chris Graham"We Gon' Ride" (Dei Hamo)[23]
2006Mark Williams"Wandering Eye" (Fat Freddy's Drop)[24]
2007Sam Peacocke"Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!" (The Mint Chicks)
  • Angus Sutherland, Liam Finn - "Second Chance" (Liam Finn)
  • Stephen Tolfrey - "Maybe" (Opshop)
[25]
2008Ian Hart"Her Hairagami Set" (The Brunettes)[26]
2009Chris Graham"Brother" (Smashproof featuring Gin Wigmore)
  • Sam Peacocke - "I Can't Stop Being Foolish" (The Mint Chicks)
  • Tim Van Dammen - "Turn Around" (Sola Rosa featuring Iva Lamkum)
[27]
2010Tim Van Dammen"Just a Little Bit" (Kids of 88)[28]
2011Special Problems"Punching in a Dream" (The Naked and Famous)[29]
2012Special Problems"The Sun" (The Naked and Famous)
  • Special Problems – "Take a Picture" (David Dallas)
  • Special Problems – "My Calculator" (Zowie)
[30]
2013Joel Kefali"Royals" (Lorde)
  • Nick Dwyer – "In Colour" (Shapeshifter)
  • Thunderlips – "Frankenstein" (Randa)
[31]
2014Campbell Hooper"Hearts Like Ours" (The Naked and Famous)[32]
2015Shahir Daud"Cymatics" (Nigel Stanford)[33]
2016Chris Lane"Inside Out" (Avalanche City)
  • Sam Peacocke – "Buried by the Burden" ([Pacific Heights Ft. Louis Baker)
  • Simon Oliver – "Secret Lives of Furniture" (Ha the Unclear)
[34]
2017Joel KefaliGit It Bad (Leisure)
  • Dan Watkins - Her (Shapeshifter)
  • Sam Kristofski - Lucky Girl (Fazerdaze)
[35]

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