Spoek Mathambo: Control
1st Prize Non European Music Video
Representation: orangefilms.co.za
When did you first pick up a camera?
Pieter: I was 12, it was an old Pentax my father gave to me for my birthday.
Michael: 20 years ago.
What does winning at the YDA mean to you?
Pieter: Hopefully I get a two-month Lexus commercial!
Michael: It is an amazing honour having work recognised by such an established organisation.
What was the most challenging aspect of making your video?
Michael: Adapt or die; one has to be prepared to roll with what happens. Filming is an organic process – we lost our location while we where shooting and had to find another location on the day.
Pieter: Not getting killed.
Who or what is your biggest inspiration?
Pieter: A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld.
Michael: The creator of everything.
What do you think is the future of advertising?
Michael: I think advertising (because of technology) has become more accessible and clients are more open to ‘crazy’ ideas.
Pieter: I’m not really concerned with this.
What commercial do you wish you had made and why?
Michael: I don’t know which particular ads but there are several directors whose work I admire; Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer and Andreas Nilsson just to name a few.
Pieter: The two-month Lexus one.
Where do you hope to be this time next year?
Pieter: Retired.
Michael: Alive.
If I wasn’t directing I’d be…
Pieter: A photographer.
Michael: Teaching; it’s the best way to learn.
Connections
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- Unspecified role Pieter Hugo
- Unspecified role Michael Cleary
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