Hammer & Tongs

Garth Jennings

Nick Goldsmith

This article is about director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith. For the Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie album, see Hammer and Tongs.

Hammer & Tongs is the pseudonym of promo and film director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, as well as the name of their production company. Best known for their work on music videos for Blur ("Coffee & TV") and Supergrass ("Pumping on Your Stereo"), Hammer & Tongs have moved on to directing movies, their debut being the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. After making two successful feature films and a large number of music videos and adverts, the duo announced in July 2012 that they would be ending their 17-year partnership to "pursue separate ventures".

Filmography

• Son of Rambow (2007)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Videography

(incomplete)

• "Lotus Flower" - Radiohead (2011)
• "Cousins" - Vampire Weekend (2009)
• "A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend (2008)
• "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" & "Nude" - Radiohead (2007/2008) - Made with Adam Buxton
• "And I Was a Boy From School" - Hot Chip (2006)
• "Hell Yes" - Beck (2005)
• "Lost Cause: Version 2" - Beck (2003)
• "Little By Little" - The Wannadies (2003)
• "Imitation of Life" - R.E.M. (2001)
• "Disillusion" - Badly Drawn Boy (2000)
• "Spitting in the Wind" - Badly Drawn Boy (2000)
• "Silent Sigh" - Badly Drawn Boy (2002)
• "Coffee & TV" - Blur (1999)
• "Driftwood - Travis (1999)
• "Pumping on Your Stereo - Supergrass (1999)
• "Right Here, Right Now" - Fatboy Slim (1999)
• "Cancer for the Cure" - Eels (1999)
• "B Line" - Lamb (1999)
• "Last Stop: This Town" - Eels (1998)
• "Smile" - The Supernaturals (1997)
• "Help The Aged" - Pulp (1997)
• "A Life Less Ordinary" - Ash (1997)
• "The Day Before Yesterday's Man" - The Supernaturals (1997)
• "Weak" - Skunk Anansie (1996)
• "Freedom" - Robbie Williams (1996)
• "Dominion Road" (UK Version) - The Mutton Birds (1995)
• "Mr. Kirk's Nightmare" - 4hero (1990)

External links

• Hammer & Tongs - "fine foods and film since 1994" (Official site)
• Garth Jennings at IMDb
• Nick Goldsmith at IMDb
• Hammer and Tongs 2000 interview
• Time Out Son of Rambow Preview
• Culture Café (French) - Son of Rambow preview - 2007 production for Hammer & Tongs and director Garth Jennings
• Boys in the mud (Guardian article)
• EyeForFilm.co.uk - Interview with Garth Jennings about Son Of Rambow and plans for an animated feature film.
• Garth Jenning's Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Set
• Videos by Garth Jennings