Chris Hopewell

Chris Hopewell is an English music video director and screenprinted poster maker. He has directed videos for Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Louis XIV, The Knife, The Offspring and several other bands. His video for Radiohead's "There There" received an award for art direction at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Hopewell co-founded the company Collision Films (2002 - 2012).

He also co-directed with Crispian Mills on the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg. His most recent work is directing the music video for Avenged Sevenfold's 2016 single, "The Stage".

Feature films

• A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012, co-director)

Music videos

• Radiohead — "There There" (2003)
• Scissor Sisters — "Comfortably Numb" (2004)
• Blonde Redhead — "Equus" (2004)
• Razorlight — "Vice" (2004)
• Franz Ferdinand — "The Dark of the Matinée" (2004)
• The Zutons — "Confusion" (2004)
• Mylo — "Destroy Rock & Roll" (2005)
• McQueen — "Running Out of Things to Say" (2005)
• Louis XIV — "Finding Out True Love Is Blind" (2005)
• The Killers — "Smile Like You Mean It" (2005)
• Editors — "Blood" (2005)
• Persephone's Bees — "Nice Day" (2005)
• Young Knives — "The Decision" (2005)
• Young Knives — "She's Attracted To" (2006)
• Young Knives — "Weekends and Bleak Days (Hot Summer)" (2006)
• Franz Ferdinand — "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" (2006)
• Goldfrapp — "Fly Me Away" (2006)
• The Knife — "Marble House" (2006)
• The Bees — "Who Cares What the Question Is?" (2007)
• Cherry Ghost — "People Help the People" (2007)
• Young Knives — "Turn Tail" (2008)
• The Offspring — "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" (2008)
• McFly — "Lies" (2008)
• Graham Coxon — "Dead Bees" (2009)
• Graham Coxon — "In the Morning" (2009)
• Spinnerette — "Baptized by Fire" (2009)
• Radiohead — "Burn the Witch" (2016)
• Avenged Sevenfold — "The Stage" (2016)
• Run the Jewels — "Don't Get Captured" (2017)
• Father John Misty — "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution" (2017)
• Father John Misty — "Please Don't Die" (2018)

External links

• Collision Films on Internet Music Video Database