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Dawn Shadforth (born in 1973 in Essex, England) is a British music video and documentary director, as well as an editor and artist. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Shadforth began her career as an award winning sculptor before turning her interest to music and directing. Shadforth is one of the foremost directors in her field and has directed and edited promotional music videos for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Oasis, Goldfrapp, Sugababes and Garbage. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Goldfrapp are a British Electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of Electronic dance music. Sugababes are a BRIT Award -winning English pop group trio from London. Garbage is an American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994 She has received several awards including Best New Director at The Creative Design Awards, Best Special Effects for Garbage’s "Special" at the MTV Video Music Awards and Visionary Video at the VH1 Awards. The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top Music videos of the year VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television An exhibition of her work has recently been featured at the Creative Futures show. Her work is well known for its tightly choreographed performances and for liberating the movement of dancers rather than containing it.

Shadforth at an early age was interested in art and music. Her mother encouraged her to follow her interests and she enrolled herself at Sheffield Hallam University and studied sculpture. Sheffield Hallam University ( SHU) is a Higher Education institution based in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield, England She proved to be a natural at sculpting and won multiple prestigious awards including the Whitworth Young Contemporaries Award for her work entitled "Sweet Dreams", as well as a first place prize in Fine Art for her work in 1991. Fine art is any Art form developed primarily for Aesthetics rather than Utility. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. After graduating from college, Shadforth was unsure what to do and decided to further her education and was accepted into a video training course.

In 1995 Shadforth directed The Friends Tale, a 10 minute documentary for Channel 4's controversial "Battered Britain" series. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began She then followed the documentary up with The Seven Year Glitch, a short film documenting the "Warp Records Tour". The documentary was screened at the film festival "Onedotzero", as well at "Solar" in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia

In 1996 she was asked by a Mantronix band member to direct the music video for their underground hit "Hush" in New York. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Mantronix was an innovative and influential 1980s Hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik ( Kurtis el Khaleel New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1997 Shadforth moved to London, England to work full time as a music video director. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics In London her work quickly received public and industry recognition. Her music video for the All Seeing I single "Beat Goes On" won for Best Dance Video at the 1998 Muzik Video Awards and for Best Editing at the 1999 Creative Design Awards. The All Seeing I are an English electronic music group from Sheffield, comprising Dean Honer, Jason Buckle and DJ Parrot (real name Richard Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In June 1998 she signed to Black Dog/RSA Films, a music video production company based in England. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Shadforth edits all her own work, which is rare in the music video business. "I've always done it, right from the word go," she explains. "I find it impossible to communicate to somebody--it's just something that doesn't go through your conscious thoughts and, because it's music, it's different from cutting a story. When I have an idea, it's motivated by editing. " Shadforth feels that the use of an editor will limit her creative ideas and just complicates the directorial process.

In 2001 Shadforth made her directing breakthrough with the Kylie Minogue video, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head". Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. " Can't Get You out of My Head " is a pop-dance song recorded by Australian Singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album The video features Minogue in a computer generated futuristic city, arriving in a space-age car, seductively and rhythmically shifting the gearstick as she drives, before eventually dancing in a clipped pulsating style in front of a group of male dancers all wearing bizarre red plastic headgear. The video is well known for its tight choreography as well as for featuring Minogue in a deceptively revealing white costume with a plunging neckline and wide open front. The video was quickly picked up by many music video channels and is credited with making the song a number one hit worldwide. The exposure from the video quickly made Shadforth a "must have" director, and the film has been widely mimicked and parodied.

She also directed the award-winning promo film for "The Importance of Being Idle", the acclaimed second single from 2005's comeback album by Oasis, Don't Believe the Truth. " The Importance of Being Idle " is a Song on the British rock band Oasis ' sixth Album, Don't Believe the Truth Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Don't Believe the Truth is the sixth studio Album by Oasis, released on 30 May 2005. The film was a clever pastiche of 1960's black and white kitchen-sink drama films, featuring a parade of high-kicking undertakers, led by the Welsh actor Rhys Ifans. Rhys Ifans r̥ ɨːs 'ivans (born 22 July 1968) is a Welsh Actor. (The name of the undertaking firm featured in the video is 'Shadforth and Sons'). The band themselves praised the video, and it was said by critics at the time to be the best video Oasis had ever made. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 It went on to win the award for Best Video of 2005 at the NME Awards in early 2006, and the song itself went to Number 1. The NME Awards are an annual music awards show founded by the music magazine NME (New Musical Express

Shadforth has dabbled into directing commercials but did not like the experience. She has said that she happier directing music videos because she loves music and is "motivated by music and that's the reason I'm a music video director as opposed to any other kind of director, for me it's an end in itself, something I'll hopefully do for years to come. " She has over recent years been offered film scripts and has turned them down, but has not ruled out film directing for the future.

Selected director videography

Garbage in the music video "Special", directed by Shadforth in 1998.
Garbage in the music video "Special", directed by Shadforth in 1998.

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she had directed m&s christmas adverts starring twiggy elzibeth jagger and antonio banderes. she has also directed a few h&m adverts. Dawn is a mother of 1 child lola and has a long term partner finn mcgough also a director.

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