df118 EGYPT
sd December 1984
dir Nigel Dick
dp Nigel Dick
df117 FOREIGNER / McCULLOCH TV Ads
df116 STIFF ALL STARS – Maybe Tonight / Running Away
sd 17th December 1984
loc Chelsea Football Ground, London
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp unknown
e Eddi Ackit
dirt Video cameras have come a long way since then.
df36 BAND AID – Do They Know It’s Christmas
sd 25th November 1984
loc Island recording Studios, Basing Street, London
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Dave Bridges
c.ops Roger Deakins, Nic Knowland
e Dave Gardner
dirt How often do you get to work on something that saves 12 million lives? Bob had the idea on Wednesday, we shot it on Sunday and it was aired before Top Of The Pops, introduced by David Bowie, on Thursday. Nobody charged a cent…except for Kodak who demanded full payment. Hit BAND AID icon to our left for the full story.
(Also available in Pop-Up-Video version).
Grammy nomination Best Longform Video
Voted #73 Greatest Music Video Ever Made MTV / TV Guide 1999
df115 LINDA RONSTADT – TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df114 THE BOOMTOWN RATS – Dave
sd 84
loc London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Terry Bulley
e Dave Gardner
dirt The American label thought it was about gays so we had to do a
second version called Rain!
DF113 STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE – TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df112 PRINCE – I Would Die For You TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df111 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df110 ZZ TOP – TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
vo Alan Freeman
df109 SISTER SLEDGE – Family TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df108 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Ocean Rain TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df107 PRINCE – Purple Rain LP & Movie Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df106 PRINCE – Purple Rain TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
eDave Gardner
df105 PRINCE – TV Ad
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df 035 TEARS FOR FEARS – Shout
sd 84
loc Durdle Door, Dorset and London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Dave Bridges
art
mu Miranda Joyce
e Nigel Dick / Dave Gardner
dirt A world wide smash and my fee was $40!
(Also available in Pop-Up-Video version).
df 034 TEARS FOR FEARS – Mother’s Talk
sd 84
loc Bath, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Bob King
art Sarah Wills
e Dave Gardner
dirt Curt’s backyard and a bunch of footage nicked off the TV.
df 033 IN PARRALLEL – Reduced To Tears
sd 84
loc Some ruined mental asylum outside London.
dir Nigel Dick
dirt An appalling mess. I had an image of a man trapped by strands of white fabric but absolutely no idea of how to execute it.
df 032 SHANNON – Sweet Somebody
sd February 5th 1984
loc Brighton Beach, Sussex, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Colin Clarke
art Sarah Wills
dirt There’s nothing like a nice day at the beach…
df104 MADNESS – One Better Day
sd 5th, 6th June ’84
loc Mornigton Crescent, Camden Lock, Arlington House, London
cast Bette Bright (Homeless lady)
dir Nigel Dick
pro Rachel Krish
dp Sid McCartney
mu Stephanie Walker / Laura Lewis
e Pete Cornish
dirt The first and only time I woke up in bed, (not my bed either), at
call time, on the wrong side of town!
df103 MADONNA – TV AD
pro Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
df 031 SWANSWAY – Illuminations
sd 84
loc A Dance Academy in Chiswick, London
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dirt Where are they now?
df 030 THE BOOMTOWN RATS – Drag Me Down
sd 84
loc Some salt mines outside London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Colin Clarke
e Dave Gardner
dirt Bob, who’d recently finished working on The Wall, wanted a cross between Raiders Of The Lost Arc and Close Encounters and we had eight hours on the shooting schedule.
df 029 STATUS QUO – The Wanderer
sd 84
loc London, England
dir Seb Harris
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art
e
dirt That old flat-bed truck gag.
df102c DR. HOOK – Beautiful Woman
sd 11th April ’84
loc Ipswich Gaumont, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick / Sarah Wills
cam Bob King
e Mike Pavett
dirt Third time’s the charm.
df102b DR. HOOK – A Little Bit More
sd 11th April ’84
loc Ipswich Gaumont, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick / Sarah Wills
cam2 Bob King
e Mike Pavett
dirt Two down, one to go…
df102a DR. HOOK – You’re So Vicious
sd 11th April ’84
loc Ipswich Gaumont, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick / Sarah Wills
cam2 Bob King
e Mike Pavett
dirt 3 videos in one long soundcheck the day I returned from Oz.
df28 MARILYN – You Don’t Love Me
sd 2nd, 5th, 6th April ’84
loc London, England and Melbourne & Sydney Australia
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Colin Clarke / Nigel Dick
e Dave Gardner
dirt Some people – 16 hours notice to put together a shoot on opposite sides of the world.
df103 JULIAN COPE – Greatness & Perfection
sd 83-84
loc St. Pancras Railway Station, London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp (video)
dirt I had to pass a vibe test with Julian to get this job.
df102 ZERRA ONE – 10,000 Voices
sd 83-84
loc West Of Ireland
dir Sebastian Harris
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art
e
dirt We found a drunk guy lying in the road on the way home.
df101 ANY TROUBLE – Baby Now That I’ve Found You
sd 12th, 13th March ’84
loc Advision and Brixton Academy, London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Lynne Miller
dp Clive Tickner
art
mu Vicky Barron
e
dirt I lent Clive my white Strat that Chrissy Boy had swum underwater with in the “It Must Be Love” video
df27 KOOL & THE GANG – Straight Ahead
sd 83-84
loc Central Park, New York City
dir Nigel Dick
pro
dp Phil Parmet
e Dave Gardner
dirt Directed this one by phone.
df26 SHANNON – Give Me Tonight
sd 83-84
loc New York City
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Phil Parmet
dirt…and this one during the night
df25 SHANNON – Let The Music Play
sd 83-84
loc New York City
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Phil Parmet
dirt We shot this one during the day…
df24 STATUS QUO – Margarita Time
sd 83-84
loc Skyline Hotel at Heathrow Airport
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Colin Clarke
dirt We had to write the words on cards for Rick – he’d had a little
drink and couldn’t quite remember them.
df23 STATUS QUO – A Mess Of Blues
sd 83-84
loc A hangar, south of the Thames somewhere, London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dp Roger Deakins
dirt The undisputed kings of the 12 bar lensed by a future Oscar winner.
df22 THE ESCAPE – Amsterdam
sd 83-84
loc London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
dirt And not so much as a windmill in sight.
df21 FRIENDS AGAIN – Sunkissed
sd 83-84
loc Camber Sands, England
dir Nigel Dick
pro Nigel Dick
art Nigel Dick
dp Bruce McGowan
dirt A day at the beach. Making videos would never be this cheap, this simple or this much fun ever again
df20 JONA LEWIE – I Think I’ll get My Haircut
sd 83-84
loc London, England
dir Nigel Dick
pr Nigel Dick
dp Chris Morphet
art Nigel Dick
dirt My first true directing gig. I’m glad the d.p. knew what he was doing – I didn’t. We shot in the hairdresser’s across the street from where I lived.
df19 TRACEY ULLMAN – Breakaway
sd February 1983
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr John Mills, Nigel Dick
dp
art John Mills, Nigel Dick
dirt This shoot was so successful that Robbo fired me.
df18 MADNESS – Tomorrow’s Just Another Day
sd January 1983
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick, John Mills
dp
art Nigel Dick, John Mills
dirt John and I stayed up all night building the prison set and I had
to borrow my mate Rowland’s spade to dig a hole for them in the garden.
df17 VARIOUS ARTISTS – Stiff Visions
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
df16 THE BELLE STARS – TV Ad
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
df15 MADNESS – Complete Madness
sd Various
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Various
art Nigel Dick / Various
e Various / Nigel Dick (Wrap Arounds)
Winner “Musicweek Award” 1982
df14 THE BELLE STARS – Sign Of The Times
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
df13 ALVIN STARDUST – A Picture Of You
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
df12 LENE LOVICH – It’s Only You, Mein Scmerz
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp Roger Deakins
art Nigel Dick
dirt I remember cooking sausages for the crew for our lunch!
df11 SYLVIA AND THE SAPPHIRES – Baby, I’m A Fool For You
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
df10 THE BELLE STARS – Mockingbird
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
df09 SYLVIA AND THE SAPPHIRES – Shopping Around
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick
df08 THEATRE OF HATE – The Hop
sd
loc London, England
dir Dave Robinson
pr Nigel Dick
dp
art Nigel Dick