Shynola are a London-based directing team who have worked across live-action and animation for over twenty years.[1] Gideon Baws (deceased), Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy and Jason Groves formed Shynola while at art college and immediately earned recognition for their inventive work.
Their music video work includes all artists like Junior Senior, Radiohead, Beck, Blur, Coldplay, ABBA and Queens of the Stone Age, along advertisements for brands like Nike, Audi, PlayStation and Maserati. They also created notable title sequences for series and films: The IT Crowd, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Mandy, and Netflix’s GLOW.
They have received scores of awards including a British Independent Film Award and three times Emmy nominations, with multiple wins at Edinburgh International Film Festival, D&AD awards and UK Music Video Awards.
In 2008, founding member Gideon Baws, died at age 33.[2]
| Year | Artist | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Unkle | "Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)" |
| Quannum featuring Lyrics Born and The Poets of Rhythm | "I Changed My Mind" (Stereo MCs Rattlesnake Mix) | |
| 2000 | Radiohead | Kid A blips: 'Basement Bear', 'Bear Witch', 'Dead Air', 'Drown', 'Eyes', 'Geese', 'Giant', 'Planes', 'Scarecrows', 'Six Million Thom', 'Stars', 'Thom Over Planes', 'Valley', 'Wake Up', 'White Mountains', 'Yeti'[3] |
| 2001 | "Pyramid Song" | |
| Stephen Malkmus | "Jo Jo's Jacket" | |
| Unkle | "Eye for an Eye"[4] | |
| 2002 | Lambchop | "Is a Woman" |
| Junior Senior | "Move Your Feet" | |
| The Rapture | "House of Jealous Lovers" | |
| 2003 | Queens of the Stone Age | "Go with the Flow"[5] |
| Blur | "Crazy Beat" | |
| "Good Song" | ||
| 2005 | Beck | "E-Pro" |
| 2009 | Coldplay | "Strawberry Swing"[6] |
| 2011 | "Paradise" | |
| 2013 | Black Sabbath | "God Is Dead" |
| "End of the Beginning" | ||
| Nine Inch Nails | "Everything" | |
| 2015 | Hot Chip | "Need You Now" |
| 2016 | Tiësto and Oliver Heldens featuring Natalie La Rose | "The Right Song" |
| 2021 | ABBA | "I Still Have Faith in You" |
| 2022 | "Eagle" as part of ABBA Voyage | |
| 2022 | "Voulez-Vous" as part of ABBA Voyage |