What film maker who began writing and making amateur films at school, one of which was shown at the NFT, made a longer form project for an Australian hard rock band, formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young ?
Nick Morris Nick Morris is a film maker who began writing and making amateur films at school, one of which was shown at the NFT. His professional career began in the 1980s with music videos for "The Final Countdown" by Europe, "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister and "Everytime You Go Away" by Paul Young. After making approximately 100 promos for artists such as Elton John, Celine Dion, Alison Moyet, Warrant, Terence Trent D'Arby, Stevie Wonder, Paul Carrack, Prefab Sprout, Kirsty MacColl, Go West, the Kane Gang, The Alarm, Status Quo, Toto, Natalie Cole, Nena, Scorpions and the number one charity single Ferry Aid, he moved into longer form projects including the Cirque du Soleil show "Alegría", which was nominated for a primetime Emmy, "Jesus Christ Superstar", which won an International Emmy, and AC/DC's "Stiff Upper Lip Live" in Munich. He has also directed DVDs for comedians such as The Mighty Boosh, Mitchell and Webb and Bill Bailey. Other work includes numerous trailers and music clips for West End shows such as "The Producers", "Spamalot", "Calendar Girls", "Guys and Dolls", "Edward Scissorhands" and "The Rocky Horror Show". in 2009 he captured Spandau Ballet's triumphant homecoming concert at the O2 Arena in London and Jude Law's portrayal of Hamlet.
Twelve Foot Ninja Twelve Foot Ninja is a metal band from Melbourne, Victoria that released its debut album "Silent Machine" in 2012. The band consists of Kin (vocals), Russ (drums), Stevic (guitar), Damon (bass) and Rohan (guitar). They won Best New Talent at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards (America's only hard rock music awards) as well as two listener-voted awards from SiriusXM's Liquid Metal the year before. The band broke a world record for the most amount crowdfunded for a music video. Their first headline tour of Europe in April 2017 sold out five of the seven UK shows.