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Biography
Kris Moyes (born 30 October 1978) is an Australian-born director and producer and founder of KMOYES PICTURES. He is perhaps best known for his innovative music videos.
In 2005 he directed The Presets "Are You The One?" which utilized a large array of film techniques that playfully proposed answers to who the "one" is. The video also featured a digital artifact motif he developed by interrupting the transfer of DIVX files of original footage from a PC to a MAC computer, to which many homage videos were made.
Moyes has had close ties to Modular Records since 2005. He is probably better known for his videos for Softlightes and The Presets. In 2008 Moyes directed a traditional performance based music video for Wolfmother "White Unicorn" on the condition that Pav, the head of Modular Records allowed him to deface his own work and re-release it, under the pseudonym Banditobruce. The piece of subterfuge was a reference to Marcel Duchamp's Readymade, L.H.O.O.Q.
Moyes has also directed four music videos for Sia Furler. His first video for Sia's "Buttons" in 2007 was linked by Perez Hilton on his blog and received over 300,000 views in one day, becoming the No.1 Most Linked Music Video and No.2 Most Viewed Music Video on YouTube.
In 2010 Moyes directed and co-wrote a satirical short film, called "City Limits" featuring costumes by Australian fashion label, Romance Was Born. It was screened at ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Moyes has also been exhibited alongside John Baldessari, Brian Bress, Miranda July, Peter Sutherland, Paper Rad, Melanie Bonajo, Michael Gondry, Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, Mark Romanek and Floria Sigmondi.
Over the years, Moyes has appeared in a number of publications including, L.A. Times, Esquire, Tokion, The Open Day Book and The New York Times where he was invited alongside Jeff Koons, Banks Violette, Oscar de la Renta and The Campana Brothers to re-design the ' T ' Logo for The New York Times Style Magazine.
In 2015, Moyes redesigned the identity for Australia's longest running TV program RAGE, the first redesign in over 30 years.
Music videos
2017
- Tokio Hotel - Something new
2016
- Seekae - Turbine Blue
- The Temper Trap - Fall Together
- Mossy - Ginsberg
2015
- Mossy - Electric Chair
- Mas Ysa - Margarita
- Mysteries - Newly Thrown
2014
- Tokio Hotel - Girl Got a Gun
- Mosman Alder - Germland
- Grizzly Bear - Sun in Your Eyes
2013
- Boy & Bear - Harlequin Dream
- Luke Temple - Florida
- Grizzly Bear - Gun-Shy
- Swift K.I.D. featuring Guy Sebastian - Bed of Clouds
2012
- Kirin J. Callinan - W II W
2011
- The Rapture - Sail Away
2010
- Bag Raiders - Way Back Home
- Sia - Clap Your Hands
2008
- Beck - Youthless
- Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (ver.1)
- Hercules and Love Affair - You Belong
2007
- The Presets - My People
- Sia - Buttons
- Softlightes - Microwave
- Architecture in Helsinki - Heart it Races
2006
- Softlightes - Heart Made of Sound
- Wolfmother - White Unicorn (defaced)
- The Presets - Are You The One?
Filmography
2010
- City Limits
- Untitled Sia Project
Exhibitions and screenings
2015
- Marfa Film Festival, Texas
2013
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Victoria
- Dortmund U-Tower, Germany
- Marfa Film Festival, Texas
- 53rd Kraków Film Festival, Poland
- Sugar Mountain Festival, Victoria
2012
- Gutenberg Museum, Germany
- Chalk Horse Gallery, New South Wales
- Egoist TV, Russian Federation
- Zubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland
- Digital Marrakech Festival, Kingdom of Morocco
2011
- Remote Gallery, Spain
- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, California
2010
- The Centre Pompidou, France
- Dendy Cinema, New South Wales
- Rooftop Cinema, Victoria
2009
- Space15Twenty, California
- Microcinema, California
- Monster Children Gallery, New South Wales
- Museum of Contemporary Art, New South Wales
- FIVECC, Spain
2008
- The New York Times 'T' Magazine, New York
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
- Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Germany
- Los Angeles Film Festival, California
- ViMus Film Festival, Portugal
- Kinofest Film Festival, Romania
2007
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Victoria
- RESFest USA, Europe & Asia
- Lumen Eclipse Media Arts Gallery, Massachusetts
- Austin Museum of Digital Art, Texas
Awards and nominations
- Sydney Music, Art & Culture Awards (2013) Best On Screen - Kirin J. Callinan - W II W
- Triple J Awards (2012) Best Music Video - Kirin J. Callinan - W II W
- ARIA Awards (2010) Best Music Video - Sia "Clap Your Hands"
- ARIA Awards (2008) Best Music Video - The Presets "My People"
- D&AD Awards (2008) nominee Best Music Video - The Presets "My People"
- MVPA Awards (2008) nominee Best Direction of a Female Artist - Sia "Buttons"
- MVPA Awards (2008) nominee Best Electronic Music Video - The Presets "My People"
- MVPA Awards (2007) nominee Best Video Produced for Under $25,000 - Wolfmother "White Unicorn (defaced)"
- MVPA Awards (2007) nominee Best Animated Music Video - The Softlightes "Heart Made of Sound"
- ARIA Awards (2006) nominee Best Music Video - The Presets "Are You The One?"
- Australian Dance Music Awards (2006) - The Presets "Are You The One?"
- Antville MV Awards (2006) Best Unknown/Unsigned Director
Residencies
2015
- Cinereach Filmmakers in Residence Program, U.S.A.
Lectures
2013
- Cam Cam Club Mentorship Program, Australia
2012
- Splendour in the Grass, Australia
- College of Fine Arts, Australia
- Monash University, Australia
- Swinburne University, Australia
2010
- College of Fine Arts, Australia
- Semi-Permanent, Australia
2009
- FIVECC, Spain
2007
- TodaysArt, The Netherlands