Angus Cameron (director)

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Angus Cameron (born 1966) is a BAFTA Scotland nominated director.

Cameron's first documentary, Ibiza - A Short Film About Chilling, is a 'classic' record of the Ibiza club scene in 1990.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TejjAgAAQBAJ&q=angus+cameron+a+short+film+about+chilling&pg=PT259 |title=The True Story of Acid House: Britain's Last Youth Culture Revolution |author=Luke Bainbridge |publisher=Music Sales Group |year=2014 |isbn=978-0857128638 |access-date=23 May 2014}}

He is best known for his association with Creation Records during the 1990s, where he made music videos for Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Cathedral, Primal Scream and others. Several of his videos are known for having a distinctive psychedelic visual style.

Cameron was also given a credit for photography on Loveless, which later featured a Supreme release in 2020{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mih-MDn-0nkC&q=angus+cameron+loveless&pg=PT23 |title=My Bloody Valentine's Loveless |author=Mike McGonigal |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=978-1441150677 |access-date=11 June 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/429491-Angus-Cameron |title=Angus Cameron |publisher=Discogs |date=2014 |access-date=11 June 2014}} and created short films to accompany My Bloody Valentine's concerts, beginning with the Rollercoaster Tour.{{cite web|last1=Cameron|first1=Angus|title=my bloody valentine|url=http://www.anguscameronfilms.co.uk/mbv.html|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204011048/http://www.anguscameronfilms.co.uk/mbv.html|archive-date=4 February 2017|url-status=dead}} Of working with the band, he said: "I had my best and most creative working relationship with My Bloody Valentine."{{cite web|last1=Cameron|first1=Angus|title=music|url=http://www.anguscameronfilms.co.uk/music.html|access-date=3 February 2017|location=Commentary on the "Swallow" video}}

Since the early 1990s he has directed several television series and documentaries, most notably Naked Ambition and Hollywood Confidential.

==Filmography==

  • Ibiza - A Short Film About Chilling (1990) Channel 4 Documentary.{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/umbrellamagazine/docs/issueone/53 |title=Endless Summer |magazine=Umbrella Magazine |date=2010 |access-date=23 May 2014}}
  • Band Explosion (1991) TV Series
  • The Story of Creation (1992) Video Documentary
  • Run (1995) Channel 4 TV Movie Documentary
  • Lonely Planet (1999–2001) TV Series - 3 episodes
  • Treks in a Wide World (2000) TV Series - 1 episode
  • Miami Nice (2000) TV Movie Documentary
  • Madonna - Naked Ambition (2000) Channel 4 TV Movie Documentary
  • The Hollywood Greats (2002–2003) BBC One TV Series Documentary - 2 episodes{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007byn6 |title=Hollywood Greats - Tony Curtis |publisher=BBC |date=2002 |access-date=12 June 2014}}
  • Hollywood Confidential (2003) BBC Four TV Movie Documentary
  • Days That Shook The World (2004–2005) BBC Two TV Series Documentary - 2 episodes
  • Time Commanders (2005) BBC Two TV Series Documentary - All 8 episodes of series 2{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/lion-moves-bbc-wargame-show-1.65863 |title=Lion moves BBC wargame show |newspaper=The Herald (Glasgow) |date=16 January 2005 |access-date=12 June 2014}}
  • Serial Killers (2006) TV Series Documentary - 1 episode
  • British Film Forever (2007) TV Series Documentary - All 7 episodes
  • Wildest Dreams (2009) BBC One TV Series Documentary - All 7 episodes
  • Fatal Attractions (2013) Animal Planet TV Series - 1 episode
  • Crazy Love (2013) TV Movie Documentary

=Nominations=

  • Days That Shook The World - Disaster in the Skies: The Hindenberg/Challenger Disaster (2004) - Nominated for Best Factual Programme - BAFTA Scotland Awards 2005 (Writer, Cinematographer and Director)

Videography

=Other=

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