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Chester Travis
New Zealand filmmaker, author and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chester Travis (born 4 July 1987) is a New Zealand film maker, author and musician. His most notable works include his music video for Kimbra's "Goldmine".[1][2]
"Goldmine" was filmed in a factory in Berlin.[3] It was shot in black-and-white using a high amount of stop-motion animation; and was co-directed by Timothy Armstrong.[4][5]
The music video has received critical acclaim. Rolling Stone called the video "stunning";[5] while Paley Martin of Billboard proclaimed it as "an artful and edgy [...] piece set to a soul-piercing soundtrack".[3] Scott Heins of Okayplayer described the video as "hypnotic".[6]
In 2015, his ten part web series, "How To Be Gay"[7] won Best Queer Series at San Francisco Web Festival.[8]
Travis is also a musician, going by the stage name Great Danes. In 2016, Great Danes released their first EP and toured with Scottish rock band, Travis.[9]
In 2017, Travis composed three songs for the Amazon Series You Are Wanted.[10]
In June 2017, Travis received the APRA Best Country Music Song for Toothache at the 2017 New Zealand Music Awards.[11][12]
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Music Videos
- "Like They Do On The TV" - Kimbra (2018)
- "Everybody Knows Rework" - Kimbra/Apothek (2017)
- "Where The Down Bit Starts" - Great Danes/Kimbra (2016)
- "Goldmine" - Kimbra (2015)
- "Alive" - Pause Applause (2014)
- "The Gold Route" - Unmap (2014)
- "Einundzwanzig" - Jan Roth (2014)
Books
- My Summer Snowman, (2013) Curved House ISBN 978-0992730215
References
External links
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