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Watch the brilliant new Snow Patrol video directed by Blue Leach here.

October 2009 – UK Music Video Awards nominations announced!

Splinter Films are very well represented in the Best Live Music Coverage category with all of our directors taking 4 of the 6 nominations.

Nick Wickham for Foo Fighters – Live At Wembley Stadium and Madonna – Sticky & Sweet Tour.

Blue Leach for Linkin Park – Road To Revolution

James Russell for a T4 special with Kasabian.

Congratulations to all and good luck on the night.

August 2009 – Nick Wickham and Emer Patten were out in Vegas to film a very special show with Beyoncé. More to be revealed soon!

Blue Leach directed the fabulous video for Snow Patrol’s brilliant ‘Just Say Yes’ single. And they must really like us because, just a few days later, they commissioned us to film and produce a retrospective documentary for them.

June 2009 – Nick Wickham directed Kings of Leon live at The O2. Splinter Films were asked to film the band’s sold-out show for DVD release later this year.

May 2009 – BBC Four Sessions: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds* nominated for Rose d’Or award. The film, directed by Nick Wickham, has been nominated for the Performing Arts award at this years festival.

April 2009 – Splinter Films were once again called upon to film the incredible Il Divo in the amazing city of Barcelona for their next live DVD release. Nick Wickham directed and Emer Patten produced.

February 2009 – Blue Leach wins Video Director Of The Year… AGAIN! Yes it’s true. Blue has once again been honored by Total Production International (TPi) and takes home the prestigious title for the 4th time. Well done Blue!
Blue is currently working with Snow Patrol on their latest tour – he’s designed some beautiful animation in conjunction with the band’s Gary Lightbody and our animation collaborators, Atticus Finch. Too gorgeous for words and coming to a Snow Patrol show near you in the next few months.

November 2008 – Linkin Park: Road To Revolution is officially released on the 24th November. Click here to view the trailer.

September 2008 – WOW! It’s been a crazy month. First, James Russell spent a week in the studio filming with Snow Patrol for their new album. Next, Team Splinter went down to Hammersmith Apollo to film the delightful pop-tastic sounds of Jonas Brothers. Finally, Nick, Emer and the gang all flew out to Croatia to film a rather impressive concert by Il Divo, in a beautiful Roman amphitheatre. Phew! Next…?

29th June 2008 – Linkin Park – Projekt Revolution. Linkin Park delivered their Projekt Revolution manifesto to a sold out crowd at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes. Blue Leach was at the helm of the good ship Splinter to capture the day-long event. We can’t show you any of it yet, but imagine standing next to Big Ben when it chimes midnight whilst eating a whole pack of popping candy. Imagine…

24th June 2008 – Foo Fighters Live at Wembley Stadium will be released on 50 screens throughout the UK. VUE Cinemas will show the film in full HD and Dolby 5.1 surround.

7th June 2008 – I think we may have mentioned it before, but we LOVE the Foo Fighters. Having just filmed both nights of their career defining Wembley concerts, we find ourselves wondering if any gig will ever match it. Nick Wickham directed and it was all captured on HD. Keep an eye out for the cinema release, MSN broadcast and Blu-ray DVD.

14th May 2008 – James Russell films Backstreet Boys at The O2. The ever-popular vocal group played to a full house on their “Unbreakable” world tour. James captured their show in HD for Control Room & MSN for broadcast and DVD.

11th February 2008 – It’s that time of year again, when we at Splinter Towers salute our many friends and clients who are the happy new owners of Grammy Awards. Especially our favourite band in the whole wide world, those adorable Foo Fighters. Well done chaps! Now let’s go and film you again. Come on!!

20th November 2007 – The Beyoncé Experience Live is released. Within 3 months of being filmed, this DVD project – one of our biggest to date – is now available to buy. In the words of Mathew Knowles “That’s what Splinter Films do best…execute!”

15th November 2007 – James Russell films Stereophonics at Wembley Arena for V2 Records. Click here for a taster.

12th November 2007 – Shakira: Oral Fixation Tour Live premiers in selected theatres across the U.S.A. ahead of its DVD release tomorrow 13/11/07. Click here for more info. The DVD also becomes available on Blu-ray in Decemeber.

16th October 2007 – Released today! R.E.M. have released R.E.M. – LIVE, their first ever 2 CD/DVD in a career spanning 27 years. The DVD was directed by our very own Blue Leach and produced by Emer Patten. Click here to read the official release.

2nd September 2007 – Nick Wickham directs latest Beyoncé DVD – We filmed the multi-Grammy award winner in LA to help celebrate the massively successful B’Day tour and her 26th birthday. Release is scheduled for end of November

9th July 2007 – Live Earth is a resounding success. Named “Most-watched Online Event Ever” the Live Earth event made history and broke records with a peak figure of 54 million video streams. Congratulations to Emer and the Live Earth team on such an unprecedented accomplishment.

7th July 2007 – Splinter Films will proudly be taking part in the Live Earth event. Emer Patten is Broadcast Producer for the Wembley show and Nick Wickham will be Directing the Sydney show. With an expected worldwide audience of 2 billion, Live Earth will be one of the largest global events ever commited to film.

31st May 2007 – CADS07 Black Eyed Peas: Live from Sydney to Vegas and Foo Fighters: Live in Hyde Park (Skin & Bones DVD) have both been nominated for Best Live Music DVD at this years CAD awards. Both were directed by Nick Wickham.

25th May 2007 – THANK YOU to all who attended our birthday celebrations last night. We hope you all had a blast. We did!

10th May 2007 – WE ARE TEN YEARS OLD TODAY! Splinter Films is ten years old today and apart from feeling much older (and like we must have been on crack when we thought we would open our own production company ten years ago) we are thrilled to have made it this far and built our company and our reputation to what it is today. Huge thanks to all our clients, crew and friends for a great experience over the years, and here’s to many more!

18th April 2007 – Kings of Leon at Hammersmith Apollo for Control Room. Director – Paul Shyvers. Producer – Andy Derbyshire.

22 February 2007 – Mika at Koko in Camden for Control Room. Director – Nick Wickham. Producer – Emer Patten.

12 February 2007 – CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRAMMY WINNING CLIENTS! Our wonderful Red Hot Chili Peppers picked up FOUR GRAMMYS last night, and The Dixie Chicks swept the board with FIVE. Congratulations also go to John Legend, Christina Aguilera and the Black Eyed Peas. Well done to all – we at Splinter are proud to be associated with you.

06 February 2007 - Blue Leach wins Video Director of the Year at the 2007 TPi Awards, held in London, for his work with Depeche Mode and Snow Patrol.

05 February 2007 – Pussycat Dolls at the MEN Arena for Control Room. Director – Paul Shyvers. Producer – Emer Patten

January 2007 – “Foo Fighters – Skin & Bones” has been nominated for Best DVD at this years’ NME Awards. The DVD features the Foos’ biggest ever gig, which we shot for them in Hyde Park last summer.

December 2006 - Shakira. Live DVD shot in Miami. Director – Nick Wickham. Producer – Emer Patten

November 2006 - Oasis shoot in Paris. Noel, accoustic at the Cabaret Sauvage. Director – Nick Wickham. Producer – Emer Patten

September 2006 - John Legend live internet broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall. Director – Nick Wickham. Producer – Emer Patten

21 July 2006 - Nick Wickham shot Christina Aguilera’s show at the super fashionable Koko’s in Camden London last night.

June 2006 - Splinter Films co-founder Nick Wickham has won the Best DVD/Live TV Director award at the Music Week CAD Awards

Posted 22.10.09