SKINNY

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SKINNY is a directing team based in Los Angeles that specializes in music videos. It is composed of David Hache, Marc-Edouard Leon, and Dori Oskowitz. SKINNY is known for developing its concepts through the use of creative methods that are deeply rooted in mysticism. These include meditation, trance, self-hypnosis, secret teachings, and the occult ^[1]. The directing team is devoted to creating a spiritual renaissance in the arts and has close relationships with yogis, Native American medicine men, occultists, and cabbalists. On top of this, SKINNY's work often features: intricate makeup, elaborate set design, vibrant colors, eroticism including male and female nudity, a sense of humor, references to Renaissance art, and homages to underground, cult and/or international film. In 2008, SKINNY signed to the acclaimed music video and commercial production company Partizan. Since being signed to Partizan, SKINNY has directed music videos for major labels. Yet the directing team continues to work with unsigned musicians and is dedicated to helping the careers of independent artists.

Filmography

Music Videos

• "Losers, Boozers, Jacuzzi Users" by Rock&Roll (2007)
• "Carmensita" by Devendra Banhart (2008)
• "Beguiling" by Jackie Tohn (2008)
• "Soothsayer" by Gray Kid (2008)
• "Burn Burn" by Nico Vega (2008)
• "Beyond Therapy" by Courtenay Green (2008)
• "Cartoons and Forever Plans" by Maria Taylor featuring Michael Stipe (2009)
• "Me Siento Solo" by Adanowsky (2009)
• "You Are the One" by Adanowsky featuring Devendra Banhart (2009)
• "We All Want To Be Prince" by Felix Da Housecat (2009)
• "WAYDWYL" by The Pharmacy (2009)
• "Coldest Morning Light" by The Pharmacy (2009)
• "Backstabber" by Ke$ha (2009)
• "Devil Is In The Details" by Courtenay Green (2009)
• "Song Away" by Hockey (band) (2009)
• "Attack Of The 5-Foot" by Riot In Paris (band) (2009)
• "Get Away With Murder" by Jeffree Star (2009)

Happenings

SKINNY releases each new video by the means of a happening that underlines the directing team's commitment to supporting the arts. These events generally have a costume theme, feature bands and have a strong spiritual slant. For their "Spirit Animal" happening, Sioux and White Mountain Apache tribes performed traditional drum and dance ceremonies to hundreds of spiritual revelers dressed as their spirit animals.^[2] SKINNY's "New Year's Eve Ball" took place at Hollywood's legendary haunted Vogue Theater, which was closed for ten years and used to study ghosts and other apparitions by the International Society for Paranormal Research.^[3] The theater was said to have seven ghosts, including that of "Fritz" the projectionist who died there in the '80s.^[4] SKINNY's happening included performances by Nico Vega, Saint Motel, and Japanther as well as a midnight invocation of the Vogue Theater's ghosts by the Amalgamated Order of the Rex Moribund^[5].

Media Attention

SKINNY's music video for Devendra Banhart's song "Carmensita" garnered a lot of public attention thanks to the presence of actors Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, and Lukas Haas^[6]. In particular, news that Devendra Banhart and Natalie Portman began dating after meeting on the set of the video was reported in the tabloids. The music video, which pays homage to Bollywood films and TV shows of the 1960s and 1970s based on ancient Indian epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana, has since become one of the most celebrated videos of 2008. It was featured in The Guardian^[7], MTV ^[8], Subterranean^[9], Time Magazine ^[10], NME^[11], Rolling Stone^[12], People Magazine^[13], Perez Hilton ^[14], and E!^[15]. Moreover, Spin (magazine) voted the video the 10th best video of 2008^{[citation needed]} and MTV's Indie Rock Music Video Show Subterranean (TV series) included it in its Top 15 of 2008^[16].

Community

SKINNY is part of a new wave of Los Angeles-based artists that frequently help and assist each other. This circle includes:

• Makeup Artist and Muse Sarai Fiszel
• Events Organizer, Photographer and Muse Adarsha Benjamin
• Stylist and Director Emily de Groot
• Performance Dancer and Costume Designer Ryan Heffington
• Photographer, Stylist and Muse Yasmin Than
• Director John Christopher Pina
• Director Ace Norton
• Model, Comedian, and Muse Alice Gardin
• Collective People-Food
• Events Organizer and DJ Ana Calderon
• Actor and Muse Riki Lindhome
• Actor and director Akihiro Kitamura
• Actor and Muse Mick Page
• Actor and Singer Soko
• DJ / Literary Agent Danny Gabai
• Alternative Creative Director Petecia Le Fawnhawk
• Stylist Cassandra Kellogg
• Wildfox Couture designer Kimberley Gordon
• Photographer Shelby Duncan
• Photographer Ashley Haber
• Photographer Rony's Photobooth
• Photographer Autumn de Wilde
• Director of Photography Starr Whiteside
• Director of Photography Ross Riege
• Post-Production House Ghost Town Media
• Art Director Isaac Gabaeff
• Writer Mandy Kahn
• Artist Alia Penner
• Director Benjamin Kutsko
• Director Matt Ornstein
• Woodworker Lili Jackson
• Promoter Dave Young
• Artist Mekenzie Kay Schneider
• Filmmaker and Photographer Maximilla Lukacs
• Actor and DJ James Oliver
• Editor Graeme Pereira
• Flaunt Magazine
• Flaunt Magazine Editor-In-Chief Andrew Pogany
• Radio DJ Josh Frankfort
• Bollywood Dance Choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan
• Musician and Promoter Daniel Merlot
• Musician Devendra Banhart
• Musician Nico Vega
• Musician Saint Motel
• Musician Adanowsky
• Musician The Pharmacy
• Musician Gray Kid
• Musician Jenny O.
• Musician Tyler Steele And The Helping Thieves
• Musician Voxhaul Broadcast
• Musician Entrance
• Musician Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
• Musician Rainbow Arabia
• Musician Lion Of Panjshir
• Musician Japanther
• Musician Warpaint
• Musician Hecuba
• Musician Megapuss

Notes

External links

• Official SKINNY website
• SKINNY web page at Partizan
• SKINNY blog