Andy Capper

Andy Capper
Born (1973-02-14) February 14, 1973
Nationality English
Occupation Director / Journalist
Title Executive Producer, Vice Media

Andrew Richard "Andy" Capper (born February 14, 1973) is an award-winning New York-based director / journalist and executive producer at Vice Media.[1]

Career

Having co-founded the UK division of Vice with Andrew Creighton, Capper has contributed to wide array of fields related to Vice Magazine. Since 2002 through to the present day, Capper has been Senior Director / Producer / Editor at Vice Media LLC. Capper created Vice series' such as Rule Britannia (TV series) and also co-produced two seasons of the six-part Vice.com series Fashion Week Internationale together with co-creators Charlet Duboc and William Fairman, travelling to Fashion Week in locations such as Islamabad, New York, Medellin, Phonm Penh and Lagos, Nigeria. In 2014, he created the Vice.com series' Weediquette and The Real, and was awarded an Emmy for segments he produced for Vice's show on the HBO network. In 2016 Capper was the Executive Producer and Director of the show Noisey, an eight-part series on the VICELAND TV network which featured artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Big Sean, Danny Brown, Diplo, Chief Keef, Common and others. Season 2 is currently in production for release early 2017.

Capper has directed several promo videos for artists like Snoop Dogg, ASAP Rocky, Vybz Kartel, Fucked Up, Black Lips, Haleek Maul, Parquet Courts, Turbonegro, Popcaan, Beenie Man and Tifa, as well as creating and producing the Noisey.com franchises Noisey Chiraq, Noisey Jamaica and Noisey Raps. Capper also worked with Jonathan Glazer and J Spaceman of Spiritualized on an installation for The Creators Project at the Coachella Festival which centred on the Spiritualized song "Ladies & Gentleman, We Are Floating In Space".[2] Last year he shot a tour documentary around the Brooklyn band Parquet Courts called Light Up Gold Road Trip, which will be released April 17 on Noisey.com as the first ever Noisey Films production.

Capper also contributes on a freelance basis to The Guardian, The Observer and NME, having previously been the paper's live editor.[3][4]

Reincarnated

Capper's feature-length documentary Reincarnated follows the rapper Snoop Dogg's transformation into reggae performer Snoop Lion, premiering at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival with a theatrical release in April 2013. In January this year he directed two Snoop videos in Jamaica for the companion album Reincarnated: "Lighters Up" featuring Mavado and Popcaan, and "Here Comes The King" featuring Angela Hunte.

Lil Bub & Friendz

Lil Bub & Friendz premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013 and won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film.[5][6][7] The film saw Capper once again collaborating with J.Spaceman of Spiritualized and William Bennett of Cut Hands, having previously worked with them on Swansea Love Story, The Vice Guide To Liberia and Reincarnated.

Chiraq

Chiraq is an 8-part documentary for Vice's music channel Noisey on the social and cultural forces behind the rise of the Chicago rapper Chief Keef, created by Capper after trips to the city for Vice's HBO network show.

Suddenly

Suddenly is an hour-long documentary on New York artist ASAP Rocky, directed by David Laven and produced by Capper.

Atlanta

Atlanta is a new documentary series about drug trafficking and Trap music in the Atlanta area, which is scheduled for release in 2015.

Noisey

Eight hour-long films about music and geography for the VICELAND network. Season One: Compton with Kendrick Lamar, Sao Paulo with Major Lazer, Miami with Rick Ross and DJ Khaled, Jamaica with Popcaan, Chronixx and Jesse Royal, Las Vegas with Tiesto, Steve Angello and Justin Bieber, Detroit with Big Sean and Danny Brown, Chicago with Chief Keef, Lil Durk and Common, London with Giggs, Skepta and Jammer.

The franchise also featured the rapper YG interviewed by a therapist and a special report on gang violence in Chicago. Season Two will air in January 2017.

Vice Records

As a part of Vice Records, Capper has released music by Fucked Up, Black Lips, Mike Bones and Katie Stelmanis.

Publications

Filmography

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In recent times Capper has produced video content throughout the Vice.com franchises, including the following long-form documentaries:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andy Capper - Editor, Vice Magazine (UK and Europe) Archived December 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Press Gazette. 21 October 2005
  2. ↑ "The Creator's Project".
  3. ↑ Capper, Andy (July 23, 2008). "http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andycapper". The Guardian. London. External link in |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Capper, Andy (March 16, 2008). "http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/mar/16/features.musicmonthly17". The Guardian. London. External link in |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Makarechi, Kia (2013-03-18). "'Lil Bub & Friendz' Trailer: From Meme To The Movies (VIDEO)". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  6. ↑ "Lil Bub & Friendz | 2013 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  7. ↑ The Editors (2013-04-25). "Here Are Your TFF 2013 Award Winners | Tribeca". Tribecafilm.com. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  8. ↑ "Skins & Punks".
  9. ↑ "Heavy Metal In Baghdad".
  10. ↑ "The World According Vice".
  11. ↑ "Dos & Don'ts Compendium".

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