George Vale is an award-winning director, best known as the creative force behind the videos of Arts & Crafts Records and as the co-founder of Experimental Parachute Moment, the A.V. club that helped drive the popularity of Broken Social Scene, Feist, Stars, and others. He has also worked with Drake and The Rolling Stones, and was the filmmaker who kept the cameras rolling during an African gun battle for the Gemini Award nominated War Child documentary, Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo. He currently lives in Toronto, where he works out of the legendary former 1188 Productions clubhouse, now home to The Black Space Sessions, a live streaming series featuring underground DJ sets and culture. In addition to developing the show, he is working on a true crime screenplay and has recently begun experimenting with AI for The Terrortainer Presents, a pop horror brand he is creating.
AWARDS
Between 1994 & 2015 – 25+ Much Music Video Award Nominations
Between 1994 & 2015 – 4 Much Music Video Awards
2012 Stereogum – Best 5 Videos of the Week – Azari & III, “Reckless With Your Love”
2010 CBC Radio Bucky Award – Best Music Video – Hollerado, “Americanarama”
2010 Gemini Award Nomination – Best Original Digital Media Series – City Sonic Documentary Series
2008 Spin – Top 20 Music videos – Stars, “Bitches in Tokyo”
2007 Pitchfork – Top 50 Music Videos – Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew, “Backed out on the…”
2006 Yahoo.ca – Top 10 Music Videos – Stars, “You’re Ex-Lover is Dead”
2006 Gemini Award Nomination – Best Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series – Rocked, Sum 41 In Congo
2006 Independent Music Award Nomination – Best Video – Feist, “One Evening”
2005 Juno Award Nomination – Best Video – Feist, “One Evening”
2002 Playback Magazine’s – Favourite Cover Of The Year – The Rolling Stones, “Licks Tour Visuals”
2001 Casby Award – Favorite New Music Video – The Tea Party, “Walking Wounded”
1996 MTV Music Video Award Nomination for – Best Hard Rock Video – Alice In Chains – “Again”
1996 Billboard Music Video Award Nomination – Best Hard Rock Video – Alice In Chains – “Again”
1996 Playback Magazine – Top 10 Commercials Of The Year – Cyclepath
1995 Molson & Marketing Magazine – New Talent Award