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ARIA Award for Best Video
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| ARIA Award for Best Video | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First awarded | 1987 |
| Currently held by | Kyle Caulfield for G Flip, "Good Enough" (2023) |
| Website | ariaawards |
The ARIA Award for Best Video, is presented at the annual ARIA Awards, which recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",[1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."[2] The award is given to a director of a music video by an Australian-based group or solo artist, which was released within the eligibility period. Initially (from 1987 to 2011), it was voted for by a judging academy, which consisted of 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.[3]
From 2012, onwards the winner has instead been determined by the general public.[4][5] The final nominees are the top ten most played music videos, during the eligibility period, performed by an Australian-based artist. According to an ARIA representative, "Concept, direction and performance of the video are major criteria, not necessarily the excellence of the music. This Award is presented to the Director of the entered video who must meet the general eligibility criteria for artists. If the single was not commercially released, then the media servicing date must fall within the eligibility period."[6] The public votes are tallied by ARIA, with the winner announced at the awards ceremony.[7]
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the other final nominees, where known, are not highlighted or in boldface.[8]
Winner marked in a separate colour
Peer voted
| Year | Winner(s) | Video Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 (1st) | ||
| Alex Proyas for Crowded House | "Don't Dream It's Over" | |
| Alex Proyas for INXS | "Kiss the Dirt" | |
| Julie Stone Productions for Big Pig | "Hungry Town" | |
| Kimble Rendall for Boom Crash Opera | "Hands Up in the Air" | |
| Tony Leitch and Andrew de Groot for Hunters & Collectors | "Everything's on Fire" | |
| 1988 (2nd) |
Claudia Castle for Paul Kelly | "To Her Door" |
| 1989 (3rd) | ||
| Richard Lowenstein for INXS | "Never Tear Us Apart" | |
| Claudia Castle for Big Pig | "Big Hotel" | |
| Andrew de Groot for Midnight Oil | "Dreamworld" | |
| Paul Elliott for Crowded House | "When You Come" | |
| Stephen Priest and Steve Hopkins for John Farnham | "Age of Reason" | |
| 1990 (4th) |
Geoff Barter for 1927 | "Compulsory Hero" |
| 1991 (5th) |
Claudia Castle for Midnight Oil | "Blue Sky Mine" |
| 1992 (6th) | ||
| John Hillcoat for Crowded House | "Chocolate Cake" | |
| Paul Elliott for Boom Crash Opera | "Holywater" | |
| Stephen Johnson for Yothu Yindi | "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" | |
| Marcel Lunam for Died Pretty | "D.C." | |
| Brendon Young for Tall Tales and True | "Lifeboat" | |
| 1993 (7th) | ||
| Stephen Johnson for Yothu Yindi | "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" | |
| Robbie Douglas-Turner for Frente! | "Ordinary Angels" | |
| Paul Elliott for Boom Crash Opera | "Bettadaze" | |
| Paul Goldman for Lisa Edwards | "Cry" | |
| Chris Langman for The Sharp | "Talking Sly" | |
| 1994 (8th) | ||
| Richard Lowenstein for INXS | "The Gift" | |
| Andrew Dominik for The Cruel Sea | "The Honeymoon Is Over" | |
| Paul Elliott for Midnight Oil | "Outbreak of Love" | |
| Paul Elliott and Sally Bongers for Christine Anu and Paul Kelly | "Last Train" | |
| Craig Griffin for John Farnham | "Seemed Like a Good Idea (At the Time)" | |
| 1995 (9th) | ||
| Keir McFarlane for Kylie Minogue | "Put Yourself in My Place" | |
| Robbie Douglas-Turner for You Am I | "Jewels and Bullets" | |
| Bob Ellis for Electric Hippies | "Greedy People" | |
| Paul Elliott for Max Sharam | "Coma" | |
| Tony Mahoney for Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes | "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" | |
| 1996 (10th) | ||
| Andrew Lancaster for You Am I | "Soldiers" | |
| Robbie Douglas-Turner for The Cruel Sea | "Too Fast for Me" | |
| John Fransic for Swoop | "Apple Eyes" | |
| John Hillcoat and Polly Borland for Frente! | "Sit on My Hands" | |
| John Witteron for Hoodoo Gurus | "Waking up Tired" | |
| 1997 (11th) | ||
| Tony Mahony for Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes | "Feelin' Kinda Sporty" | |
| Greg Harrington and Ross Fraser for John Farnham | "All Kinds of People" | |
| Janet English for Spiderbait | "Calypso" | |
| Jeff Darling for Crowded House | "Not the Girl You Think You Are" | |
| Mark Hartley for You Am I | "Good Mornin'" | |
| Tony McGrath for Savage Garden | "To the Moon and Back" | |
| 1998 (12th) | ||
| Baz Luhrmann for Christine Anu, David Hobson and Royce Doherty[nb 1] | "Now Until the Break of Day" | |
| Chris Bently for Groove Terminator | "Losing Ground" | |
| Mark Hartley for The Cruel Sea | "Takin' All Day" | |
| Jeremy Hydnes and George Pinn for Regurgitator | "Polyester Girl" | |
| Quan Yeomans for Regurgitator | "Black Bugs" | |
| 1999 (13th) | ||
| Andrew Lancaster and David McCormack for Custard | "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" | |
| Cate Anderson for Silverchair | "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" | |
| Andrew Dominik for The Cruel Sea | "You'll Do" | |
| Craig Melville and David Curry for Josh Abrahams | "Addicted to Bass" | |
| Tony McGrath for Regurgitator | "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" | |
| 2000 (14th) | ||
| Mark Hartley for Madison Avenue | "Who the Hell Are You" | |
| Bart Borghese for Nokturnl | "Neva Mend" | |
| Mark Hartley for Bardot | "Poison" | |
| Mark Hartley for Madison Avenue | "Don't Call Me Baby" | |
| Paul Butler and Scott Walton for Regurgitator | "Happiness (Rotting My Brain)" | |
| 2001 (15th) | ||
| Ben Saunders for Eskimo Joe | "Wake Up" | |
| Bart Borghesi for Something for Kate | "Monsters" | |
| Mark Hartley for Human Nature | "He Don't Love You" | |
| Mark Hartley for Invertigo | "Chances Are" | |
| Paul Butler and Scott Walton for Gerling | "The Deer in You" | |
| Paul Butler and Scott Walton for Powderfinger | "Like a Dog" | |
| Kelley Abbey for Scandal'us | "Me, Myself & I" | |
| 2002 (16th) | ||
| Michael Gracey and Babyfoot Productions for 1200 Techniques | "Karma (What Goes Around)" | |
| Jolyon Watkins for Gerling | "Dust Me Selecta" | |
| Michael Spiccia and Prodigy Films for Disco Montego | "Beautiful" | |
| Nash Edgerton for Eskimo Joe | "Liar" | |
| Square-Eyed Films for Silverchair | "The Greatest View" | |
| 2003 (17th) | ||
| Bart Borghesi for The Androids | "Do It with Madonna" | |
| Paul Butler, Scott Walton and 50/50 Films for Gerling | "Who's Ya Daddy?" | |
| Paul Butler, Scott Walton and 50/50 Films for Powderfinger | "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" | |
| Sam Bennetts and Rising Sun Pictures for Rogue Traders | "One of My Kind" | |
| Sean Gilligan and Sarah-Jane Woulahan for Silverchair | "Across the Night" | |
| 2004 (18th) | ||
| James Hackett for The Dissociatives | "Somewhere Down the Barrel" | |
| Claudia Castle for Pete Murray | "So Beautiful" | |
| Nash Edgerton for The Sleepy Jackson | "Good Dancers" | |
| Paul Butler, Scott Walton and 50/50 Films for Spiderbait | "Black Betty" | |
| Squareyed Films for Missy Higgins | "Scar" | |
| 2005 (19th) | ||
| Ben Quinn for End of Fashion | "O Yeah" | |
| Adrian Van De Velde for Thirsty Merc | "In the Summertime" | |
| Ben Joss and Tribal for The John Butler Trio | "Something's Gotta Give" | |
| Ben Quinn for The Cat Empire | "The Car Song" | |
| Sam Bennetts and Mad Angel for Rogue Traders | "Voodoo Child" | |
| 2006 (20th) | ||
| Head Pictures for Bernard Fanning | "Wish You Well" | |
| Andy Cassell for Youth Group | "Forever Young" | |
| Bart Borghessi for Eskimo Joe | "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" | |
| Kim Moyes for The Presets | "Are You the One?" | |
| Sean Gilligan and Sarah-Jane Woulahan for The Living End | "Wake Up" | |
| 2007 (21st) | ||
| Paul Goldman and Alice Bell for Silverchair | "Straight Lines" | |
| Ben Saunders and Germain McMicking for Augie March | "The Cold Acre" | |
| Brendan Cook for Gotye | "Hearts a Mess" | |
| Damon Escott and Stephan Lance (Head Pictures) for Powderfinger | "Lost and Running" | |
| Angus McDonald and Daimon Downey for Sneaky Sound System | "Pictures" | |
| 2008 (22nd) | ||
| Kris Moyes for The Presets | "My People" | |
| Adam Callen for Sneaky Sound System | "Kansas City" | |
| Angus Stone, Julia Stone and Josh Groom for Angus & Julia Stone | "Just a Boy" | |
| Damon Escott and Stephen Lance for Silverchair | "If You Keep Losing Sleep" | |
| James Littlemore for Pnau | "Baby" | |
| 2009 (23rd) | ||
| Josh Logue of Mathematics for Empire of the Sun | "Walking on a Dream" | |
| Josh Logue of Mathematics for Empire of the Sun | "We Are the People" | |
| Head Pictures, Damon Escott and Stephen Lance for Sarah Blasko | "All I Want" | |
| Mark Alston for Kate Miller-Heidke | "The Last Day on Earth" | |
| Sam Bennetts for Bluejuice | "Broken Leg" | |
| 2010 (24th) | ||
| Kris Moyes for Sia | "Clap Your Hands" | |
| Alex Roberts for Art vs. Science | "Magic Fountain" | |
| Krozm (Chris Hill, Ewan Macleod and Lachlan Dickie) for Sarah Blasko | "Bird on a Wire" | |
| Head Pictures for Powderfinger | "All of the Dreamers" | |
| Kiku Ohe for Angus & Julia Stone | "Big Jet Plane" | |
| 2011 (25th) | ||
| Natasha Pincus for Gotye featuring Kimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | |
| Bart Borghesi for Eskimo Joe | "Love Is a Drug" | |
| Carlo Santone for Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | "Gopuru" | |
| David Michod and Flood Projects for Children Collide | "Loveless" | |
| Guy Franklin for Kimbra | "Cameo Lover" |