Directing

WIZ Andrew John Whiston

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

W.I.Z. has directed a number of high-concept videos for major music artists from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Massive Attack, Kasabian, Oasis, and Marilyn Manson. Many of these videos, in addition to featuring the song and the performers, also follow a running narrative, and may contain a political or social message. Once in a band himself, W.I.Z. has also directed concert films of live performances by the bands Suede, Manic Street Preachers, and Primal Scream. He has directed two short films: Weekender and Baby. The 1992 film Weekender follows the band Flowered Up and displays the hedonistic side of club and drug culture; the 13-minute film was screened on Channel 4 …

Known for

Suede: Love & Poison poster
NR

Love and Poison is a live concert video of Suede's show at the Brixton Academy venue on 16 May 1993, notable for performances of songs from their debut album Suede and early B-sides.

Suede: Love & Poison

1993

Massive Attack: Eleven Promos poster
8.8

Massive Attack are one of the innovative frontrunners within the world of Electronica. Credited with creating the sound of trip-hop, Massive Attack continue to develop new sound worlds with each successive release. Massive Attack has just as dstinctive a vision when it comes to videos as they do for their music. "Eleven Promos" compiles eleven videos from the mind of Massive Attack including such memorable tracks as "Unfinished Sympathy," "Safe from Harm," "Protection," and "Angel." Video directors represented are: Michel Gondry, Jonathan Glazer and Wiz among others. Other tracklistings: Daydreaming; Be Thankful for What You've Got; Sly; Karmacoma; Risingson; Teardrop.

Massive Attack: Eleven Promos

2001

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget poster
8.8

A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget

2004

Coming of Age: Vol. 1 poster
NR

A collection of 3 shorts films about teen boys becoming men and the hardship they go through. The shorts films are: A Friend of Dorothy (1994); Baby (2000); A Little Comfort [Juste un peu de réconfort...] (2004).

Coming of Age: Vol. 1

2009

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV poster
8.9

God Is in the T.V. is the second video album by Marilyn Manson. It features all 13 music videos Marilyn Manson spawned between July 1994 and November 1999, as well as uncensored bonus footage from the production of "The Dope Show" music video and nearly an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock Is Dead tour.

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV

1999

Baby poster
6.3

A teenage boy finds all around him has sexual overtones as he lives a teenage life of drugs and masturbation.

Baby

2000

Behind the camera

Suede: Love & Poison poster
NR

Love and Poison is a live concert video of Suede's show at the Brixton Academy venue on 16 May 1993, notable for performances of songs from their debut album Suede and early B-sides.

Suede: Love & Poison

1993

Suede: Love & Poison poster
NR

Love and Poison is a live concert video of Suede's show at the Brixton Academy venue on 16 May 1993, notable for performances of songs from their debut album Suede and early B-sides.

Suede: Love & Poison

1993

Massive Attack: Eleven Promos poster
8.8

Massive Attack are one of the innovative frontrunners within the world of Electronica. Credited with creating the sound of trip-hop, Massive Attack continue to develop new sound worlds with each successive release. Massive Attack has just as dstinctive a vision when it comes to videos as they do for their music. "Eleven Promos" compiles eleven videos from the mind of Massive Attack including such memorable tracks as "Unfinished Sympathy," "Safe from Harm," "Protection," and "Angel." Video directors represented are: Michel Gondry, Jonathan Glazer and Wiz among others. Other tracklistings: Daydreaming; Be Thankful for What You've Got; Sly; Karmacoma; Risingson; Teardrop.

Massive Attack: Eleven Promos

2001

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget poster
8.8

A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget

2004

Coming of Age: Vol. 1 poster
NR

A collection of 3 shorts films about teen boys becoming men and the hardship they go through. The shorts films are: A Friend of Dorothy (1994); Baby (2000); A Little Comfort [Juste un peu de réconfort...] (2004).

Coming of Age: Vol. 1

2009

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV poster
8.9

God Is in the T.V. is the second video album by Marilyn Manson. It features all 13 music videos Marilyn Manson spawned between July 1994 and November 1999, as well as uncensored bonus footage from the production of "The Dope Show" music video and nearly an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock Is Dead tour.

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV

1999

Baby poster
6.3

A teenage boy finds all around him has sexual overtones as he lives a teenage life of drugs and masturbation.

Baby

2000

Baby poster
6.3

A teenage boy finds all around him has sexual overtones as he lives a teenage life of drugs and masturbation.

Baby

2000

No artwork available
6.0

A short film by WIZ featuring previously unseen Super 8 footage filmed at a Boys Own party in 1989

Nish

1998

Weekender poster
7.0

A look at club and drug culture through the prism of the band Flowered Up.

Weekender

1992

Weekender poster
7.0

A look at club and drug culture through the prism of the band Flowered Up.

Weekender

1992