Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Led Zeppelin win at 2013 UK Video Music Awards

Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ ‘Sacrilege‘ promo won two prizes at the sixth annual UK Video Music Awards which were held in London yesterday (October 28th).

The New York band and their directors Megaforce triumphed in the Best International Rock/Indie Video and Best Editing categories, while respected filmmaker Dick Carruthers won Best Live Coverage for his work on Led Zeppelin‘s 2012 DVD ‘Celebration Day‘.

“In a year where some pop videos have courted notoriety, this year’s UK Music Video Awards has highlighted the true range of creativity that can come out of the process of adding visuals to music,” the awards’ editorial director David Knight has said.

“But it was also wonderful to bestow our Icon Award on Julien Temple, a director who was courting controversy with his work over 30 years ago with the Sex Pistols, and is still adding to the language of music and film today.”

2013 UK Music Video Awards selected winners:

Best UK Rock/Indie Video
Darwin Deez – Free (The Editorial Me)

Best UK Alternative Video
London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years

Best International Rock/Indie Video
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege

Best International Alternative Video
Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes

Best Budget Rock/Indie Video
Kodaline – All I Want

Best Budget Alternative Video
Connan Mockasin – Faking Jazz Together

Best Art Direction & Design
Phoenix – Trying To Be Cool

Best Choreography
Sigur Rós – Valtari

Best Cinematography
Jon Hopkins – Open Eye Signal

Best Editing
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege

Best Visual Effects
Gesaffelstein – Pursuit