Mirrorball - Chris Cunningham - (1999) - [Music Videos removed]

What this video is

Mirrorball (Channel 4, 1999–2000) was a landmark British television documentary series that crystallised the late-1990s recognition of the music video director as auteur. The Chris Cunningham episode aired May 30, 1999, at the apex of Cunningham's creative output — the same year as Aphex Twin's 'Windowlicker' — and contextualises his body of work within the Warp Records IDM ecosystem and UK post-rave visual…

Why it matters

As a documentary episode dedicated to a single music video director's creative practice, this episode represents an early institutionalisation of music video direction as a serious artistic discipline in British broadcast culture. Its 1999 Channel 4 airdate predates the Directors Label DVD…

The director

Nicola Black is credited as producer on the Mirrorball: Chris Cunningham episode (1999, Channel 4). The Edinburgh International Film Festival listing confirms her as producer alongside David Smith, with Nick Kershaw as editor and Daniel Ibbotson credited for…