Ken Russell is often cited as one of the fathers of the music video, with Tommy (1975) widely recognised as one of the pivotal works in the development of the form. However, as the far more obscure Monitor item London Moods from 1961 proves, he was experimenting with non-narrative illustrations of pre-recorded music fourteen years earlier.
Ken Russell
Director
The Sparks Brothers73%
WHAM!73%
That's Entertainment!73%
Supersonic73%
Gunslingers61%
Riley's First Date?71%
How the West Was Won69%
Dolemite Is My Name69%
Side by Side72%
Being Eddie67%
The Magnificent Seven75%
The Last Waltz76%
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection86%
Zappa72%
Teen Beach Movie69%
Becoming Led Zeppelin74%
Love, Antosha74%
Nickelodeon62%
Two Tars67%
Piece by Piece72%
