Andy Capper
Andy Capper | |
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Born | 14 February 1973 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Director / Journalist |
Title | President, Happy Now Film |
Andrew Richard Capper (born 14 February 1973) is a British US-based director, journalist and former editor and executive producer at Vice Media. In 2018, he founded Happy Now Film.[1]
Career
Capper's career in journalism started at age 17, reporting on local newspapers in the North West of
Capper has directed several promo videos for artists like
Capper was a regular contributor to The Guardian and The Observer.[11][12]
Capper left Vice in late 2017. His last production for the company, "Hollywood Love Story" was a series of cautionary tales about young people and the dark side of modern media. It aired in 2018 and featured Paris Hilton.[13]
In Summer 2022, Capper was appointed COO North America of the APX Film Fund which works to fund projects of narrative, documentary and other IPs.[14]
People Like You
In 2022, a new feature documentary called People Like You,[15] directed by Capper, was released on the Deeper Movies streaming service. The film is about America’s addiction epidemic and its troubled rehab industry through the eyes of a group of mothers.[16][17]
The Choe Show
In 2019, Capper worked with the artist David Choe to develop and produce The Choe Show, a limited TV series based around art, recovery and childhood trauma. The show premiered on FX Network June 2021.[18]
Reincarnated
Capper's feature-length documentary
Lil Bub & Friendz
VICE
Capper produced six segments in the Emmy Award-winning Season Two of the VICE show on HBO, working with hosts Thomas Morton, David Choe and Hamilton Morris.[5]
Chiraq
Chiraq is an 8-part documentary for Vice's music channel Noisey on the social and cultural forces behind the rise of the Chicago rapper Chief Keef, created by Capper after trips to the city for VICE on the HBO network.[5]
Suddenly
Suddenly is an hour-long documentary on New York artist ASAP Rocky, directed by David Laven and produced by Capper. It premiered at SXSW.[citation needed]
Atlanta
Atlanta is a ten part documentary series about drug trafficking and
Noisey
Eight hour-long films about music and geography for the VICELAND network. Season One: Compton with
The franchise also featured the rapper YG interviewed by a therapist and a special report on gang violence in Chicago. Season Two will air in January 2017.
Season Two: Six hour long films; Bay Area with
Season Two won the 2017
Vice Records
As a part of Vice Records, Capper has released music by Fucked Up, Black Lips, Mike Bones and Katie Stelmanis.[5]
Publications
- Skins & Punks with Gavin Watson (Vice) [24]
- Heavy Metal In Baghdad with Gabi Sifre (Vice)[25]
- The World According To Vice (Canongate)[26]
- Dos & Donts Compendium (Vice) [27]
Filmography
- The Vice Guide To Liberia (with Webby AwardWinner Best Travel & Adventure doc / People's Choice Winner).
- Rule Britannia (TV series) (2009-2013)
- Blackpool, Las Vegas Of The North (with Leo Leigh)
- Swansea Love Story (with Leo Leigh: Webby AwardOfficial Honoree)
- Beautiful Liverpool (with Leo Leigh)
- Afghanistan In The UK (with Jason Mojica)
- Roseboy (with Jamie Lee Curtis Taete and Billie JD Porter)
- Vice News
- Vice News: Krokodil Tears (with Alison Severs and Al Brown)
- Vice News: The Vice Guide To Belfast (with Stuart Griffiths and Michael Moynihan)
- Music World: Donk (with Andy Soup)
- The Vice Guide To Sex: Mandingo! (with William Fairman)
- 2013: Lil Bub & Friendz (director)
- 2013: Reincarnated
- Noisey Chiraq (with Gregory "Beef" Jones)
- Noisey Jamaica
- Noisey Jamaica 2
- Apocalypse, Man
- 2014: SVDDXNLY
- Weediquette series on Vice.com
- The Real series on Vice.com
- Vice News: Jamaican Bud Business
- Vice News: Ebola In Town!
- Vice News: Inside Libya's Militias
- Motherboard: Island Of The Apes
- Noisey Atlanta
- 2015 to 2016
- Noisey TV series on VICELAND
- Season One
- "Bompton"
- "São Paulo"
- "Miami"
- "Chicago"
- "Jamaica"
- "Las Vegas"
- "London"
- Noisey TV series on
- 2017
- Noisey TV series on VICELAND
- Winner of the Realscreen 2017 Award for Outstanding Achievement Non-Fiction & Culture
- Season Two
- "Bay Area"
- "Nashville"
- "Paris"
- "Seoul"
- "Atlanta"
- Lagos"
- "Lil B: Believe In Earth". A short film about the Bay Area artist Lil B.
- "The Therapist" TV show on VICELAND: Musicians receive therapy from Dr Siri Sat Nam Singh
- Noisey TV series on
- 2018
- Hollywood Love Story: An eight part series for VICELANDwith Paris Hilton.
- 2021
- The Choe Show on FX with David Choe.
- 2022
- People Like You: america’s addiction epidemic and its troubled rehab industry through the eyes of a group of mothers
See also
References
- ^ Andy Capper - Editor, Vice Magazine (UK and Europe) Archived December 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Press Gazette. 21 October 2005
- ^ "Andy Capper | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "The Bad-Boy Brand". The New Yorker. 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Andy Capper". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ a b c d e "Andy Capper". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Andy Capper - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ White, Peter (2017-12-15). "Vice Media's Andy Capper Leaves Youth-Focused Company". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "The Creator's Project". Archived from the original on 2012-01-06.
- ^ "On Time with Parquet Courts | Broadcast". On Time with Parquet Courts | Broadcast. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Capper, Andy (July 23, 2008). "www.theguardian.com/profile/andycapper". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Capper, Andy (March 16, 2008). "www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/16/features.musicmonthly17". The Guardian. London.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (2017-12-15). "Disney Will Get More Vice After Acquiring 21st Century Fox's $70 Million Stake". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ Yossman, K. J. (2022-08-22). "Film Fund APX Group Appoints Andy Capper as Chief Operating Officer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Capper, Andy (2022-10-20), People Like You (Documentary), Happy Now Film, Malibu Films, Vivera Cares, retrieved 2022-12-10
- ^ "Documentary "People Like You" PremierEs on Streaming - INDIEWRAP". 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ The Deeper Movies Channel People Like You The Deeper Movies Channel, retrieved 2022-12-10
- ^ The Choe Show (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-07-03
- ^ Makarechi, Kia (2013-03-18). "'Lil Bub & Friendz' Trailer: From Meme To The Movies (VIDEO)". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ^ "Lil Bub & Friendz | 2013 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribecafilm.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ The Editors (2013-04-25). "Here Are Your TFF 2013 Award Winners | Tribeca". Tribecafilm.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "REDEF - Andy Capper Archive". redef.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ "Realscreen Award – 2017 – Non-fiction – Arts & Culture – Noisey – VICELAND - VICE". www.vicemediagroup.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Skins & Punks. ASIN 0955801524.
- ^ Heavy Metal In Baghdad. ASIN 1416595406.
- ^ "The World According Vice". Amazon UK.
- ^ Dos & Don'ts Compendium. ASIN 1847679706.