Bradley & Pablo
Bradley & Pablo, composed of Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler, are a British director duo. They are known for directing high-energy and visually-striking music videos and commercials.
Career
The duo met in London while studying graphic design at Central Saint Martins and Chelsea College of Art in 2010 and soon after directed their first music video “Hey QT” by QT. The video received critical acclaim and became the first in a series of collaborations with the influential PC Music label and Charli XCX. They have subsequently gone on to collaborate with major artists including Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Rosalía, Lil Nas X, Tate McRae, and Cardi B.When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, the duo reached out to their frequent collaborator Charli XCX to document her recording her album How I'm Feeling Now while in quarantine. Their debut feature documentary Charli XCX: Alone Together was the result, documenting the artist and her fan's experience coping with the pandemic and coming together through online platforms to collaborate on the album. The film premiered as the headliner at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and was released on Hulu and BBC iPlayer.
In 2021, the duo directed "first-of-its-kind short-form drama series" Fracture for luxury fashion house Balmain, partnered with Channel 4. The series "follows a creatively stuck singer-songwriter who is holed up in a grungily glam fictional L.A. motel, as she tries to get distance from her privileged and complicated upbringing", and featured Jesse Jo Stark, Tommy Dorfman, Charles Melton, and Ajani Russel.
Bradley & Pablo have since directed commercials for brands such as Heineken, Bose, and Fossil.
Music Videos
Awards and recognition
| Year | Work | Award |
| 2024 | Heineken 150th Anniversary "Whatever You Call Us" | Gold Lion - Direct |
| 2024 | Heineken 150th Anniversary "Whatever You Call Us" | Silver Lion - Direct |
| 2024 | Heineken 150th Anniversary "Whatever You Call Us" | Bronze Lion - Creative Strategy |
| Year | Work | Award |
| 2024 | Heineken 150th Anniversary "Whatever You Call Us" | Shortlist / Direct / Integrated / 2024 |
| 2024 | Heineken 150th Anniversary "Whatever You Call Us" | Shortlist / Direct / Products & Services |
| Year | Work | Award |
| 2024 | Heineken 150th Anniversary "Whatever You Call Us" | Most Creative Effective Ad in TV |
| Year | Work | Nomination |
| 2019 | "Aute Cuture" by Rosalía | Best International Pop Video |
| 2023 | "Seven" by Jung Kook feat. Latto | Best International Pop Video |
| Year | Work | Nomination |
| 2014 | Stain Glass Story | Best VFX |
| 2015 | "Hey QT" by QT | Best Beauty |
Reception
Bradley & Pablo's work has also been listed on numerous "best of" lists with their video for Harry Style's "Watermelon Sugar" appearing on Rolling Stone's "Best Music Videos of All Time". Rolling Stone writes, "By the time it debuted, to a world in lockdown, there was something poignant about seeing sensual party people lustily fondle fruit in the sunshine, grinding on the rinds. And whatever the melons are into, he’s OK with it. Music videos have always celebrated the sexy-beach trope. Harry makes it feel brand new, crowning himself the consent king of the fructosexual future."| Year | Work | List |
| 2015 | "Hey QT" by QT | Crack Magazine’s Videos of the Year 2015 |
| 2015 | "Hey QT" by QT | FACT’s Best Music Videos of 2015 |
| 2016 | "Super Natural" by Danny L Harle feat. Carly Rae Jepsen | DAZED’s Best Music Videos of the Month |
| 2016 | "Super Natural" by Danny L Harle feat. Carly Rae Jepsen | Best Canadian Music Videos of the Year |
| 2016 | "Vroom Vroom" by Charli XCX | Stereogum’s Best Music Videos of 2016 |
| 2018 | "Tongue" by MNEK | Popbuzz’s Best Music Videos of 2018 |
| 2018 | "Tongue" by MNEK | Huffington Post’s Best Music Videos of 2018 |
| 2018 | "Electricity" Silk City & Dua Lipa feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson | Pitchfork’s Best Music Videos of September 2018 |
| 2018 | "Electricity" Silk City & Dua Lipa feat. Diplo & Mark Ronson | MTV’s Best Music Videos of 2018 |
| 2020 | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | USA Today's Best Music Videos of 2020 |
| 2020 | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | MTV Video Play Awards - Top 10 Music Videos |
| 2020 | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | Indiewire’s Best Music Videos’s of 2020 |
| 2020 | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | Billboard’s Best Music Video of 2020 |
| 2020 | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | Billboard Best Music Video of 2020 |
| 2021 | "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles | Rolling Stone's Best Music Videos of All Time |