EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: I LOVE New York | VoGUE
We asked frequent collaborator and director, Bardia Zeinali, to create something that paid tribute to everything and everyone that makes this great city, New York, so extraordinary.
Shot in August 2020, the result was the vivid, moving, beautiful film; written by Jeremy O. Harris and narrated by the iconic Whoopi Goldberg. It received a coveted Clio Award in 2020, among many other awards and accolades.
Vogue credits:
Mark Guiducci, Creative Editorial Director
Robert Semmer, Vice President, Head of Video
Marina Cukeric, Executive Producer
Jenna Allchin, Senior Producer
Samantha Adler, Visual Director
Olivia Horner, Visual Editor
Sergio Kletnoy, Entertainment Director
Felicity Webb, Bookings Director
Janelle Okwodu, Senior Fashion News Writer
Full credits:
Directed by Bardia Zeinali
Written by Jeremy O. Harris
Fashion Editor: Jorden Bickham
Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg
Produced by Peter Spark and Natalie Pfister for One Thirty-Eight Productions
Director of Photography: Chayse Irvin
Edited by Will Town at Modern Post
Production Managers: Hye-Young Shim, Hayley Stephon
Wardrobe Coordinator: Leo Becerra
Location Manager: Miles Sobeleski
Production: Andrew Carbone, Andrew Gowen, Auguste Taylor-Young, Ben Elias, Francis McKenzie, Hased Ike, Henry Pskowski, Jacob Gottlieb, Liam Wahl, Lucas Veltrie, Luis Jaramillo, Matt Nussbaum, Max Thuemler, Zach Berry
Hair: Mustafa Yanaz, (Indya Moore, Joan Smalls): Hos Hounkpatin
Makeup: Emi Kaneko
Set Design: Hans Maharawal
AD: James Woods
Cast: Paperboy Prince, Julia Fox, Paloma Elsesser, Emily Ratajkowski, Richie Shazam, Misty Copeland, Sean Bennett, Tashawn “Whaffle” Davis, LeeRock Starski, May Hong, David Byrne, Dara Allen, Ceyenne Doroshow, Tyshawn Jones, Raquel Willis, Akira Armstrong, Nicholas Heller, Tic and Tac, Ari Serrano, Naomi Otsu, Indya Moore, Bella Hadid, Erma Campy, Parker Kit Hill, Soul Tigers Marching Band, Kitty Kitty, Josephine Giordano, Ashley aka bestdressed, Eman Abbas, the Rockettes (Jackie Aitken, Tiffany Billings, Katie Hamrah, Alicia Lundgren), Joan Smalls, Leiomy Maldonado
Main Unit 1st AC - Camera A: Philey Sanneh
Main Unit 2nd AC - Camera A: Emma Penrose
Main Unit Loader: Helen Cassel
Main Unit Key Grip / Gaffer: Iain Trimble
Main Unit Grip / Swing: Greg Waszcuk
B Camera Op: Sam Ellison
B Camera - 1st AC: Carolyn Pender
B Camera Loader: Olivia Kimmel
B Camera - 2nd AC: Alex Dubois
Sound Tech: Matt Caufield
2nd Unit DP: Mika Altskan
Exquisite Human DP: Jac Martinez
Exquisite Human 1st AC: Alice Boucherie
Exquisite Human Camera PA: Royce Paris
Casting: Sergio Kletnoy, Felicity Webb, Nicholas Heller
Movement Director: Vinson Fraley
Tailor: Cha Cha Zutic
Assistant to the Fashion Editor: Austen Turner
Medic: Paradocs
Color: Tim Masick at Company 3
Stills Post Production: Dtouch
Music Supervision: Jessica Gramuglia, HiNote
Sound Design: Raphaël Ajuelos
Music: “Rhapsody in Blue” performed by Philharmonia Orchestra; “Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad” performed by MobyTitle Design: Naomi Otsu
Motion Design: Rinaldi Parungao for Mango Motion Design
Visual Effects: Ilia Mokhtareizadeh at The Arcane Collective, Zdravko Stoitchkov at ZeeFX
Assistant Editor: Lauren Friedman
Archival Research: Maggie Reville
Filmed At: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, Radio City Music Hall, Top of the Rock