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Nick-knight

Nick Knight OBE (born 1958) is a British fashion photographer, documentary photographer, and web publisher—as director of SHOWstudio.com. Nick Knight and Gaga began working together in the fall of 2009 after working with Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 "Plato's Atlantis" with Ruth Hogben. They collaborated frequently from the fall of 2009 until 2011 and on select projects since then.

November 8, 2009

Main article: The Monster Ball (Theater Version)

After the cancellation of the Fame Kills Tour, Gaga needed to put together a new tour in a short amount of time. In order to do it, she called Nick Knight for help:

"I just called Nick. We were struggling to put the tour together so quickly and we wanted to do something very video driven and very interactive and I thought if I am going to do a video based show I need someone who can create videos and visuals who is really a genius. So I just called Nick and said “I’m in trouble. I need to phone God to help me get all this done in time. So naturally I called God, I called Nick Knight.” He started laughing. He just said, “oh thank you very much that’s very nice of you.” In that incredibly polite way he has. I said I wanted him to really push me, to go beyond my limits in terms of what I had done so far. In terms of marrying performance art, music and fashion and visuals. So naturally he wanted me to puke on myself and eat a bovine heart and do all sorts of other things."

The SHOWstudio team along with the Haus of Gaga shot the interludes and backdrops that would be used on the theater version and later, the arena version of the tour.

December 6, 2009

Date December 6, 2009
Location Somerset House in London United Kingdom
Camera P65+ by Phase One
Fashion director Nicola Formichetti at Haus of Gaga
Hair stylist Sam McKnight Premier
Make-up artist Tara Savelo at Haus of Gaga
Styling assistants Anna Trevelyan
Nails Marian Newman (Streeters for MarianNewmanNails)
12-6-09 Nick Knight 001

Lady Gaga wears sunglasses by Jean Paul Gaultier (Mod. 56-8171).

Lady Gaga wears a bodysuit by Zaldy x Haus of Gaga, a mask by Yoshiko Creation Paris, pants by Maison Martin Margiela and shoes by Yves Saint Laurent.


200 Portraits
Director Nick Knight
Editing Ruth Hogben
Music N/A


December, 2009 - January, 2010

Main article: The Monster Ball: Arena Version.

A revision of the Monster Ball tour occurred after 22 shows, due to Gaga's concern that the original version was constructed within a very short span of time. The Haus contacted the same key people who worked on the Theater Version in order to make a new version. The SHOWstudio team did a new edit for each interludes and backdrops and created new one using footage shot the previous fall. They also created brand new props such as they "Eternal Fountain" a replica of the Bethesda Foutain found in New York City's Central Park. The team was comprised of SHOWstudio's crew with the help of 3D animators Kevin Stenning (Rapido3D) and BURSTvisual.

February 16, 2010

Main article: 2010 BRIT Awards

As part of the same shoot for the stage visuals of the Monster Ball in 2009, a 3D scan of Gaga wearing a wig by Peter Savic along with heels by Alexander McQueen was made. She was captured and rendered along with a white Yamaha piano by Kev Stenning at Rapido3D. Burst TV London did some 3D work using the data and CNC machined out of polystyrene a 25 foot tall statue. A double piano dress statue was also made allegedly for the tour but was never used. These two companies worked under the supervision of Nick Knight.

On October 4, 2011, SHOWstudio revealed(1) a moving 3D Lady Gaga constellation (diamond dust), created by Daniel Brown from the 2009 footage. It was originally created in openGL for the iPad to be part of the main menu of a shelved digital project.

The solo statue was reprinted on a smaller (4”) scale in gold by Nick's assistant, Tom in 2020 for SHOWstudio x Harrods Future of Fashion project. That version was put on dislay for a limited time at Harrods in London.

One of the archived 3D renderings of that statue was used as a backdrop during "Poker Face" at The Chromatica Ball in 2022.

April 26, 2010

Date April 26, 2010
Camera P65+ by Phase One
Creative direction David Harris at Vanity Fair
Photographic assistance Adam Goodison, Iain Anderson, Charles Grauche
Features editor Jane Sarkin
Digital capture Joe Colley (Passeridae)
Production Kathryn MacLeod, Jennifer Watko and Kori Shadrick
Executive production Victoria Brynner and Gino Sullivan
NK Image production Charlotte Wheeler
Production assistance Grant Elam, Joseph Soutullo and David Sonneborn
Styling Jessica Diehl at Vanity Fair
Fashion assistance Sam Broekema at Vanity Fair
Fashion director Nicola Formichetti at Haus of Gaga
Seamstress Ulker
Hair stylist Sam McKnight Premier
Hair coloring Jonathan Gale (Jed Root)
Hair assistance Koji Ichikawa
Make-up artist Val Garland (Streeters)
Nails Deborah Lippmann
4-26-10 Nick Knight 004

Lady Gaga wears a necklace by Fred Leighton.

Lady Gaga wears a dress, a corset, and shoes by Armani Privé.

Lady Gaga wears a dress by Alexander McQueen and a crown by Angels Fancy Dress.

Lady Gaga wears a bodysuit by SOMARTA, shoes by Noritaka Tatehana, and rings by Fred Leighton (right hand), by Sevan Bicakci (left hand, ring finger), and by VBH (left hand, middle finger).

Lady Gaga wears a dress by Givenchy and a crown by Angels Fancy Dress.


The Lady Gaga Sittings for Vanity Fair
Director Nick Knight
Editing Ruth Hogben
Music Lukid


June 11, 2010

Main article: 2011 campaign of MAC Viva Glam.

Necklace by Erickson Beamon.

June 25, 2010

Date June 25, 2010
Location SHOWstudio in London Gb
Model Jo Calderone
Camera EOS 5D Mark II by Canon
Digital capture Joe Colley (Passeridae)
Digital post Epilogue Imaging
Fashion director Nicola Formichetti at Haus of Gaga
Hair stylist Sam McKnight Premier
Make-up artist Val Garland (Streeters)
Prop stylist Andrea Cellerino (The Magnet Agency)
Styling assistants Brandon Maxwell, Anna Trevelyan, Tom Eerebout, Julia Dakin
Nails Marian Newman (Streeters for MarianNewmanNails)
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Jo Calderone wears a headband by AND_i, a jacket by Givenchy, a t-shirt by Uniqlo, pants by Gucci, and custom boots by Dr. Martens.

Jo Calderone wears a jacket, pants and a shirt by Dior Homme.

Jo Calderone wears a coat and pants by Giorgio Armani.

Jo Calderone wears a jacket, pants and a shirt by Dior Homme.

Fashion_Film-_Elegant_Mechanics

Fashion Film- Elegant Mechanics

Credits
  • Film Edit - Ruth Hogben
  • Set Design - Andrea Cellerino
  • Photographic Assistance - Adam Goodison

December 14, 2010

For the album page, see Born This Way. For SHOWstudio Smoke & Mirrors 'Born This Way' Remix, see this page.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
The photographs from this date, have been deleted by rights claims copyright infringement. So in this Wikia will not be republished. Please don't upload full photoshoot.

Date December 14, 2010
Location London United Kingdom
Camera P65+ by Phase One
Camera assistant Nelson Oliver
Photographic assistance Zoe Hitchen, Laura Falconer, James Robotham, Roo Kendall
Digital operator Joe Colley (Passeridae)
Production Gainsbury and Whiting
Producer Dee Patel
Production manager Kat Davey
Runners Alex Short, Becky Scott, Julia Monsell, Alexandra Granville
Art director Todd Tourso at Haus of Gaga
Fashion director Nicola Formichetti at Haus of Gaga
Styling assistance Anna Trevelyan, Brandon Maxwell, Tom Eerebout, Sophie Ruthensteiner, Julia Dakin
Hair & Wigs Frederic Aspiras at Haus of Gaga
Hair stylist Sam McKnight (Premier)
Hair assistance Koji Ichikawa
Make-up artist Val Garland (Streeters)
Make-up assistance Laura Dominique
Nails Marian Newman (Streeters)
Horns Millennium FX
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Bra by Kiki de Montparnasse.

Shorts by Levi's.

  1. Custom jacket by Tom Tom Fashions.
  2. Custom sculpture bustier by Rein Vollenga and custom platforms by Noritaka Tatehana.

Dress and cape styled as hat by Daniela Karlinger.

Custom bodice and boots by MUGLER x Nasir Mazhar, and custom hat by MUGLER.

Vintage jeans by Lee from Beyond Retro and bustier top by Agent Provocateur.

Mule sandals by Pleaser.

Boots by Jan Taminiau, custom hair piece by Bob Recine, and face piece by Rodrigo Otazu.

Dress by Philips Design Probes x CuteCircuit x Studio XO and mule sandals by Pleaser.

Slime outfit by Bart Hess, pumps by Alexander McQueen, and hat by Charlie le Mindu.

Custom catsuit Atsuko Kudo and custom shoes by Rein Vollenga.

Jacket and custom boots by MUGLER.

Bra by Kiki de Montparnasse.

Custom tuxedo jacket by Void of Course.

Fashion film contains behind the scene footage from Born This Way album promo photoshoot by Nick Knight and some scenes from "Born This Way" music video.

Former Haus Member Tara Savelo shared via Twitter some details about the leak of this video. She denied that this footage is an alternative version of "Born This Way" music video, because that one was directed by LaurieAnn Gibson (that confirms the existing of alternative video). This footage is from Lady Gaga's Born This Way cover photoshoot by Nick Knight mixed with music video outtakes ("extra scene from the original"). Tara Savelo said about the leak that "[Lady Gaga] obviously didn’t approve it and doesn’t want it released," because "when someone is on set being photographed they are under the impression that it is private and any nudity captured can be edited around." She added, "whoever released this did so without her [Lady Gaga's] approval."

According to PropaGaga, verified user on Gaga Daily, "This is a video remix by AVIDDIVA aka Dustin Robertson, who works with Nick Knight. It was accidentally made public on his Vimeo a few years ago and some lucky fans were able to snatch it before it was quickly taken down. It's made up of footage from the scrapped street kid edit of "Born This Way" and "Government Hooker" videos and was never intended to be released publicly like this."

Screenshots

On August 5, 2013, SHOWstudio launched a brand new board on Pinterest called "Behind the screens" it shows previously unseen process images from SHOWstudio's projects.

Album and Single artworks
Promos only
Magazines
Playlist covers
Others
Merchandise

January 22-24, 2011

Main article: music video for "Born This Way"

Nick Knight directed the music video for "Born This Way" on January 22 to the 24th of 2011.

Behind the scenes

Deleted scene

On May 31, 2012, Nick Knight, through SHOWstudio's tumblr, released stills and gifs of a 15 second scene that was cut from the video. The reason for the release was as a thank you to Lady Gaga's little monsters for their continued support of SHOWstudio.

September 13, 2011

Main articles: iHeartRadio Music Festival, KISS-FM Jingle Ball, Z100 Jingle Ball

The Fuck Fashion interlude is a film directed by Nick Knight in 2011 that was used as an interlude for the iHeartRadio Music Festival, KISS-FM Jingle Ball, and the Z100 Jingle Ball. During these performance, the track "Government Hooker" was used as the music for the film. It was filmed on September 13, 2011.

  1. Outfit by John Galliano, hat by Stephen Jones for John Galliano, shoes by Pleaser, earrings by Kenneth Jay Lane
  2. Black gown by Tex Saverio, hat by Stephen Jones

August, 2012

Main articles: Fame (perfume) by Haus Laboratories in collaboration with Coty

Nick Knight designed the bottle for "Fame" with Lady Gaga. The bottle have the shape of an egg over a gold claw cap.

September 20, 2015

Main article: Tom Ford Spring/Summer 2016 Campaign

Credits

  • Still photographer: Lewis Mirrett
  • Creative Director: Audie Umali for Laird + Partners
  • Styling: Carine Roitfeld
  • Hair: Sam McKnight
  • Location: Milk Studios, Los Angeles, CA

February 19, 2020

Main article: Dom Pérignon x Lady Gaga Campaign

Date February 19, 2020
Camera
Client Dom Pérignon
Photography and Direction Nick Knight
Filmmaker and Film edit Britt Lloyd
Production Liberte Productions
Set design Andrew Tomlinson
Fashion director Nicola Formichetti at Haus of Gaga
Stylist Marta del Rio at Haus of Gaga
Hair stylist Frederic Aspiras at Haus of Gaga
Make-up artist Sarah Nicole Tanno at Haus of Gaga
Nail artist Miho Okawara
Choreographer Richard Jackson
Retouching Mark Boyle at Epilogue Inc.
Agency Tragos Bonnange Wiesendanger Ajroldi (TBWA)
Art Coordinator Jenn Lee
Shopper Rick Pirro
US Construction Jet Sets
1st AC Philip Martin
2nd AC Andrew Porras
DIT Sacha Rivière
Lighting Coordinator Ian Barwick
Technical Coordinator Matt Buchan
Gaffer Mike Adler
Best Boy Electric Jordan Parhad
Electric Janos Csoma, James Domkus, Adan Galindo, Jim Young, Ruben Gonzales
Dimmer Operation Gideon Markham
Key Grip Carlos Boiles
Best Boy Grip Aaron Neas
Grip Rick Ramon Velazquez, Bruce Wolfe, Luis Velandia, Sacha Riviere
Stunt Rigger Zack Bartholomay, Jeff Constine
CGI Lead Tom Wandrag
CGI Artist Kylian Maupoint
Post-Production Loic Maes
Logo Animation Dirk Koy
Production (LA) GE Projects
Executive Brand Consultant Ted Cerou
Photographic Assistance Thomas Alexander, Megan Jordan, Steve Yang, Colin Smith, Vinnie Maggio
Styling Assistance Marta del Rio, Franc Fernandez, Megan King, Eryka Valle, Garrett Ives, Conrad Muscarella
Tailors Alex Navarro, Samuel Ososki
Set Design Assistance Alfie McHugh, David Konix
Make-up Assistance Annie Bran, Michael Anthony, Denika Bedrossian, Phuong Tran, Mary Kula, Janice Daoud
Hair Assistance Nozomi Hirao, Yuma Maruoka, Akiko Yamakawa, Kumiko Ando, Ayano Jinnouchi, Kazuyo Shichiri
Choreography Assistance Graham Breitenstein
Dancers Juan Zapata, Diamond Lynn Smith, Trevor Silva, Julio Marcelino, Montana Efaw, China Taylor
Dom Pérignon Queendom 002

Short versions
Screenshots
  1. Custom choker, bracelet and ring by Elea's Closet, facepiece with Swarovski crystals styled as headpiece by Gregory Kara, and nails by Miho Okawara.
  2. Custom bolero jacket by Candice Cuoco, custom bodysuit by Lacey Dalimonte, boots by Pleaser, and nails by Miho Okawara.

Custom gown and headpiece by Mio Design x Swayed Stature x Michael Sui x James Christie, and nails by Miho Okawara.

Custom gown by Wiederhoeft x Saint Sintra x Y. Hadari x Carla Maldonado, boots by Pleaser, and nails by Miho Okawara.

Videos
Screenshots

Magazines and newspapers

July 17, 2022

Main article: The Chromatica Ball

Their collaboration was revealed on June 15, 2022 with a behind the scenes photograph of Gaga. The photo shows Gaga being scanned before being converted into a 3D model that would later during the show visuals.

Other

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