W.I.Z.

W.I.Z.
Born	Andrew John Whiston (1964-01-04) 4 January 1964 (age 60) England
Occupation	Director
Years active	1990–present

Andrew John "W.I.Z." Whiston (born 4 January 1964) is an English director of films and music videos.

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like ol' garbage guts here done forgot the crow commandments again. Fellas, l did not forget the crow commandments. Please! Run 'em by met Run 'em by me. Thou shalt honor all crows. Right on! Proceedt Trash! Trash! And the most important one! Thou shalt never, never get down offofthis here pole! [ Together] You got it, Clyde! And the crow anthem! l gotta sing that thing again? #You gotta libretti it till you get it # # Elucidate # # Reiterate # #And syncopate # #You can't win You can't break even # #And you can't get outta the game # # People keep sayin' # #Things are gonna change but they lookjust like # #They're stayin' the same # #You get in way overyour head # #And you only got yourselfto blame # #You can't win, child # #You can't win, child # #You can't break even # #You can't get outta the game # #You can't win The world keeps movin' # #And you're standin' far behind # # People keep sayin' # #Things'll get better# #Just to easeyour state ofmind # # Soyou lean back# #And you smoke that smoke # #And you drink your glass ofwine # # Sayin' you can't win child # #You can't break even # #And you can't get outta the game # #You can't win # #You can't win no way ifyour stoy stays the same # #You ain't winnin' # # Oh, no # # But l'd like to seeyou l'm awfully glad you came # # Better cool it 'cause it ain't about losin' # #Then the world has got no shame # #You can't win, child # # Can't break even Can't get outta the game # #You can't win You can't break even # #Ain't the way it's supposed to be # #You'll be spendin' your little bit ofmoney# #While someone else rides for free # - # Learned your lesson # - Ooh! # Refuel your mind before some turkey blows outyour flame # - #And you can't win, child # - # No, you can't win # - #You can't win, child # - # No, you can't win # - #You can't win, child # - # No, you can't win # - #You can't win, child # - # No, you can't win # #You can't win, child Can't break even # #And you can't get outta the game # #You can't get outta the game # #You can't get out # Ooh! # Ofthe game # # No, no, no##

Career

W.I.Z. has directed a number of high-concept videos for major music artists from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Massive Attack, Kasabian, Oasis, and Marilyn Manson. Many of these videos, in addition to featuring the song and the performers, also follow a running narrative, and may contain a political or social message. Once in a band himself, W.I.Z. has also directed concert films of live performances by the bands Suede, Manic Street Preachers and Primal Scream.

He has directed two short films: Weekender and Baby. The 1992 film Weekender follows the band Flowered Up and displays the hedonistic side of club and drug culture; the 13-minute film was screened on Channel 4 in Britain.

W.I.Z.'s second short film Baby made its European debut at the 2000 Edinburgh International film festival and its U.S. debut at the MVPA Director's Cuts 2000 film festival. In February 2003, W.I.Z.'s video for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's "Whatever Happened to My Rock 'N Roll" was named as MTV2 Europe's "Best Video of the Year 2002" by the NME Carling Awards.

As of 2012 he was signed to the production company My Accomplice.^[1] He previously worked with Academy Films, Factory Films and Oil Factory Inc.^[2]