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James Hyman

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James Hyman
James started his career at MTV Europe in 1988. After a brief Press Officer stint he moved forward at MTV as a Senior Producer / Director / Programmer.

From 1988 to 2000, Hyman steered MTV through the emerging UK dance music scene, from its inception (the 'acid house' explosion) right through to its current global multi-million dollar culture.

Hyman's MTV shows featured over 500 in-depth interviews with all the major players including The Prodigy, Goldie, Moby, David Holmes, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Paul Oakenfold, Aphex Twin etc.

He was involved in all aspects of playlist strategy & programme production and was also responsible for producing, directing and editing over 250 pop videos, including clips for Fatboy Slim, New Order, Mike Oldfield, Moby, Prince and Michael Jackson.

By this time, Hyman had amassed a personal library of over one million magazines, 50,000+Vinyl, 50,000+ CDs and a broadcast quality collection of 20 years of Pop Video.

Whilst maintaining a foothold in the print media as a Columnist / Correspondent for various international publications (Music Week, Televizier, Hip-Hop Connection etc.), he began presenting specialist programs on terrestrial TV including Frontal (C4), Personal Services (C5 - BAFTA short-listed) and acted as a key expert / commentator on ITV's series The Dance Years.

Hyman produced series for the BBC's Play UK channel, Hey DJ (40 episodes) and Joy of Decks (60 episodes), both a continuation of the MTV Megamix (100 episodes) format James had created, blending music videos in the same way a club DJ mixes records.

He then presented Sci-Fi Channel's 5th Anniversary Week, followed by a critically acclaimed Sci-Fi Channel series which he wrote, produced and presented. He then went on to present the first ever daily internet show on television with MTV UK's UP For It and in 1999 was voted No.22 in MUZIK magazines poll of the '50 Most Powerful People in Dance Music'.

It was inevitable that Hyman would diversify into Music Supervision and his film credits include the critically acclaimed In The Hands Of The Gods, Dan Wilde's Alpha Male, Paris Leonti's Daylight Robbery, Guy Ritchie's Revolver, Kidulthood, Suzie Gold and Mean Machine.

Commercial clients include Morrisons (Take That's 'Shine'), Opel Vauxhall (Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World'), Head & Shoulders (Steve Harley's 'Make Me Smile'), Adidas, Ford, Lynx, T-Mobile, Gordons Gin, Lux, Vodafone, Levis, Johnnie Walker and Sony Ericsson. Channel Branding: Discovery UK - Madonna 'Frozen', Elton John 'Believe', The Cure 'Lullaby', Pretenders 'Hymn To Her, Massive Attack 'Protection'.

In 2000, Hyman took to the airwaves as an XFM DJ, presenting, producing & programming, The Rinse (MUZIK magazine nominated Best Radio Show in 2002) and The Remix (one of Campaign Magazine's Top 10 radio shows in 2001 & Sony Award nominated 2003), which he co-hosted with Eddy Temple-Morris.

The Remix spawned 2 compilation albums on Virgin/EMI platform for the cultural zeitgeist of bootlegging/remixing, which propelled the likes of Sugababes (Freak Like Me) and Liberty X (Being Nobody) to UK 1 hits.

Further CD compilations included 2 CDs of popular cover versions for BMG, an Ice T interview to accompany the rapper's personal trip through hip-hop history and Hyman's mix-CDs which went beyond cult status - the mash-up of James Bond/007 films was one of the Sunday Telegraphs top 5 albums in 2004 and his Tarantino themed mix of tracks, dialogue and more from the works of acclaimed film director Quentin Tarantino received glowing reviews and praise from Tarantino himself.

Hyman added another XFM show to his radio repertoire, Saturday afternoons from 3PM whilst his voice-overs can be heard for HIT40 UK, Toyota, BT, Daily Star, The Army and Sony Playstation. He continues to be an in-demand event DJ, spinning at film-premieres for Britney Spears, Eminem, Will Smith and Madonna as well sets for BMW,Glastonbury Festival and Carphone Warehouse.
BornApril 18, 1970
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James Hyman

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Ray Liotta, Jason Statham, André 3000, and Vincent Pastore in Revolver (2005)
Revolver
6.3
  • Music Department
  • 2005
Jeremy Piven, Gerard Butler, Ludacris, Thandiwe Newton, Tom Wilkinson, and Toby Kebbell in RocknRolla (2008)
RocknRolla
7.2
  • Music Department
  • 2008
Jason Statham in Blitz (2011)
Blitz
6.1
  • Music Department
  • 2011
Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Vas Blackwood, Danny Dyer, and Stephen Walters in Mean Machine (2001)
Mean Machine
6.4
  • Music Department
  • 2001

Credits

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Music Department

  • Emotional Rescue
    • music supervisor
    • In Development
  • Mo Gilligan in That's My Jam (2022)
    That's My Jam
    • music supervisor
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Don't Hate the Playaz (2018)
    Don't Hate the Playaz
    • music supervisor
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2022
  • Celebrity Karaoke Club (2020)
    Celebrity Karaoke Club
    • music supervisor
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Bobby (2016)
    Bobby
    • music supervisor
    • 2016
  • Poster design by Jon Pink. All rights with Films United Ltd.
    51 Degrees North
    • music supervisor
    • 2015
  • Lilyhammer (2012)
    Lilyhammer
    • music clearance
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011)
    A Thousand Kisses Deep
    • music consultant
    • 2011
  • Billy Zane, Vas Blackwood, and Robert Fucilla in Mercenaries (2011)
    Mercenaries
    • music supervisor
    • 2011
  • Jason Statham in Blitz (2011)
    Blitz
    • music supervisor
    • 2011
  • Jeremy Piven, Gerard Butler, Ludacris, Thandiwe Newton, Tom Wilkinson, and Toby Kebbell in RocknRolla (2008)
    RocknRolla
    • film music consultant
    • 2008
  • Daylight Robbery (2008)
    Daylight Robbery
    • music supervisor
    • 2008
  • In the Hands of the Gods (2007)
    In the Hands of the Gods
    • music supervisor
    • 2007
  • Alpha Male (2006)
    Alpha Male
    • music supervisor
    • 2006
  • Madeleine Fairley in Kidulthood (2006)
    Kidulthood
    • music supervisor
    • 2006
  • Ray Liotta, Jason Statham, André 3000, and Vincent Pastore in Revolver (2005)
    Revolver
    • music supervisor
    • 2005

Director

  • Turntable Terranova - Precipice (Aquasky remix edit) (2016)
    Turntable Terranova - Precipice (Aquasky remix edit)
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Higher State of Consciousness (2006)
    Higher State of Consciousness
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Snow Patrol: Starfighter Pilot
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1999
  • Fatboy Slim: Santa Cruz (1997)
    Fatboy Slim: Santa Cruz
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene, Pt. 8 (Remix Version) (1997)
    Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene, Pt. 8 (Remix Version)
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • 2 Unlimited: Spread Your Love
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1996
  • New Order: Blue Monday '95 (1995)
    New Order: Blue Monday '95
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1995
  • UB40: Until My Dying Day (1995)
    UB40: Until My Dying Day
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1995
  • Alison Limerick in Alison Limerick: Where Love Lives (1990)
    Alison Limerick: Where Love Lives
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 1990

Producer

  • Turntable Terranova - Precipice (Aquasky remix edit) (2016)
    Turntable Terranova - Precipice (Aquasky remix edit)
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2016
  • Jack Bond in Over & Over (2015)
    Over & Over
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Higher State of Consciousness (2006)
    Higher State of Consciousness
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene, Pt. 8 (Remix Version) (1997)
    Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygene, Pt. 8 (Remix Version)
    • producer
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • L'Oeil du cyclone (1991)
    L'Oeil du cyclone
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • MTV's Party Zone
    • producer (1987-2000)
    • TV Series
    • 1987

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • JLH Music Consultants
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  • Born
    • April 18, 1970
    • Paddington, London, England, UK
  • Other works
    Club/Party DJ, having played globally at numerous VIP/Film Premieres e.g. Eminem/8 Mile, Britney Spears/Crossroads, The Royal Tenenbaums etc.

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    His father's first cousin was Beatles manager, Brian Epstein.

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