

Sigismondi’s work is defined by enigmatic visual narratives, whether it be a short film for Sigur Ros or published monographs of her photography (“Redemption,” “Immune”). When left to her singularly creative devices, Sigismondi’s photography, sculpture installations and paintings have left impressions all over the globe, from Germany to Italy to Sweden to the UK. When coupled with global brands, she has helmed lauded campaigns for the likes of Samsung, Thierry Mugler and Motorola, among others. With notable work in nearly every field of visual ephemera, Sigismondi’s directing ranges from iconic music videos for Justin Timberlake, David Bowie, Katy Perry, Pink and The White Stripes, to her feature film debut with “The Runaways,” starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. In addition, she has successfully launched six fragrances, her limited capsule collection with Manolo Blahnik is in-stores now, and she has served as Contributing Creative Director and Punk & Poet brand ambassador for Stance since July 2015.įloria Sigismondi is a world-renowned creator of film, music video, branded content, photographs, art and experience. The first drop of the PUMA creeper collection sold out in three hours and continues to fly off the shelves with every release. Rihanna is PUMA’s global ambassador for Women’s Training and serves as the Creative Director of the brand, bringing her styling sensibilities and innovation to PUMA’s collections. With more than 8.5 billion views and 21 Vevo certified videos, she is the most viewed female artist on Vevo/YouTube and is one of the biggest artists on Facebook with more than 81 million Likes. She has released eight albums, achieved 14 number-one singles and won eight Grammy Awards. As an accomplished performer, she has sold 60 million albums and 215 million digital tracks worldwide, making her the top-selling digital artist of all time.

Rihanna has taken the music, entertainment and fashion industry by storm. So being able to be the first director to shoot a music video entirely with IMAX cameras and use this revolutionary technology to explore a different type of new territory was a dream come true.” I loved the idea that it explored new territory and the unknown. Said Sigismondi: “I have been a fan of ‘Star Trek’ since I was a little girl.

The “Sledgehammer” video is produced by Maavven. The camera, when combined with IMAX’s digital re-mastering process, delivers the highest level of digital image capture and playback resulting in stunning lifelike images with pristine clarity, incredibly fine detail, vivid colors and a higher dynamic range for superior contrast. Director Floria Sigismondi used the new ALEXA IMAX® camera, the same camera that was used to film the key battle sequence in “Captain America: Civil War.” The ALEXA IMAX 65mm camera is a next-generation revolutionary 2D digital camera developed through a partnership between ARRI and IMAX for use by today’s leading filmmakers working in the IMAX® format. “Sledgehammer” marks the first music video shot entirely with IMAX® cameras.
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The single of “Sledgehammer” is available now for purchase, download and streaming on all DSP platforms. Paramount Pictures and IMAX® Corporation today announced that the video for Rihanna’s new single “Sledgehammer,” written for director Justin Lin’s highly anticipated film “Star Trek Beyond,” from Paramount, Skydance and Bad Robot, will debut exclusively in IMAX theatres on Thursday, June 30th.
