| 2012 UK Music Video Awards | |
| Date: | 8 November 2012 |
| Location: | Leicester Square, London |
| Host: | Adam Buxton |
| Previous: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The 2012 UK Music Video Awards were held on 8 November 2012 at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square, London to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide.[1] The nominations were announced on 8 October 2012.[2] [3] English rapper M.I.A. won Video of the Year for "Bad Girls" directed by Romain Gavras.[4]
| Best Pop Video - UK | Best Pop Video - International |
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| M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" (Director: Romain Gavras)
| Lana Del Rey - "Blue Jeans" (Director: Yoann Lemoine)
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| Best Dance Video - UK | Best Dance Video - International |
| The Shoes - "Time to Dance" (Director: Daniel Wolfe)
| Duck Sauce - "Big Bad Wolf" (Director: Keith Schofield)
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| Best Urban Video - UK | Best Urban Video - International |
| Plan B - "Ill Manors" (Director: Yann Demange)
| Frank Ocean - "Novacane" (Director: Nabil)
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| Best Indie/Rock Video - UK | Best Indie/Rock Video - International |
| Spiritualized - "Hey Jane" (Director: AG Rojas)
| The Shins - "Simple Song" (Director: Daniels)
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| Best Alternative Video - UK | Best Alternative Video - International |
| Alt-J - "Breezeblocks" (Director: Ellis Bahl)
| The Hickey Underworld - "The Frog" (Director: Joe Vanhoutteghem)
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| Best Pop Video - Budget | Best Dance Video - Budget |
| Rent Boys - "Shoot The Shot" (Director: Zac Ella)
| Todd Terje - "Inspector Norse" (Director: Kristoffer Borgli)
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| Best Urban Video - Budget | Best Indie/Rock Video - Budget |
| Noisses ft. RTKAL, Lady Leshurr and Foreign Beggars - "Run Your Mouth" (Director: Drew Cox)
| When Saints Go Machine - "Parix" (Director: Daniel-Kragh Jacobsen)
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| Best Alternative Video - Budget | |
| The Death Set - "They Come to Get Us" (Director: Guillaume Panariello)
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| Best Animation in a Video | Best Art Direction & Design in a Video |
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| Fleet Foxes - "The Shrine/An Argument" (Animators: Sean Pecknold & Britta Johnson)
| Justice - "New Lands" (Art Director: Roger Bellés)
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| Best Cinematography in a Video | Best Choreography in a Video |
| Feist - "The Bad In Each Other" (DoP: Kasper Tuxen)
| Will Young - "Losing Myself" (Choreographer: Aletta Collins) |
| Best Editing in a Video | Best Styling in a Video |
| The Shoes - "Time to Dance" (Editor: Tom Lindsay)
| M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" (Stylist: Hannah Edwards)
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| Best Telecine in a Video | Best Visual Effects in a Video |
| Temper Trap - "Trembling Hands" (TK: James Tillett at Moving Picture Company)
| Woodkid - "Run Boy Run" (VFX: One More Productions)
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| Best Live Music Coverage | Best Music AD - TV or Online |
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| Chemical Brothers - "Don't Think" (Director: Adam Smith) LCD Soundsystem - "Shut Up and Play the Hits"
| Kasabian - "Velociraptor!" (Directors: John Paveley, The Lennox Brothers & Ian Dutt)
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| The Innovation Award | People's Choice Award |
| ALB - "Golden Chains" (Director: Johnatan Broda)
| One Direction - "Live While We're Young" (Director: Vaughan Arnell) |
| Best Producer | Best Commissioner |
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Lee Groombridge
| John Moule
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| Best Director | Best New Director |
| Romain Gavras | AG Rojas |