Steven Spielberg records his first music video with a cell phone

After a 58-year career in the world of cinema, Steven Spielberg directed and recorded his first video clip, and he did it with a cell phone and in one take.

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This is the music video for “Cannibal”, the most recent single by folk rock musician Marcus Mumford, the artist reported on Monday through his social networks.

“Sunday July 3 in a New York high school gym, Steven Spielberg directed his first music video, in one take and on his phone,” Mumford tweeted in a post that also appeared in several photos alongside the director during the filming.

Likewise, Mumford explained that the actress and wife of Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, was in charge of the production and artistic direction, while the British interpreter Carey Mulligan (“The Great Gatsby”, 2013) was responsible for the costumes and the sound of the video clip. .

“I am overwhelmed by the support from the people around me to put out music, I cannot express in words all my gratitude (…) Kate and Steven have left me speechless, I cannot thank them enough”, concluded the musician in a thread on Twitter.

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Marcus Mumbford, a member of the band Mumford & Sons, is now releasing “Cannibal”, a solo single that serves as a preview of a record work that will be released on September 17.

For his part, Spielberg will return to the big screen with a semi-autobiographical feature film about his childhood in the state of Arizona, United States, although the filmmaker was born in the state of Ohio in that same country, whose premiere is scheduled for November 24, Thanksgiving Day.