Andrew Richard Capper (born 14 February 1973) is a British US-based director , journalist and former editor and executive producer at Vice Media . In 2018, he founded Happy Now Film.
29-515: Capper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andy Capper (born 1973), English journalist Arthur Capper (1865–1951), American politician Charles Capper , American historian Charles Capper (politician) (1822–1869), British Member of Parliament Edmund Capper (1906–1998), English bishop Freddy Capper (1891–1955), English footballer Gavin Capper , fictional character on
58-593: A 10% minority stake in VICE Media for $ 250 million, keeping VICE Media independent. The following April, it was announced that A&E's channel H2 would be rebranded as VICELAND, a lifestyle channel aimed at millennials. On 29 February 2016, VICE Media officially launched VICELAND with investment support by Disney and A&E. Disney has since increased their stake in VICE Media through A&E with two $ 200 million investments—the first in November 2015, followed by
87-577: A character in My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film) See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Look up capper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Capper Pass and Son , British smelting and refining company Capper–Volstead Act , American legislation Murder of Suzanne Capper [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Capper . If an internal link intending to refer to
116-438: A daily news show on HBO Now premiering in 2016, 32 VICE-produced specials over four years, and an expansion of the existing show from 14 to nearly 30 episodes per year. "VICE" started its 5th season of weekly broadcasts on HBO under the expanded episode deal on Friday, 24 February 2017. In 2015, VICE partnered with several companies, including Verizon , Rogers Communications, Live Nation , Spotify and Snapchat , where VICE
145-458: A new series with HBO, "VICE", in which Smith and other VICE correspondents cover news stories from around the globe. The show's second season won an Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series or Special. The show was picked up for two more 14-episode seasons by HBO in May 2014, which aired in 2015 and 2016. Based on the success of the weekly show, in 2015 HBO and VICE announced an expanded deal including
174-554: A number of international deals that, by the end of 2017, will make its programs available in over 50 new territories, over 80 in total. In 2015, Canadian Business placed him on "Canada's Richest People", claiming his net worth to be at $ 1.27 billion. From 2016, Smith resided in Santa Monica, California , with his wife, Tamyka, and his three daughters. In 2021, his wife Tamyka filed for divorce. Smith's work on VICE's HBO show won him an Emmy award in 2014, as well as
203-501: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capper&oldid=1224626095 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Andy Capper Capper's career in journalism started at age 17, reporting on local newspapers in
232-407: A television production studio, a record label, an in-house creative services agency, a book-publishing house, and a feature film division. Smith served as CEO of Vice from its founding until March 2018. Former A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc was named CEO 13 March 2018. In his role as Executive Chairman, "Smith will now be focused on creating content and strategic deals and partnerships to help grow
261-554: Is an 8-part documentary for Vice's music channel Noisey on the social and cultural forces behind the rise of the Chicago rapper Chief Keef, created by Capper after trips to the city for VICE on the HBO network. Suddenly is an hour-long documentary on New York artist ASAP Rocky , directed by David Laven and produced by Capper. It premiered at SXSW. Atlanta is a ten part documentary series about drug trafficking and Trap music in
290-681: The Noisey.com franchises Noisey Chiraq , Noisey Jamaica and Noisey Raps . Capper also worked with Jonathan Glazer and J Spaceman of Spiritualized on an installation for The Creators Project at the Coachella Festival which centered on the Spiritualized song "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space". In 2014, he shot a tour documentary around the Brooklyn band Parquet Courts called Light Up Gold Road Trip , which
319-461: The VICELAND TV network which featured artists such as Kendrick Lamar , Rick Ross , DJ Khaled , Big Sean , Danny Brown , Diplo , Chief Keef , Common and others. Capper has directed several promo videos for artists like Snoop Dogg , ASAP Rocky , Vybz Kartel , Fucked Up , Black Lips , Parquet Courts , Turbonegro , Popcaan , Beenie Man and Tifa, as well as creating and producing
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#1732787973591348-465: The 2017 Realscreen Award for Outstanding Achievement Non-Fiction & Culture. As a part of Vice Records, Capper has released music by Fucked Up , Black Lips , Mike Bones and Katie Stelmanis . Shane Smith (journalist) Shane Smith (born 28 September 1969) is a Canadian journalist and media executive. He is executive chairman of the international media company Vice Media , operating an international network of digital channels,
377-1006: The Atlanta area, which was released in 2015. The project was popular and controversial, particularly when a court in Georgia used the series as evidence against the Atlanta rap group Migos in a case where the artists were racially profiled and arrested by the authorities after a show on a university campus. Eight hour-long films about music and geography for the VICELAND network. Season One: Compton with Kendrick Lamar , São Paulo with Major Lazer , Miami with Rick Ross and DJ Khaled , Jamaica with Popcaan , Chronixx and Jesse Royal , Las Vegas with Tiësto , Steve Angello and Justin Bieber , Detroit with Big Sean and Danny Brown , Chicago with Chief Keef , Lil Durk and Common , London with Giggs , Skepta and Jammer . The franchise also featured
406-662: The North West of England . He moved to London at age 25 and started working with the New Musical Express . After a brief period editing Bizarre Magazine , Capper met Shane Smith of Vice Media and introduced him to Andrew Creighton. Capper then started the UK division of Vice with Creighton. From 2002 to November 2017, Capper was Senior Director / Producer / Editor at Vice Media LLC , creating series' such as Rule Britannia , as well co-producing two seasons of
435-591: The artist David Choe to develop and produce The Choe Show , a limited TV series based around art, recovery and childhood trauma. The show premiered on FX Network June 2021. Capper's feature-length documentary Reincarnated follows the rapper Snoop Dogg 's transformation into reggae performer Snoop Lion, premiering at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival with a theatrical release in April 2013. In January this year he directed two Snoop videos in Jamaica for
464-762: The companion album Reincarnated : "Lighters Up" featuring Mavado and Popcaan, and "Here Comes The King" featuring Angela Hunte. Lil Bub & Friendz premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 18 April 2013 and won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. Capper produced six segments in the Emmy Award-winning Season Two of the VICE show on HBO , working with hosts Thomas Morton , David Choe and Hamilton Morris . Chiraq
493-493: The company, and The New York Times has described Smith as "a cross between a punk rocker and Fortune 500 Executive ". In 2006, on the advice from the company's creative director Spike Jonze , VICE Media began expanding into digital video . This led to a massive expansion of VICE into new channels, including a partnership with Intel in 2010 for The Creators Project, as well as deals with partners like Viacom , YouTube , and HBO, led by Smith. In April 2013, VICE started
522-747: The company." Shane Smith was born in Ottawa , Ontario , in 1969. He attended the Lisgar Collegiate Institute and later graduated from Carleton University with a degree in English literature and political science . Before Vice, Smith went to university in Ottawa, played in local punk bands, and travelled around Eastern Europe before moving to Montreal . Smith, Suroosh Alvi , and Smith's childhood friend Gavin McInnes founded
551-627: The political dysfunction in the United States during the Obama presidency. The 75-minute program features Smith interviewing influential US politicians including President Obama, former Speaker of the House John Boehner and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to understand the development of excessive polarization and gridlock, culminating in the 2016 presidential election. It was nominated for an Emmy award. In June 2014, it
580-570: The president's first historic visit to a federal prison, interviewing Obama along with five non-violent drug offenders at El Reno Prison . He also conducted the first public interview with the Eagles of Death Metal following the 2015 terrorist shooting at their show at the Bataclan in Paris that left 89 dead. On 9 December 2016, HBO broadcast "Vice Special Report: A House Divided", which explores
609-460: The rapper YG interviewed by a therapist and a special report on gang violence in Chicago. Season Two will air in January 2017. Season Two: Six hour long films; Bay Area with G-Eazy , E-40 , Nashville with Kesha , Paris with Niska , MHD , Seoul with Taeyang of Big Bang , Atlanta with Migos , Lil Yachty , Young Thug , Killer Mike and Lagos with Wizkid and Femi Kuti . Season Two won
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#1732787973591638-501: The second a week later in December 2015—for a roughly 10% stake to assist in funding programming and growth. Smith, in interviews, has mentioned the possibility of VICE going public , saying in a 2015 interview: "There hasn't been a media company like this to go public in 15 years… the markets would love it", and he told CNBC in 2016 that "it's the best time in history to be a content creator ." On 22 June 2016, VICE Media unveiled
667-520: The six-part Vice.com series Fashion Week Internationale which later became known as States Of Undress on the VICELAND TV network. In 2014, he created the Vice.com series' Weediquette and The Real , and was awarded an Emmy for segments he produced for Vice's show on the HBO network. Capper was the Executive Producer and Director of the award-winning show Noisey, a two-season series on
696-900: The soap opera Shortland Street Henry Capper (19th century), editor of London newspapers devoted to South Australia Jack Capper (1931–2009), Welsh footballer James Capper , East India Company John Capper (1861–1955), senior British Army officer John Capper (editor) (1814–1898), English author and Orientalist Louisa Capper , children's writer Stewart Henbest Capper (1859–1925), Scottish architect Suzanne Capper (1976–1992), English murder victim Thompson Capper (1863–1915), senior British Army officer Warwick Capper (born 1963), Australian rules footballer Wilfrid Merydith Capper (1905–1998), countryside campaigner in Northern Ireland William Capper (1856–1934), senior British Army officer Fictional characters [ edit ] Capper,
725-631: The youth magazine Voice of Montreal in 1994 and changed its name to Vice in 1996 after they bought out their publisher. The magazine was originally funded by the Government of Canada as part of a welfare program. After being acquired in 1999 and moving to New York City, Smith and his co-founders bought VICE back and moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2001. Initially publishing print articles based on offbeat alternative culture , VICE moved to creating news content and social criticism on multiple media platforms in 2006. Smith remains an owner of
754-483: Was a launch partner for Snapchat's "Discover" platform. As a journalist Smith has travelled to locations including North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Libya, Kashmir, Liberia, Sudan, and Greenland, initially for the 2006 online TV series VICE Guide to Travel . Smith has continued to serve as a correspondent for VICE, appearing in online content as well as the host of VICE's HBO show and VICE Special Reports. In 2015, Smith accompanied US President Barack Obama as part of
783-537: Was appointed COO North America of the APX Film Fund which works to fund projects of narrative, documentary and other IPs. In 2022, a new feature documentary called People Like You , directed by Capper, was released on the Deeper Movies streaming service. The film is about America's addiction epidemic and its troubled rehab industry through the eyes of a group of mothers. In 2019, Capper worked with
812-409: Was released 17 April on Noisey.com as the first Noisey Films production. Capper was a regular contributor to The Guardian and The Observer . Capper left Vice in late 2017. His last production for the company, " Hollywood Love Story " was a series of cautionary tales about young people and the dark side of modern media. It aired in 2018 and featured Paris Hilton. In Summer 2022, Capper
841-469: Was reported that Time Warner was negotiating to acquire a minority stake in VICE Media; among the company's plans were to give Vice Media control over the programming of HLN—a spin-off network of CNN which had recently struggled in its attempts to re-focus itself as a younger-skewing, social media-oriented news service. However, the deal fell through as the companies were unable to agree on a proper valuation, and VICE Media partnered with A&E Networks for
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