Radical Friend is an American directing duo consisting of filmmakers Julia Grigorian and Kirby McClure. They are known for creating music videos for artists

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, and H09909. Grigorian and McClure met and began collaborating before graduating from art school. Following a string of innovative music videos, they were profiled by Vice and Intel's " The Creators Project" in 2010 and

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included them as one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film". In 2013 they were commissioned by Lexus to create "Design Disrupted", a live performance starring

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that combined holographic technology, avant-garde dance, and 3D projection mapping. That year they premiered their short experimental film "SWEAT" at the

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Germany featured Radical Friend as one of 50 "People Who Will Change the Future of Music”. In 2016 Radical Friend was approached by

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and MTV to create a short film announcing her return to the

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. They are signed with Partizan for world wide representation. Radical Friend have directed commercials for brands like Honda, Superdry, KFC, Adidas, Instax, and Netflix.

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