In addition to releasing his first solo studio album Happy birthday earlier this year, Finn Wolfhard also made his feature film directorial debut with Hell of a summerI'm with Billy Bryke. In addition to the fact that he is currently filming the final season of the series Stranger ThingsWolfhard also made another attempt at directing, this time with his first music video.
Every track from George Harrison Life in the material world was a remix from the original tapes for his 50th Anniversary Release November 2024and Wolfhard took the lead role as director of the music video for “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)”. This is a beautiful stop motion animated video that captures the visuals of Friar Park and references to Harrison's life and career.
According to Line of best fitthe animation was a collaboration between a Toronto studio Nobody told me the studio and animation studio Tye Down Pictures, which assembled a team of twenty artists to ensure every element was created by hand. The video was produced by Jason Baum and Michael Wamara, the animation was directed by Akash Jones, and Harrison's son Dhani is credited as an executive producer along with Davis Zonshine.
“Working with the Harrison family and bringing this video to life with a team of incredible young Canadian artists was such an honor. It’s hard to put into words how grateful I am for this opportunity,” Wolfhard shared in a statement. “George Harrison has been and will continue to be a huge inspiration to me, and his work will live forever.”
Dhani Harrison added: “Finn is one of the sweetest and most talented people I know of his generation and he is the perfect person to make a video for my dad. My dad would have loved this and I hope his wonderful, creative, heartfelt ideas will help this song reach another generation. Great job Finn, we love you.”
Wolfhard is also going make a feature film adaptation 2016 Substitutions biography “Problem Boys” written by Bob Mehr.
Watch the music video below.
