| ARIA Award for Best Video | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 1987 |
| Currently held by | Ryan Sauer forKeli Holiday, "Dancing2" (2025) |
| Website | ariaawards |
TheARIA Award for Best Video, is presented at the annual ARIA Awards, which recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres",[1] since 1987. It is handed out by theAustralian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."[2] The award is given to a director of amusic video by an Australian-basedgroup or solo artist, which was released within the eligibility period. Initially (from 1987 to 2011), it was voted for by a judging academy, which consisted of 1000 members from different areas of the music industry.[3]
From 2012, onwards the winner has instead been determined by the general public.[4][5] The final nominees are the top ten most played music videos, during the eligibility period, performed by an Australian-based artist. According to an ARIA representative, "Concept, direction and performance of the video are major criteria, not necessarily the excellence of the music. This Award is presented to the Director of the entered video who must meet the general eligibility criteria for artists. If the single was not commercially released, then the media servicing date must fall within the eligibility period."[6] The public votes are tallied by ARIA, with the winner announced at the awards ceremony.[7]
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the other final nominees, where known, are not highlighted or in boldface.[8]
| Year | Winner(s) | Video title |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 (1st) | ||
| Alex Proyas forCrowded House | "Don't Dream It's Over" | |
| Alex Proyas forINXS | "Kiss the Dirt" | |
| Julie Stone Productions forBig Pig | "Hungry Town" | |
| Kimble Rendall forBoom Crash Opera | "Hands Up in the Air" | |
| Tony Leitch and Andrew de Groot forHunters & Collectors | "Everything's on Fire" | |
| 1988 (2nd) | Claudia Castle forPaul Kelly | "To Her Door" |
| 1989 (3rd) | ||
| Richard Lowenstein forINXS | "Never Tear Us Apart" | |
| Claudia Castle for Big Pig | "Big Hotel" | |
| Andrew de Groot forMidnight Oil | "Dreamworld" | |
| Paul Elliott for Crowded House | "When You Come" | |
| Stephen Priest and Steve Hopkins forJohn Farnham | "Age of Reason" | |
| 1990 (4th) | Geoff Barter for1927 | "Compulsory Hero" |
| 1991 (5th) | Claudia Castle forMidnight Oil | "Blue Sky Mine" |
| 1992 (6th) | ||
| John Hillcoat forCrowded House | "Chocolate Cake" | |
| Paul Elliott for Boom Crash Opera | "Holywater" | |
| Stephen Johnson forYothu Yindi | "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" | |
| Marcel Lunam forDied Pretty | "D.C." | |
| Brendon Young forTall Tales and True | "Lifeboat" | |
| 1993 (7th) | ||
| Stephen Johnson forYothu Yindi | "Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" | |
| Robbie Douglas-Turner forFrente! | "Ordinary Angels" | |
| Paul Elliott forBoom Crash Opera | "Bettadaze" | |
| Paul Goldman forLisa Edwards | "Cry" | |
| Chris Langman forThe Sharp | "Talking Sly" | |
| 1994 (8th) | ||
| Richard Lowenstein forINXS | "The Gift" | |
| Andrew Dominik forThe Cruel Sea | "The Honeymoon Is Over" | |
| Paul Elliott for Midnight Oil | "Outbreak of Love" | |
| Paul Elliott and Sally Bongers forChristine Anu and Paul Kelly | "Last Train" | |
| Craig Griffin for John Farnham | "Seemed Like a Good Idea (At the Time)" | |
| 1995 (9th) | ||
| Keir McFarlane forKylie Minogue | "Put Yourself in My Place" | |
| Robbie Douglas-Turner forYou Am I | "Jewels and Bullets" | |
| Bob Ellis forElectric Hippies | "Greedy People" | |
| Paul Elliott forMax Sharam | "Coma" | |
| Tony Mahoney forDave Graney & the Coral Snakes | "I'm Gonna Release Your Soul" | |
| 1996 (10th) | ||
| Andrew Lancaster forYou Am I | "Soldiers" | |
| Robbie Douglas-Turner for The Cruel Sea | "Too Fast for Me" | |
| John Fransic forSwoop | "Apple Eyes" | |
| John Hillcoat andPolly Borland for Frente! | "Sit on My Hands" | |
| John Witteron forHoodoo Gurus | "Waking up Tired" | |
| 1997 (11th) | ||
| Tony Mahony forDave Graney & the Coral Snakes | "Feelin' Kinda Sporty" | |
| Greg Harrington and Ross Fraser for John Farnham | "All Kinds of People" | |
| Janet English forSpiderbait | "Calypso" | |
| Jeff Darling for Crowded House | "Not the Girl You Think You Are" | |
| Mark Hartley for You Am I | "Good Mornin'" | |
| Tony McGrath forSavage Garden | "To the Moon and Back" | |
| 1998 (12th) | ||
| Baz Luhrmann forChristine Anu,David Hobson andRoyce Doherty[nb 1] | "Now Until the Break of Day" | |
| Chris Bently forGroove Terminator | "Losing Ground" | |
| Mark Hartley for The Cruel Sea | "Takin' All Day" | |
| Jeremy Hydnes and George Pinn forRegurgitator | "Polyester Girl" | |
| Quan Yeomans for Regurgitator | "Black Bugs" | |
| 1999 (13th) | ||
| Andrew Lancaster andDavid McCormack forCustard | "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" | |
| Cate Anderson forSilverchair | "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" | |
| Andrew Dominik for The Cruel Sea | "You'll Do" | |
| Craig Melville and David Curry forJosh Abrahams | "Addicted to Bass" | |
| Tony McGrath for Regurgitator | "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" | |
| 2000 (14th) | ||
| Mark Hartley forMadison Avenue | "Who the Hell Are You" | |
| Bart Borghese forNokturnl | "Neva Mend" | |
| Mark Hartley forBardot | "Poison" | |
| Mark Hartley for Madison Avenue | "Don't Call Me Baby" | |
| Paul Butler and Scott Walton for Regurgitator | "Happiness (Rotting My Brain)" | |
| 2001 (15th) | ||
| Ben Saunders forEskimo Joe | "Wake Up" | |
| Bart Borghesi forSomething for Kate | "Monsters" | |
| Mark Hartley forHuman Nature | "He Don't Love You" | |
| Mark Hartley forInvertigo | "Chances Are" | |
| Paul Butler and Scott Walton forGerling | "The Deer in You" | |
| Paul Butler and Scott Walton forPowderfinger | "Like a Dog" | |
| Kelley Abbey forScandal'us | "Me, Myself & I" | |
| 2002 (16th) | ||
| Michael Gracey andBabyfoot Productions for1200 Techniques | "Karma (What Goes Around)" | |
| Jolyon Watkins for Gerling | "Dust Me Selecta" | |
| Michael Spiccia and Prodigy Films forDisco Montego | "Beautiful" | |
| Nash Edgerton for Eskimo Joe | "Liar" | |
| Square-Eyed Films for Silverchair | "The Greatest View" | |
| 2003 (17th) | ||
| Bart Borghesi forThe Androids | "Do It with Madonna" | |
| Paul Butler, Scott Walton and 50/50 Films for Gerling | "Who's Ya Daddy?" | |
| Paul Butler, Scott Walton and 50/50 Films for Powderfinger | "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" | |
| Sam Bennetts andRising Sun Pictures forRogue Traders | "One of My Kind" | |
| Sean Gilligan and Sarah-Jane Woulahan for Silverchair | "Across the Night" | |
| 2004 (18th) | ||
| James Hackett forThe Dissociatives | "Somewhere Down the Barrel" | |
| Claudia Castle forPete Murray | "So Beautiful" | |
| Nash Edgerton forThe Sleepy Jackson | "Good Dancers" | |
| Paul Butler, Scott Walton and 50/50 Films for Spiderbait | "Black Betty" | |
| Squareyed Films forMissy Higgins | "Scar" | |
| 2005 (19th) | ||
| Ben Quinn forEnd of Fashion | "O Yeah" | |
| Adrian Van De Velde forThirsty Merc | "In the Summertime" | |
| Ben Joss and Tribal forThe John Butler Trio | "Something's Gotta Give" | |
| Ben Quinn forThe Cat Empire | "The Car Song" | |
| Sam Bennetts and Mad Angel for Rogue Traders | "Voodoo Child" | |
| 2006 (20th) | ||
| Head Pictures forBernard Fanning | "Wish You Well" | |
| Andy Cassell forYouth Group | "Forever Young" | |
| Bart Borghessi for Eskimo Joe | "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" | |
| Kim Moyes forThe Presets | "Are You the One?" | |
| Sean Gilligan and Sarah-Jane Woulahan forThe Living End | "Wake Up" | |
| 2007 (21st) | ||
| Paul Goldman andAlice Bell forSilverchair | "Straight Lines" | |
| Ben Saunders and Germain McMicking forAugie March | "The Cold Acre" | |
| Brendan Cook forGotye | "Hearts a Mess" | |
| Damon Escott and Stephan Lance (Head Pictures) for Powderfinger | "Lost and Running" | |
| Angus McDonald and Daimon Downey forSneaky Sound System | "Pictures" | |
| 2008 (22nd) | ||
| Kris Moyes forThe Presets | "My People" | |
| Adam Callen for Sneaky Sound System | "Kansas City" | |
| Angus Stone,Julia Stone and Josh Groom forAngus & Julia Stone | "Just a Boy" | |
| Damon Escott and Stephen Lance for Silverchair | "If You Keep Losing Sleep" | |
| James Littlemore forPnau | "Baby" | |
| 2009 (23rd) | ||
| Josh Logue of Mathematics forEmpire of the Sun | "Walking on a Dream" | |
| Josh Logue of Mathematics for Empire of the Sun | "We Are the People" | |
| Head Pictures, Damon Escott and Stephen Lance forSarah Blasko | "All I Want" | |
| Mark Alston forKate Miller-Heidke | "The Last Day on Earth" | |
| Sam Bennetts forBluejuice | "Broken Leg" | |
| 2010 (24th) | ||
| Kris Moyes forSia | "Clap Your Hands" | |
| Alex Roberts forArt vs. Science | "Magic Fountain" | |
| Krozm (Chris Hill, Ewan Macleod and Lachlan Dickie) for Sarah Blasko | "Bird on a Wire" | |
| Head Pictures for Powderfinger | "All of the Dreamers" | |
| Kiku Ohe for Angus & Julia Stone | "Big Jet Plane" | |
| 2011 (25th) | ||
| Natasha Pincus forGotye featuringKimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | |
| Bart Borghesi for Eskimo Joe | "Love Is a Drug" | |
| Carlo Santone forGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | "Gopuru" | |
| David Michod and Flood Projects forChildren Collide | "Loveless" | |
| Guy Franklin for Kimbra | "Cameo Lover" |
| Year | Winner(s) | Song title |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 (26th) | ||
| Natasha Pincus forMissy Higgins | "Everyone's Waiting" | |
| Alex Weltlinger for360 featuringGossling | "Boys like You" | |
| Luci Schroder forAlpine | "Hands" | |
| Animal Logic forHilltop Hoods featuring Sia | "I Love It" | |
| Brent "Quincy" Buchanan and The Grindhouse for Jackson Firebird | "Cock Rockin'" | |
| Emma Tomelty forHermitude | "Speak of the Devil" | |
| Darcy Prendergast and Kate Miller-Heidke for Kate Miller-Heidke | "I'll Change Your Mind" | |
| Josh Logue forLanie Lane | "(Oh Well) That's What You Get (Falling in Love with a Cowboy)" | |
| Sam Bennetts for Bluejuice | "Act Yr Age" | |
| Josh Logue forThe Rubens | "My Gun" | |
| 2013 (27th) | ||
| Christopher Frey forSamantha Jade | "Firestarter" | |
| Bryce Jepson forMatt Corby | "Resolution" | |
| Josh Logue forBirds of Tokyo | "Lanterns" | |
| Dave Ma forFlight Facilities featuringChristine Hoberg | "Clair De Lune" | |
| Joe Nappa forFlume | "Holdin On" | |
| Marc Furmie forJustice Crew | "Best Night" | |
| John Hillcoat forNick Cave and the Bad Seeds | "Jubilee Street" | |
| Andrew Nowrojee forSan Cisco | "Fred Astaire" | |
| Marc Furmie and Elisa Mercurio forTimomatic | "Parachute" | |
| Dimitri Basil forVance Joy | "Riptide" | |
| 2014 (28th) | ||
| Sia Furler andDaniel Askill forSia | "Chandelier" | |
| Christian J Henrich and Nicholas Rabone forBluejuice | "SOS" | |
| Renny Wijeyamohan forBusby Marou | "My Second Mistake" | |
| Toby and Pete forChet Faker | "Talk Is Cheap" | |
| Charlie Ford forCourtney Barnett | "Avant Gardener" | |
| Lawrence Lim forJessica Mauboy | "Never Be the Same" | |
| Ben Young for John Butler Trio | "Only One" | |
| Lawrence Lim for Justice Crew | "Que Sera" | |
| Toby Morris forSheppard | "Geronimo" | |
| Dan Graetz forViolent Soho | "Covered in Chrome" | |
| 2015 (29th) | ||
| Matt Sharp andDaniel James forThe Veronicas | "You Ruin Me" | |
| Prad Senanayake forAlison Wonderland featuringWayne Coyne | "U Don't Know" | |
| Charlie Ford forCourtney Barnett | "Pedestrian at Best" | |
| Lorin Askill forDaniel Johns | "Aerial Love" | |
| Anthony Rose forDelta Goodrem | "Wings" | |
| Clemens Habicht for Flume featuring Andrew Wyatt | "Some Minds" | |
| Kess Broekman-Dattner for Hermitude featuring Young Tapz | "Through the Roof" | |
| Duncan Toombs forLee Kernaghan | "Spirit of the Anzacs" | |
| Filmery forShane Nicholson | "Secondhand Man" | |
| Luci Schroder forVance Joy | "Georgia" | |
| 2016 (30th) | ||
| Made in Katana forTroye Sivan | "Youth" | |
| Anthony Rose for Delta Goodrem | "Dear Life" | |
| Clemens Habicht for Flume featuringKai | "Never Be Like You" | |
| Dan Graetz for Violent Soho | "Like Soda" | |
| Danny Cohen and Jason Galea forKing Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | "People-Vultures" | |
| Dean Bates forIlly featuringVera Blue | "Papercuts" | |
| Matt Sharp for Guy Sebastian | "Black & Blue" | |
| Richard Coburn for Hilltop Hoods featuringMontaigne and Thom Thum | "1955" | |
| Sia Furler and Daniel Askill for Sia | "Cheap Thrills" | |
| Sunny Leunig for Courtney Barnett | "Elevator Operator" | |
| 2017 (31st) | ||
| Allan Hardy andTom MacDonald forBliss n Eso featuringGavin James | "Moments" | |
| Tim White forClient Liaison featuringTina Arena | "A Foreign Affair" | |
| Tobias Willis and Zachary Bradtke for Client Liaison | "Off White Limousine" | |
| Daniel andJared Daperis forGang of Youths | "The Deepest Signs, the Frankest Shadows" | |
| Danny Cohen forKirin J. Callinan | "S.A.D" | |
| Amy Billings forAmy Shark | "Drive You Mad" | |
| Michael Jones forDean Lewis | "Waves" | |
| Mark Alston for Illy featuringAnne-Marie | "Catch 22" | |
| Emma Tomelty for Jessica Mauboy | "Fallin’" | |
| Sia Furler and Daniel Askill for Sia featuringKendrick Lamar | "The Greatest" | |
| 2018 (32nd) | ||
| Jessie Hill forDean Lewis | "Be Alright" | |
| Amy Billings and Nicholas Waterman for Amy Shark | "I Said Hi" | |
| Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore forMojo Juju | "Native Tongue" | |
| Danny Cohen for Courtney Barnett | "Need a Little Time" | |
| David Porte Beckefeld for Client Liaison | "Survival in the City" | |
| Glenn Mossop andTash Sultana for Tash Sultana | "Salvation" | |
| Kris Moyes for The Presets | "Do What You Want" | |
| Patrick Rohl for Gang of Youths | "The Heart Is a Muscle" | |
| Ryan Sauer forPeking Duk | "Fire" | |
| Toby Pike andNick Littlemore for Pnau | "Go Bang" | |
| 2019 (33rd) | ||
| James Chappell forGuy Sebastian | "Choir" | |
| Benn Jae for Jessica Mauboy | "Little Things" | |
| Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore forThelma Plum | "Better in Blak" | |
| Clemens Habicht for Pnau | "Solid Gold" | |
| Dylan River forBriggs featuringGreg Holden | "Life Is Incredible" | |
| G Flip for G Flip | "Drink Too Much" | |
| Gabriel Gasparinatos forBaker Boy | "Cool as Hell" | |
| Liam Kelly & Nick Kozakis forTones and I | "Dance Monkey" | |
| Richard Coburn for Hilltop Hoods featuring Illy andEcca Vandal | "Exit Sign" | |
| Sanjay De Silva forSampa the Great | "Final Form" | |
| 2020 (34th) | ||
| James Chappell forGuy Sebastian | "Standing with You" | |
| Gabriel Gasparinatos forBaker Boy (featuringJessB) | "Meditjin" | |
| Jack Shepherd, Oliver Leimbach, Louis Leimbach, James Jennings, Felix Bornholdt, Nich Polovineo, Adam Haynes forLime Cordiale | "Robbery" | |
| Imogen Grist,Nick Littlemore forPnau featuring Vlossom | "Lucky" | |
| Sanjay De Silva forSampa the Great | "Time's Up" (featuring Krown) | |
| Kevin Parker forTame Impala | "Is It True" | |
| Matt Weston forThe Chats | "The Clap" | |
| Nick Kozakis, Liam Kelly,Tones and I for Tones and I | "Ur So F**king Cool" | |
| Troye Sivan for Troye Sivan | "Easy" | |
| Dan Graetz forViolent Soho | "Pick It Up Again" | |
| 2021 (35th) | ||
| Annelise Hickey forVance Joy | "Missing Piece" | |
| Nicholas Muecke forTkay Maidza | "24k" | |
| Daniele Cernera forMasked Wolf | "Astronaut in the Ocean" | |
| Troye Sivan & Jesse Gohier-Fleet forTroye Sivan | "Could Cry Just Thinkin About You" | |
| Jessie Hill forJulia Stone | "Dance" | |
| Robert Hambling forMidnight Oil | "First Nation" | |
| Mike Soiza forBudjerah | "Higher" | |
| James Chappell forAmy Shark | "Love Songs Ain't for Us" | |
| Johnathan Zawada forThe Avalanches | "The Devine Chord" | |
| Nick Kozakis, Liam Kelly,Tones and I for Tones and I | "Won't Sleep" | |
| 2022 (36th) | ||
| William Bleakley forVance Joy | "Every Side of You" | |
| Joe Neathway forLime Cordiale | "Apple Crumble" | |
| John Angus Stewart forAmyl and the Sniffers | "Hertz" | |
| Julia Jacklin forJulia Jacklin | "Lydia Wears a Cross" | |
| Katzki forRüfüs Du Sol | "I Don't Wanna Leave" | |
| Macario de Souza forBaker Boy | "Wish You Well" (featuringBernard Fanning) | |
| Michael Hill forFlume | "Say Nothing" (featuringMay-a) | |
| Peter Hume forLuude | "Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay) | |
| Selina Miles forBarkaa | "Blak Matriarchy" | |
| Uncle Friendly (Rhett Wade-Ferrell) forGenesis Owusu | "GTFO" | |
| 2023 (37th) | ||
| Kyle Caulfield forG Flip | "Good Enough" | |
| Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore forGenesis Owusu | "Stay Blessed" | |
| Joel Burrows forDMA's | "Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend" | |
| Joel Rasmussen and Rowena Rasmussen forJessica Mauboy | "Give You Love" (feat.Jason Derulo) | |
| Kyle Caulfield forPeach PRC | "Manic Dream Pixie" | |
| Mitch Green forAmy Shark | "Can I Shower at Yours" | |
| Murli Dhir forMay-a | "Lola" | |
| Murli Dhir and Made In Katana Studios forBudjerah | "Therapy" | |
| Sam Brumby forKing Stingray | "Lookin' Out" | |
| Spod forKing Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | "Gila Monster" | |
| 2024 (38th) | ||
| Tones and I, Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai forTones and I | "Dance with Me" | |
| Macario de Souza forAmy Shark | "Beautiful Eyes" | |
| Will Hamilton-Coates forMiss Kaninna | "Blak Britney" | |
| Jack Shepherd forLime Cordiale | "Cold Treatment" | |
| Zac Dov Wiesel forConfidence Man | "I Can't Lose You" | |
| Michael O'Halloran (ONYX Film) forBudjerah | "Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense" | |
| Katzki forRüfüs Du Sol | "Lately" | |
| Jack Rudder, Jem Siow, Thomas Elliot forSpeed | "Real Life Love" | |
| Josh Harris forPeach PRC | "Time of My Life" | |
| John Angus Stewart forAmyl and the Sniffers | "U Should Not Be Doing That" | |
| 2025 (39th) | ||
| Ryan Sauer forKeli Holiday | "Dancing2" | |
| Alexander George (Katzki) forRüfüs Du Sol | "Break My Love" | |
| Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore forMissy Higgins | "Craters" | |
| Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore forEmily Wurramara | "Lordy Lordy" | |
| Dan Lesser forSpacey Jane | "All the Noise" | |
| Jamieson Kerr forRoyel Otis | "Car" | |
| John Stewart forAmyl and the Sniffers | "Big Dreams" | |
| Kyle Caulfield and Shevin Dissanayake forDom Dolla | "Dreamin'" | |
| Roman Anastasios and Jordan Ruyi Blanch forHilltop Hoods | "Don't Happy, Be Worry" | |
| Utility for VV Pete, Utility and Formation Boyz | "Wassa" |