Winston Hacking is a Canadian animator and music video director.12
Accolades
He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 2025 for Corridor's "Jump Cut",3 and at the Juno Awards of 2026 for Foxwarren's "Listen2Me".4
He previously won the Prism Prize Audience Award in 2017 for Andy Shauf's "The Magician",5 and was shortlisted in 2022 for BadBadNotGood's "Timid, Intimidating".6
Career
His other works have included music videos for Flying Lotus, Washed Out, Run the Jewels and Animal Collective, and the 2018 short film Erodium Thunk.7
References
References
- Chris Robinson, "Cartoon Brew Pick: Winston Hacking & Phillippe Tardif’s ‘Listen2Me’ Music Video". Cartoon Brew, May 7, 2025.
- Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Winston Hacking|Cartoon Brew
- "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.
- Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 27, 2026.
- "Prism Prize 2017: Kaytranada Takes Home Award". chartattack.com, May 15, 2017.
- Allie Gregory, "Here Are the Top 10 Prism Prize Nominees for 2022". Exclaim!, May 18, 2022.
- Vivian Belik, "Winston Hacking's collages turn old ads into psychedelic fever dreams". CBC Arts, May 31, 2018.