Camille Summers-Valli is a French-Australian artist, director and photographer. Her work includes music videos and commercials. She has won a UK Music Video Awards (UKMVA) for her music video direction and was nominated for a Cannes Lions award for her New York Times campaign.
Early life Summers-Valli was born in Thailand and raised in Nepal to documentary filmmaker parents. She graduated from Central Saint Martins in London in 2014 with a degree in Video Art and was selected to participate in the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition of 2014 with her work Black Mesa.
Career
Music Videos Summers-Valli has directed music videos for artists such as Haim, BadBadNotGood, Låpsley, and METTE. She was awarded a Yellow Pencil for Direction in both the Music Video and Long Form categories for "MAMA'S EYES" with METTE at the 2024 D&AD Awards. Other works include "Relationships" (2025), co-produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Danielle Haim, featuring actor Drew Starkey, and BadBadNotGood’s "Beside April".
Commercials In 2022, Summers-Valli was awarded D&AD Pencils for Art Direction and Editing for The Truth Takes a Journalist for The New York Times, directed What's Changing About Fashion's Relationship to the Body? for Vogue, and created commercials for brands including Hermès and Jean Paul Gaultier. In 2024, she directed The Audition and The Date for Coach’s "Unlock Your Courage" campaign, starring Elle Fanning and Charles Melton, and a campaign for On featuring Zendaya. In 2024, she was signed to MJZ for commercial representation in the US, UK, and the Netherlands.
Documentaries In 2015, Summers-Valli made her directorial debut with the documentary feature, Big Mountain Diné Bikéyah, which focuses on the Navajo community's struggle to preserve their ancestral lands against corporate and governmental encroachment.
Personal life Summers-Valli is currently in a relationship with actor Charles Melton. In January 2026, it was announced that she was pregnant with their first child. On March 9, 2026, Melton confirmed the birth of their child via Instagram. On August 20, 2026, it was reported that Summers-Valli and Melton got married quietly.
Select filmography YearTitle Contribution Note 2015 Big Mountain Diné Bikéyah Director and producer Documentary 2019 Still I Rise Director Short film 2020 Swim Hunt Run Director Short film
Selected music videos Year Title Artist/Band Roles Notes 2023 "MAMA'S EYES" METTE Director "VAN GOGH" METTE Director 2021 "Beside April" BadBadNotGood Director 2019 "My Love Was Like The Rain" Låpsley Director
Awards and nominations
YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2023 WonUK Music Video AwardsVideo of the YearMETTE - "MAMA'S EYES" NominatedBest Director NominatedBest Pop Video – International2022 WonAd AgeDirector to Watch WonAICP AwardsWeb FilmThe Truth Takes a Journalist WonD&AD AwardsWeb Film WonClio AwardsWeb Film WonWebby AwardsAdvertising, Media & PR
References
External links
Camille Summers-Valli on Models.com