Nuyorktricity

Nuyorktricity is a full service production company based in Los Angeles, California servicing the art and entertainment industries. Headed by husband and wife team, Mike and Moni Vargas, Nuyorktricity brings an artistic aesthetic to projects and personal attention to clients in the theatrical, television, home entertainment, music and creative fields. 

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NICO & VINZ :: "INTRIGUED"

WARNER MUSIC GROUP

Nico & Vinz exchange stories on two sides of their love lives while brief glimpses into their romantic relationships fill in the blanks. 

Director: Moni Vargas  / DP & Editor: Michael Vargas

JABS :: "ALL GOOD"

MSFTSREP MUSIC

In the dreamy Jada Pinkett-Smith-directed visual, the electro/R&B artist Jabs, details her relationship woes while strolling through nature reconnecting to her roots.

Director: Jada Pinkett Smith / Editor: Michael Vargas

WILLOW SMITH :: "WHY DON'T YOU CRY"

i-D MAGAZINE

Willow Smith inhabits a world fuelled by an imagination and inquisitiveness that extend far beyond her 14 years on Planet Earth. The concept and visuals for the brand new track Why Don't You Cry were dreamed up by the indigo child herself. Directed by her serial collaborator Nuyorktricity's Mike Vargas and styled by i-D's Julia Sarr-Jamois, this is Willow's world; let's all take a trip to it!

Director / Editor: Michael Vargas

WILLOW SMITH :: "F Q-C #7"

ROC NATION

Our favorite 14 year old chakra shaking powerhouse has done it again. 

"The different Me’s represent my Chakras. Yellow is Self-confidence, Blue is my voice (song), Red is my survival instinct, and the Black is a combination of everything (the true me)" - Willow Smith

Producer: Moni Vargas - Director / Camera / Editor: Michael Vargas

MELODIC CHAOTIC :: "SUMMER FLING"

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

Willow Smith shares with us an ideal summer day she wished would last a little longer.

Director / Editor: Michael Vargas

JADEN SMITH :: "THE COOLEST"

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

What better way to show just how well Jaden Smith floats on beats than to have him literally float down streets.

Producer: Moni Vargas - Director / Editor: Michael Vargas

WICKED EVOLUTION :: "LEFT BEHIND"

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

Jada Pinkett Smith and her incredibly talented band shake the walls with this beautiful live-set power ballad.

Producer / Director: Moni Vargas

DJ ACE FEATURING JADEN + WILLOW SMITH :: "FIND YOU SOMEWHERE" 

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

This video is the result of mixing three siblings, a hundred glow sticks, tons of laser lights, dozens of sweaty dancers and one bumping beat.

Producers: Moni & Michael Vargas - Co-Director / Editor: Michael Vargas

JADEN SMITH :: "PUMPED UP KICKS"

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

Jaden Smith and his MSFTS crew give Foster the People's track "Pumped up Kicks" a hip-hop twist while cutting loose at the Skatelab Park.

Producer: Moni Vargas - Director / Editor: Michael Vargas

WILLOW SMITH :: "I AM ME" 

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

Willow Smith singing and skateboarding on the streets of NYC free as a bird.

Producer: Moni Vargas - Director / Camera / Editor: Michael Vargas

JADEN SMITH :: "GIVE IT TO EM" 

OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT

In just under 3 minutes Jaden Smith successfully demonstrates the apple hasn't fallen far from the family tree.

Producer: Moni Vargas - Director / Editor: Michael Vargas

MARK de CLIVE-LOWE :: ONE TAKE SERIES - "SOHO - HOT MUSIC" 

CHURCH

Part one of MdCL's One Take series - recreating the club classic "Hot Music" by Soho  from scratch, remixing it and deconstructing it over two and a half minutes... no prepared loop, all performed live in One Take.

Producer / Director / Camera / Editor: Michael Vargas