Biography
Donovan Letts (born 10 January 1956) is a British film director, disc jockey (DJ) and musician. Letts first came to prominence as the videographer for the Clash, directing several of their music videos. In 1984, Letts co-founded the band Big Audio Dynamite with former Clash lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist Mick Jones, acting as the band's sampler and videographer before departing the band in 1990. Letts has also directed music videos for Musical Youth, the Psychedelic Furs, Fun Boy Three, the Pretenders and Elvis Costello as well as the feature documentaries The Punk Rock Movie (1978) and The Clash: Westway to the World (2000).
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
London Calling
1979
Exodus
1977
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
1985
Cut
1979
No. 10, Upping St.
1986
All Mod Cons
1978
Two Sevens Clash
1977
The Youth Of Today
1982
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
2007
Tighten Up Vol. '88
1988
LateNightTales (Version Excursion)
2021
The Globe
1991
Megatop Phoenix
1989
Just Play Music!
1988
E = MC²
1986
The Bottom Line
1985
Planet Bad: Greatest Hits
1995
Sound System
2013
The Best Of Big Audio Dynamite
2009
The Dead 60s
2005
Looking For A Song
1994
Medicine Show
1986
C'mon Every Beatbox
1986
Credited work
411 releases · 71 albums · active 1978–2026
- Performance · 900
- Other credits · 210
- Engineering · 10
- Production · 9
Studios: Sarm West Studios · Redan Recorders · Soundworks, New York · Beethoven St. Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Big Audio Dynamite
- Various
- Big Audio Dynamite II
- Dreadzone
- Screaming Target
- The Clash
- Dread Zone
- Bob Marley & The Wailers