Toolshed Media director William Morrison spun gold at this year’s MuchMusic Video Awards, with his clip for Matthew Good Band’s Load Me Up scoring best video and best rock video honors.

The best soul/r&b video award went to 2 Rude’s Dissin’ Us, directed by Morpheus Productions’ Rob Elsworthy, while best pop video went to The Moffatts’ Misery, directed by Iain Titlerington.

Choclair’s Let’s Ride, directed by Little x through Radke Films and Mars Media, captured best rap video; Love Inc.’s Here Comes The Sunshine, helmed by Black Walk Productions’ Stephen Scott, took best dance video; and Stefie Shock’s Je Combats Le Spleen, directed by Charles-Eric Savard of Yul Films, came away with best French-language video.

The best independent video award went to Saukrates’ Money or Love, directed by Vice Films’ David Cropper, while the MuchMoreMusic Award went to Shania Twain for Man, I Feel Like A Woman, directed by Paul Boyd at Propaganda Film (repped in Canada by Imported Artists).

The Red Hot Chili Peppers won the international award for Californication, directed by the Pixel Envy team Dayton/Faris, repped in Canada by Industry Films.

Industry was the production house behind Our Lady Peace’s Is Anybody Home?, winner of the people’s choice awards for favorite Canadian group and favorite Canadian video. The clip was directed by Giuseppe Capotondi.

Bruce McCulloch, repped by Wasson Productions, took the best director prize for his work on The Tragically Hip’s My Music At Work, while dop Adam Marsden picked up an award for best cinematography for The Dream Warriors Breathe Or Die. The best post-production prize went to Third Floor Editing’s Kurt Ritchie for his work on Choclair’s Rubbin. Ritchie also cut Edwin’s Alive video, which won favorite Canadian artist accolades. Alive was directed by Ron Heydon at Proteus.

The awards ceremony was held at the ChumCity building in Toronto, Sept. 21. *