Kevin Hewitt, who has died of cancer aged 70, made his name by directing music videos for some of British reggae’s finest artists, such as Aswad and Sly and Robbie, as well as Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen and other 1980s acts.
His relationship with Aswad began where they grew up, in the Ladbroke Grove area of west London. He was film editor, a job critical in creating the feel of any production, on two 1981 documentaries shot at the previous year’s Notting Hill Carnival. Both were groundbreaking in reflecting black culture on the streets.
