In 1975, he watched Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and received a Brownie camera, which sparked his interest in capturing images.
With video artist Giles Thacker, he created the visual elements of Orbital's live show, containing imagery of clocks, danger signs, insects, and other types of content.
[3] In 1998, Losey co-directed a music video for Orbital's single The Box, which starred Tilda Swinton and was inspired by time-lapse animation.
He periodically returned to the UK to design live shows for bands, including The Libertines, Turin Brakes, The Verve,[8] Magazine and Mott the Hoople.
In 2009, he shot the video for the cover of Gang of Four's Damaged Goods by Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey's side project The Hotrats.
[11] The Promise garnered critical acclaim but its dark subject matter – a slow-motion depiction of a woman being executed – limited its distribution.
In late 2013, he directed a short teaser film of Jessica Albarn's fairy tale book The Boy in the Oak.
The narrative is a dystopian comedy featuring sock puppets, high-end CGI, background stock footage, specially filmed elements, stop-motion and stills photography.