Paul Hunter (director)
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Paul Hunter is a music video director known for his high-budget, visually distinctive videos for popular music singles.[citation needed] He has directed over 100 music videos, many television advertisements and was nominated for an Emmy for Nike's Freestyle commercial[1]
A native Californian, Hunter majored in Radio, TV, and Film at Cal State Northridge. His career began working on sets and shooting spec commercials.
Hunter has worked with musical artists including Snoop Dogg, Aaliyah, Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Ashanti, Marilyn Manson, Mariah Carey, Will Smith, TLC, Nicole Scherzinger, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
Hunter made his feature length directorial debut with Bulletproof Monk for MGM, starring Chow Yun Fat and Seann William Scott.[2]
Hunter directed the music video of Michael Jackson's come-back single, 'You Rock My World'. He directed the multiple award-winning "Lady Marmalade" video for the soundtrack to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).[2]
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[edit] Selected music video credits
[edit] 1995
- Vybe - Take It To The Front
- Mad Lion - Own Destiny
[edit] 1996
- Keith Sweat featuring Kut Klose - Twisted
- Keith Sweat - Just A Touch Of Love
- Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage - Nobody
- CeCe Peniston - Movin' On
[edit] 1997
- Snoop Dogg - "Vapors"
- Aaliyah- "One in a Million"
- Puff Daddy - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
- Erykah Badu- "On & On"
- Notorious B.I.G - "Hypnotize"
- Puff Daddy - It's All About the Benjamins
- Mariah Carey - "Honey"
- Blackstreet - Fix (Remix)
- Boyz II Men- Four Seasons of Loneliness
- LL Cool J - "Hot, Hot, Hot"
- LL Cool J - Phenomenon
- Mack 10- Only in California
- Puff Daddy - Been Around the World
- Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat - Tha Par
- Salt N' Pepa - Gitty Up
- Tamia- Imagination
- LSG- "Curious"
- Laurnea - Can't Let Go
[edit] 1998
- Janet Jackson - I Get Lonely
- Ice Cube - We Be Clubbin'
- Busta Rhymes - Fire it Up Remix
- Boyz II Men - I Can't Let Her Go
- Usher - My Way
- Missy Elliott - Hit 'Em With Da Hee
- Everclear - Father of Mine
- Queen Latifah - Papers
- Brandy featuring Mase - Top of the World
- A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way
- Babyface - You Were There
- Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show [3]
- Flip Mode Squad - Everybody on the Line
- Matchbox 20 - Back 2 Good
- Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
- Hole - Malibu
- Marilyn Manson - I Don't Like Drugs
- Keith Sweat - I'm Not Ready
- Faith Evans - All Night Long
[edit] 1999
- Will Smith - Wild Wild West
- Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
- Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos
- TLC - Unpretty
- Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love
- Warren G - Smokin' Me Out
- Puff Daddy - "Best Friend"
- Jennifer Lopez - Feelin' So Good
- Celine Dion - I Want You to Need Me
- Brian McKnight - Stay or Let Go
[edit] 2000
- Will Smith - Freakin' It
- Kelis - Get Along with You
- D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel)
- Kina - Girl from the Gutter
- Christina Aguilera - Come on Over
- Eminem - The Way I Am
- Deftones - Back to School
- A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras
- Lenny Kravitz - Again
- Tamia - Stranger in My House
- Faith Hill - Where are you this Christmas
- Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost a Thing
[edit] 2001
- Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly - Guilty Until Proven Innocent
- Nikka Costa - Like a Feather
- Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink - Lady Marmalade[4][5]
- Aaliyah - We Need a Resolution
- Sunshine Anderson - Lunch or Dinner
- Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
[edit] 2002
- Eminem - Superman
[edit] 2003
- Tamia - Officially Missing You
- Tyrese - Signs of Love Making
- Ashanti - Rock Wit U
- Mýa - My Love is Like Whoa
- Pharrell featuring Jay-Z - Frontin'
- Justin Timberlake - Senorita
- Justin Timberlake - I'm Loving It
- Britney Spears featuring Madonna - Me Against the Music
[edit] 2004
- N.E.R.D - Maybe
- Mos Def - Sex, Love, & Money
- Van Hunt - Down Here in Hell (with you)
- Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot [6]
- Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell - Let's Get Blown
- Will Smith - Switch
[edit] 2005
- Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl [7]
- Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake and Uncle Charlie Wilson - Signs
- The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha
- Stevie Wonder - So What the Fuss
- Will Smith - Party Starter
- Pharrell - Fever
- Pharrell featuring Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That
- Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
[edit] 2006
- Jamie Foxx - DJ Play That Love Song
- Mary J. Blige ft. U2 - One
- Mariah Carey ft. Snoop Dogg - Say Something
- Jamie Foxx - Extravaganza
- Outkast - Idlewild Blues
- Justin Timberlake - My Love
[edit] 2007
- Nicole Sherzinger - Whatever You Like
[edit] 2009
- Chester French - "She Loves Everybody" [8]
- Big Pak - "Droppin' 35"
- Jeremih - "Birthday Sex"
- All American Rejects - "I Wanna"
- Snoop Dogg ft. The-Dream - "Gangsta Luv"
[edit] 2010
- Ke$ha - "Take It Off"
- Maroon 5 - Give A Little More"
[edit] 2011
- Nicole Scherzinger ft. 50 Cent - "Right There"
- Lenny Kravitz - "Stand"
- Jennifer Lopez - "Papi"
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14ri9_1-making-of-nike-freestyle-commerci_sport
- ^ a b "Kate Moss stars in new ad to launch Virgin Mobile Contract". Esato. 21 December 2005. http://www.esato.com/news/article.php/id=689. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ Won MTV Music Awards, Best Cinematography
- ^ Won MTV Music Awards, Best Video of the Year
- ^ Won MTV Music Awards, Best Video for a Film
- ^ Pretty Birdus
- ^ Won MTV Music Award, Best Choreography
- ^ Pretty Birdus
