Gil Green (director)

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Gil Green is a music video, commercial, and film director raised in Miami, Florida.

Gil Green
Gil Green (Director)
Gil Green in 2013
Born Gil Green
July 29th, 1975
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Occupation Music video director Commercial Director
Years active 1996-present
Website www.gilgreen.com

Personal life

Gil Green attended the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, at age 19 his thesis music video appeared on music networks such as MTV, BET, and The Box. This launched his career in the Music Video industry.[1]

Career

Gil Green has directed more than 150 music videos for multi-platinum artists such as John Legend, Pitbull, Chris Brown, Akon, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Ne-yo, Austin Mahone, Drake, Usher, Flo Rida, P-Diddy, Timbaland, Natasha Bedingfield, Robin Thicke, Nelly, 50 Cent, Romeo Santos, Matisyahu, Brandy, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Sean Paul, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Wyclef, Common, Trey Songz, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, French rapper Rohff and Oscar award winners, Three 6 Mafia.[2]

Gil Green has won numerous awards including Source Magazine’s “Video of the Year,” and an MTV VMA for “Best Hip Hop Video” for directing Lil Wayne's “ Lollipop.”[3] He has been nominated in three consecutive years for the BET Awards “Director of the Year,” award (2008, 2009, 2010.)[4][5][6][better source needed] In 2006 Gil Green was invited to teach a two-week long Music Video Directing course in Ghana, the project was sponsored by his alma-mater, NYU, MTV Base and Ghana's Ministry of Tourism.[7]

Music videos

Commercials

References

  1. ↑ http://www.trustcollective.com/2014/10/10/and-welcomes-award-winning-director-gil-green-to-their-growing-commercial-division/
  2. ↑ http://www.gilgreen.com/main.xml
  3. ↑ http://www.trustcollective.com/2014/10/10/and-welcomes-award-winning-director-gil-green-to-their-growing-commercial-division/
  4. ↑ http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=40350
  5. ↑ http://randb.about.com/od/musicawardsshows/a/2009BETAwards.htm
  6. ↑ BET Awards 2010
  7. ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/audio/Hip-Hop-Director-Gil-Green-And-Akon-Recently-Trekked-To-Africa-To-Teach-A-Music-Video-Course-192609

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