Bille Woodruff
| Bille Woodruff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Education | University of Maryland |
| Occupation | Film director, music video director |
Bille Woodruff is a music video and film director, noted for directing many videos for a number of R&B and hip-hop artists since the mid-1990s. These artists include Joe, for whom Woodruff has directed 9 music videos since 1994, and Toni Braxton, with whom he has worked 10 times since 1996. Woodruff directed the videos for some of Braxton's biggest singles, including "Un-Break My Heart", "You're Makin' Me High", and "He Wasn't Man Enough".[1]
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Film career
Woodruff directed the 2003 film Honey. Singer and actress Aaliyah was originally slated to play the title role, but died before filming began. She was replaced by Jessica Alba. The film was released on December 5, 2003 and opened at #2 at the US Box Office, earning $12,856,040 in its opening weekend. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with a rating of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, but favorable reviews from moviegoers, with a rating of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Woodruff then directed the 2005 film Beauty Shop, a spin-off of the Barbershop film trilogy, starring Queen Latifah. The film was released on March 30, 2005 and went on to gross worldwide $37,245,453 at the worldwide box office. Movie critics' reviews were generally negative, generating a rating of 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, moviegoers liked the movie, giving it a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
He then directed the 2009 film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, starring Christina Milian. The film was released straight-to-DVD on September 1, 2009.
He directed the straight-to-DVD sequel to Honey, Honey 2, which was released in 2011.
He released the movie Rags at Nickelodeon channel in 2012. He directed 7 episodes of The Game TV series in 2012 and 2013. Woodruff is currently directing Honey 3 in South Africa with new fresh Talent including Bobby Lockwood and Kenny Wormald Currently, Wooddruff is working on the post-production of films Addicted and A Very Larry Christmas.
Videography
1991
- Sounds of Blackness - "Optimistic"[2]
1994
- Born Jamericans – "Boom Shak-a-tak"
- Joe – "The One for Me"
1996
- Joi – "Ghetto Superstar"
- Tony Rich Project – "Nobody Knows"
- Toni Braxton – "You're Makin' Me High"
- Tony Rich Project – "Like a Woman"
- Backstreet Boys – "I'll Never Break Your Heart" (version 2: USA)
- Toni Braxton – "Un-Break My Heart"
- Gloria Estefan – "I'm Not Giving You Up"
- T-Boz feat. Richie Rich – "Touch Myself"
- Luther Vandross – "I Can Make It Better"
- Dru Hill – "In My Bed" (version 1)
1997
- Backstreet Boys – "Nunca Te Haré Llorar"
- OutKast – "Jazzy Belle"
- Toni Braxton – "I Don't Want To"
- Ginuwine – "I'll Do Anything"/"I'm Sorry"
- Timbaland & Magoo feat. Missy Elliott & Aaliyah – "Up Jumps Da' Boogie"
- Usher – "You Make Me Wanna"
- Salt-N-Pepa – "R U Ready?"
- Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On"
1998
- Babyface & Des'ree – "Fire"
- Gloria Estefan – "Heaven's What I Feel"/" Corazon Prohibido"
- Joe – "All That I Am"
- Celine Dion & R. Kelly – "I'm Your Angel"
- Next – "Too Close"
- Rebbie Jackson - "Yours Faithfully"
1999
- Foxy Brown feat. Total – "I Can't"
- Celine Dion – "Then You Look at Me"
- Dru Hill – "These Are The Times"
- Honeyz – "Love of a Lifetime"
- 702 – "Where My Girls At?"
- R. Kelly feat. Nas – "Did You Ever Think" (remix)
- Kelly Price feat. Jermaine Dupri – "Secret Love"
- 702 – "You Don't Know"
- Blaque – "I Do"
- Jessica Simpson – "I Wanna Love You Forever"
- Blaque – "Bring It All to Me"
- Britney Spears – "Born to Make You Happy"
- Marc Nelson – "15 Minutes"
- Mint Condition - "If You Love Me"
2000
- Celine Dion – "Live"
- TLC – "Dear Lie"
- Joe – "I Wanna Know"
- Toni Braxton – "He Wasn't Man Enough For Me"
- Mary J. Blige – "Your Child"
- Toni Braxton feat. Dr. Dre – "Just Be Man About It"
- Joe – "Treat Her Like a Lady"
- Kelly Price – "You Should've Told Me"
- Toni Braxton – "Spanish Guitar"
- 98 Degrees – "My Everything"
2001
- Lucy Pearl feat.Snoop Dogg – "You"
- Ray J feat. Lil' Kim – "Wait a Minute"
- Mary Mary feat. Kirk Franklin – "Thank You"
- Blu Cantrell – "I'll Find a Way"
- Fat Joe feat. R. Kelly – "We Thuggin'"
- Babyface – "What If"
- R. Kelly – "The Worlds Greatest"
- Britney Spears – "Overprotected" (version 1)
2002
- Fat Joe feat. Ashanti – "What's Luv?"
- Joe – "What If a Woman"
- Nelly – "Hot in Herre" (version 1)
- Christina Milian – "When You Look at Me"
- Kirk Franklin – "Brighter Day"
- Joe – "Let's Stay Home Tonight"
- Laura Pausini – "Surrender" (version 1)
2003
- Nick Lachey – "Shut Up"
- R. Kelly – "Ignition"
2005
- B5- "All I Do
- Britney Spears – "Do Somethin'"
- R. Kelly feat. Wisen – "Burn It Up"
2006
- The Isley Brothers – "Just Came Here to Chill"
- Joe Featuring Papoose – "Where You At"
- 3LW Featuring Jermaine Dupri – "Feelin' You"
- Mary J. Blige – "Take Me as I Am"
2007
- Paula DeAnda – "Easy"
2008
- Trina – "Single Again"
- Enrique Iglesias – " Push"
- Joe – "Why Just Be Friends"
2009
- Miranda Cosgrove – " About You Now"
- Toni Braxton – "Yesterday"
2010
- Dru Hill – "Love MD"
- Toni Braxton – "Make My Heart"
- Toni Braxton – "Hands Tied"
- Cymia – "Kid Nation"
- Chris Willis – "Louder"
- Shayne Ward – "Gotta Be Somebody"
2011
- Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne – "Hit the Lights"
- Kat Graham – "Love Will Never Do Without an Escapade (Janet Mashup)"
2012
Books
- Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen. Bielefeld 2005, p. 111ss.
References
External links
- Bille Woodruff at the Internet Movie Database
- Bille Woodruff on VidDug – List of Bille Woodruff's music video credits with links to videos
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