Gil Green (director)

Gil Green (born July 29, 1975) is an American music video, commercial, and film director raised in Miami, Florida.

Gil Green
Gil Green in 2013
Born (1975-07-29) July 29, 1975
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationDirector
Years active1996–present
Websitewww.gilgreen.com

Personal life

Gil 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 has directed more than 150 music videos for multi-platinum artists such as Camila Cabello, John Legend, Alejandro Sanz 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, Ace Hood, Rick Ross, Wyclef, Common, Trey Songz, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, French rapper Rohff and Oscar award winners, Three 6 Mafia.[2]

Gil 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] 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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
  8. "Pitbull ft. Prince Royce & Ludacris - Tell Me Again (Official Video)" from YouTube (December 18, 2020)
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