Gil Green (director)

Gil Green
Gil Green in 2013
Born (1975-07-29) July 29, 1975 (age 49)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationDirector
Years active1996–present
Websitewww.gilgreen.com

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

Early life and education

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, Young Jeezy, 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, Oscar award winners, Three 6 Mafia and Indian Rapper, DIVINE.[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][circular reference] 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. ^ "AND Welcomes Award-Winning Director Gil Green to their Growing Commercial Division". 10 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Gil Green - Director". Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  3. ^ "AND Welcomes Award-Winning Director Gil Green to their Growing Commercial Division". 10 October 2014.
  4. ^ "The BET Awards 2008: Nominees, Categories & Live Performances on June 24".
  5. ^ "Rhythm & Blues Top Picks". Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  6. ^ BET Awards 2010
  7. ^ "Hip-Hop Director Gil Green and Akon Recently Trekked to Africa to Teach a Music Video Course". 30 November 2001.
  8. ^ "Pitbull ft. Prince Royce & Ludacris - Tell Me Again (Official Video)" from YouTube (December 18, 2020)