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Paul Hunter is an Emmy[1]-nominated American filmmaker and co-founder [2] of commercial production company PRETTYBIRD,[3] which represents directors including Melina Matsoukas and the Oscar-winning duo Daniels.
Career
Hunter has directed global commercial campaigns for Nike, Sony, Adidas, Apple, Audi, Microsoft, Bacardi, McDonalds, the Los Angeles Rams, and T-Mobile. In 2001, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Nike's Freestyle[4] commercial.[5][6]
In 2018, Billboard included four of Hunter's music videos on their list of "The 100 Greatest Music Videos of the 21st Century: Critics’ Picks".[7] In 2004, the Washington Post called Hunter one of the "most seminal names among black hip-hop directors."[8]
Selected music video credits
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Artist
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Song
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| 1996
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Twinz
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"Eastside LB"
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| 1996
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Keith Sweat
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"Twisted"
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| 1996
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Keith Sweat
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"Nobody"
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| 1996
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Keith Sweat
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"Just a Touch"
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| 1996
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Snoop Dogg
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"Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto"
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| 1996
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Aaliyah
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"One in a Million"
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| 1996
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Aaliyah
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"Got to Give It Up"
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| 1996
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Erykah Badu
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"On & On"
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| 1997
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Aaliyah
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"One in a Million" (Remix)
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Video features singers Ginuwine, Missy Elliott, and producer Timbaland
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| 1997
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Snoop Dogg
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"Vapors"
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| 1997
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Whitney Houston
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"Step by Step"
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| 1997
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Zhané
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"Request Line"
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| 1997
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Warren G
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"I Shot the Sheriff"
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| 1997
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Heavy D
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"Big Daddy"
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| 1997
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Adriana Evans
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"Seein' Is Believing"
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| 1997
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Mary J. Blige and Nas
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"Love Is All We Need"
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| 1997
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Brownstone
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"5 Miles to Empty"
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| 1997
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Scarface featuring Makaveli and Johnny P
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"Smile"
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| 1997
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Zhane
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"Crush"
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| 1997
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Lauryn Hill
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"The Sweetest Thing"
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| 1997
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Blackstreet featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Slash, and Fishbone
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"Fix"
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| 1997
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Tamia
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"Make Tonight Beautiful"
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| 1997
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Mariah Carey
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"Honey"
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| 1997
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Mariah Carey featuring Puff Daddy, The Lox, and Mase
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"Honey" (Bad Boy Remix)
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| 1997
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Puff Daddy featuring Mase
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"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
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| 1997
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Pras featuring Mýa Ol’ Dirty Bastard
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"Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)"
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| 1997
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Puff Daddy featuring The Lox and Lil' Kim
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"It's All About the Benjamins"
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| 1997
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The Black Eyed Peas
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"Joints & Jams"
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| 1997
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Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase
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"Been Around the World"
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| 1997
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The Notorious B.I.G.
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"Hypnotize"
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| 1997
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New Kids on the Block
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"What It Is"
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| 1997
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LL Cool J
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"Phenomenon"
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| 1997
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Boyz II Men
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"4 Seasons of Loneliness"
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| 1997
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Mack 10 featuring Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube
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"Only in California"
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| 1997
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Laurneá
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"Infatuation"
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| 1997
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LSG featuring Busta Rhymes and LL Cool J and MC Lyte
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"Curious"
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| 1997
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Salt-N-Pepa
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"Gitty Up"
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| 1998
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Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat and Usher
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"The Party Continues"
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| 1998
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Queen Latifah
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"Paper"
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| 1998
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LL Cool J
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"Hot Hot Hot"
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| 1998
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Joydrop
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"Beautiful"
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| 1998
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Babyface
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"You Were There"
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| 1998
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Brandy featuring Mase
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"Top of the World"
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| 1998
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Boyz II Men
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"Can't Let Her Go"
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| 1998
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Tamia
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"Imagination"
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| 1998
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Ice Cube
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"We Be Clubbin'"
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| 1998
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Janet Jackson
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"I Get Lonely"
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| 1998
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Janet Jackson featuring Blackstreet
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"I Get Lonely" (TNT Remix)
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| 1998
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Busta Rhymes
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"Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up"
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| 1998
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Usher
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"My Way"
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| 1998
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Missy Elliott featuring Timbaland and Mocha
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"Hit Em wit da Hee"
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| 1998
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Marilyn Manson
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"The Dope Show"
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| 1998
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Marilyn Manson
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"I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)"
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| 1998
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Everclear
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"Father of Mine"
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| 1998
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A Tribe Called Quest
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"Find a Way"
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| 1998
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Hole
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"Malibu"
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| 1998
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Lenny Kravitz
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"Fly Away"
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| 1999
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Faith Evans featuring Puff Daddy
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"All Night Long"
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| 1999
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Warren G featuring Mack 10
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"I Want It All"
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| 1999
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Keith Sweat
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"I'm Not Ready"
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| 1999
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Matchbox Twenty
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"Back 2 Good"
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| 1999
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Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee
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"Wild Wild West"
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| 1999
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Jennifer Lopez
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"If You Had My Love"
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| 1999
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Lenny Kravitz
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"American Woman"
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| 1999
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Enrique Iglesias
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"Bailamos"
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| 1999
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TLC
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"Unpretty"
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| 1999
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Reel Tight
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"Reasons"
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| 1999
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AMyth
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1, 2, 3
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| 1999
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Puff Daddy featuring Mario Winans
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"Best Friend"
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| 1999
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D'Angelo
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"Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
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| 2000
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Jennifer Lopez featuring Big Pun and Fat Joe
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"Feelin' So Good"
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| 2000
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Will Smith
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"Freakin' It"
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| 2000
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Brian McKnight
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"Stay or Let It Go"
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| 2000
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Kelis
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"Get Along with You"
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| 2000
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Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
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"The Next Episode"
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| 2000
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Eminem
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"The Way I Am"
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| 2000
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Christina Aguilera
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"Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)"
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| 2000
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Lenny Kravitz
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"Again"
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| 2000
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Deftones
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"Back to School (Mini Maggit)"[9]
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| 2000
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Tamia
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"Stranger in My House"
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| 2000
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A Perfect Circle
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"3 Libras"[10]
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| 2000
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Faith Hill
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"Where Are You, Christmas?"
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| 2000
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Jennifer Lopez
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"Love Don't Cost a Thing"
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| 2001
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Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly
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"Guilty Until Proven Innocent"
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| 2001
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Aaliyah
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"We Need a Resolution"
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| 2001
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Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim, and P!nk
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"Lady Marmalade"
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| 2001
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Sunshine Anderson
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"Lunch or Dinner"
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| 2001
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Michael Jackson
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"You Rock My World"
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Video features actors Marlon Brando, Chris Tucker, Michael Madsen, Billy Drago and introducing Kishaya Dudley
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| 2003
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Eminem
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"Superman"
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| 2003
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Britney Spears featuring Madonna
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"Me Against the Music"[11]
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| 2003
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Justin Timberlake
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"Señorita"[12]
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| 2003
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Justin Timberlake
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"I'm Lovin' It"
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| 2003
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Tamia
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"Officially Missing You"
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| 2003
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Ashanti
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"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)"
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| 2003
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Joe Budden featuring Busta Rhymes
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"Fire (Yes, Yes Y'all)"[13]
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Co-directed with Kevin Hunter
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| 2003
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Mýa
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"My Love Is Like...Wo"
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| 2003
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Tyrese
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"Signs of Love Making"
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| 2003
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Pharrell featuring Jay-Z
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"Frontin'"
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Video features models Lanisha Cole and Lauren London
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| 2004
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N.E.R.D
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"Maybe"
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| 2004
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Van Hunt
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"Down Here in Hell (With You)"
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| 2004
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Mos Def
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"Sex, Love & Money"[14]
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| 2004
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Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
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"Drop It Like It's Hot"
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| 2005
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Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
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"Let's Get Blown"
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| 2005
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Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake
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"Signs"[15]
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| 2005
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Gwen Stefani
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"Hollaback Girl"[16]
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| 2005
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Will Smith
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"Switch"
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| 2005
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Will Smith
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"Party Starter"[17]
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| 2005
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The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes
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"Don't Cha"
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| 2005
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Stevie Wonder
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"So What the Fuss"[18]
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| 2005
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Common
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"Be"
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| 2005
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Pharrell featuring Gwen Stefani
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"Can I Have It Like That"[19]
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| 2005
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Warren G featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and B-Real
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"Get U Down"
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| 2005
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Mariah Carey
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"Don't Forget About Us"[20]
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| 2006
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Mariah Carey featuring Snoop Dogg
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"Say Somethin'"[21]
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| 2006
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Jamie Foxx featuring Twista
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"DJ Play a Love Song"[22]
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| 2006
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Jamie Foxx
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"Extravaganza"
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| 2006
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Mary J. Blige featuring U2
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"One"
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| 2006
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Outkast
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"Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)"
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| 2006
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Warren G featuring Nate Dogg
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"I Need a Light"
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| 2006
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Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
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"My Love"
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| 2007
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Nicole Scherzinger
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"Whatever U Like"[23]
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| 2009
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Chester French
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"She Loves Everybody"[24]
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| 2009
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Mishon
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"Just a Kiss"[25]
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| 2009
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Jeremih
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"Birthday Sex"[26]
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| 2009
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Keri Hilson
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"Slow Dance"
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| 2009
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The All-American Rejects
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"I Wanna"[27]
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| 2009
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Snoop Dogg featuring The-Dream
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"Gangsta Luv"[28]
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| 2010
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Kesha
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"Take It Off"[29]
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Co-directed by Dori Oskowitz
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| 2010
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Maroon 5
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"Give a Little More"
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| 2010
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N.E.R.D
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"Hypnotize U"[30]
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| 2011
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Lenny Kravitz
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"Stand"[31]
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| 2011
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Nicole Scherzinger
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"Right There"[32]
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| 2011
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Jennifer Lopez
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"Papi"[33]
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| 2012
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Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
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"Dance Again"[34]
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| 2015
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Tyrese
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"Shame"[35]
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| 2015
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Pharrell
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"Freedom"[36]
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| 2018
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Justin Timberlake
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"Man of the Woods"[37]
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Filmography
Awards
Music videos
- 2007 - MVPA Awards - Best Direction of a Male Artist - Justin Timberlake: "My Love" (Director)
- 2006 - MVPA Awards - R&B Video of the Year - Stevie Wonder: "So What the Fuss" (Director)
- 2002 - MVPA Awards - Hollywood Digital Award for Rap Video of the Year - Jay-Z: "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" (Director)
- 2001 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Video of the Year and Best Video From a Film - Mya, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim: "Lady Marmalade" (Director)[38]
- 2000 - MVPA Awards - Best Direction of a Male Video - D'Angelo: "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (Director)
- 1999 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Cinematography in a Video - Marilyn Manson: "The Dope Show" (Director)[39]
- 1999 - MVPA Awards - Rock Video of the Year and Best Direction of a Music Video - Marilyn Manson: "The Dope Show" (Director)
- 1997 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Rap Video - The Notorious B.I.G.: "Hypnotize" (Director)
- 1997 - MVPA Awards - Best Urban/R&B Video - Erykah Badu: "On & On" (Director)
Commercials
- 2010 - London International Advertising Awards - Bronze Television/Cinema/ Digital/Web/Mobile - Axe: "Destiny" (Director)[40]
- 2010 - Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity - Bronze Award: Product & Service/Cosmetics & Beauty - Axe: "Destiny" (Director)[41]
- 2013 - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 TV Commercial / Digital Short Film (Director)[42][43]
Notes
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