Gil Green (director)

Gil Green

Gil Green in 2013
Born (1975-07-29) July 29, 1975
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Director
Years active 1996–present
Website www.gilgreen.com

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

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 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 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

Artist Year Song
4 Mula 1 2004 Gotta Roll
Ace Hood 2008 Cash Flow (feat. T-Pain & Rick Ross)
Ride (feat. Trey Songz)
2009 Champion (feat. Jazmine Sullivan & Rick Ross)
Overtime (feat. Akon & T-Pain)
2011 Hustle Hard
Hustle Hard (Remix) (feat. Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)
2012 I Need Your Love (feat. Trey Songz)
2013 Bugatti (feat. Rick Ross & Future)
Akon 2005 Lonely
Pot of Gold
2007 Don't Matter
2008 I'm So Paid (feat. Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne)
2009 Beautiful (feat. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall)
We Don't Care
2012 Hurt Somebody (feat. French Montana)
Austin Mahone 2013 Banga Banga
2014 Mmm Yeah
B Rich 2002 Whoa Now
Backlive 1000 MCs
M.I.L.K.
Birdman 2007 100 Million (feat. DJ Khaled, Dre, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne)
2009 Money to Blow (feat. Drake & Lil Wayne)
4 My Town (Play Ball) (feat. Drake & Lil Wayne)
2010 Fire Flame
Fire Flame (Remix) (feat. Lil Wayne)
2011 Y.U. Mad (feat. Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne)
Brandy & Ray J 2001 Another Day In Paradise (Co-directed with Nick Quested)
Buju Banton Paid Not Played
What Am I Gonna Do (feat. Nadine Sutherland)
Cam'ron 2004 Girls
Cher Lloyd I wish
Chamillionaire 2005 Turn It Up (feat. Lil' Flip)
Capone & N.O.R.E. 2003 Yes Sir
Chapter 4 Fool Wit You
Colby O'Donis 2008 What You Got (feat. Akon)
Dead Prez 2004 Hell Yeah
Diddy-Dirty Money 2010 Loving You No More (feat. Drake)
2011 I Hate That You Love Me
DJ Khaled 2007 I'm So Hood (feat. T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross & Plies)
We Takin' Over (feat. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne)
2008 Out Here Grindin (feat. Akon, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Boosie, Trick Daddy & Ace Hood)
2009 Fed Up (feat. Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross & Drake)
2011 Welcome to My Hood (feat. Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne & T-Pain)
I'm On One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)
2014 Hold You Down (feat. Chris Brown, Jeremih,Future, August Alsina)
They Don't Love You No More (feat. Rick Ross, French Montana, Meek Mill, Jay Z)
DMX 2006 Give 'Em What They Want
E-Dro 2005 Street Life (feat. Shydi)
Elephant Man 2004 Pon Di River
Jook Gal (feat. Twista & YoungBloodZ)
2007 Five O (feat. Wyclef Jean)
Fat Joe 2007 I Won't Tell (feat. J. Holiday)
2008 Ain't Sayin' Nothin' (feat. Dre & Plies)
Flo Rida 2008 Elevator (feat. Timbaland)
Frankie J 2005 Obsession (No Es Amor) (feat. Baby Bash)
2006 That Girl (feat. Mannie Fresh & Chamillionaire)
Daddy's Little Girl
Guerilla Black 2004 Compton (feat. Beenie Man)
Iconz 2000 Get Crunked Up
Jagged Edge 2006 Stunnas (feat. Jermaine Dupri)
Jason Derulo 2014 Stupid Love
Jay Sean 2009 Do You Remember (feat. Lil Jon & Sean Paul)
2012 I'm All Yours (feat. Pitbull)
Julia Kova Sorry
Beep Beep
Kardinal Offishall 2008 Dangerous (feat. Akon)
Numba 1 (Tide Is High) (feat. Keri Hilson)
Kat DeLuna 2007 Whine Up (feat. Elephant Man)
Knocturnal 2004 The Way I Am (feat. Snoop Dogg)
Artist Year Song
Ky-Mani Marley 2007 One Time
La Chat U Aint Mad Iz Ya
Lil' Flip 2005 What It Do (feat. Mannie Fresh)
2004 Sunshine (feat. Lea)
Lil Jon 2003 Get Low (Remix) (feat. Busta Rhymes & Elephant Man)
2002 I Don't Give A F*** (feat. Mystikal & Krayzie Bone)
2004 What U Gon' Do (feat. Lil Scrappy)
Lil Scrappy 2004 No Problems
2003 Head Bussa
Lil Wayne 2008 Lollipop (feat. Static Major)
Got Money (feat. T-Pain)
Mrs. Officer (feat. Bobby Valentino)
Lupe Fiasco 2011 Out of My Head (feat. Trey Songz)
2012 Bitch Bad
Lyfe Jennings 2007 Cops Up
Mark Morrison 2010 B'Day (feat. Trina)
N.O.R.E. 2004 Oye Mi Canto (feat. Nina Sky, Daddy Yankee, Big Mato & Gem Star)
Natasha Bedingfield 2007 Love Like This (feat. Sean Kingston)
No Good Ballin Boy
Pitbull 2014 Time of Our Lives
2015 Fun
Plies 2007 Hypnotized (feat. Akon)
Prophet Jones Cry Together
Project Pat 2001 Don’t Save Her
Red Café May I
Rick Ross 2006 Hustlin'
2007 Speedin' (feat. R. Kelly)
2008 Here I Am (feat. Nelly & Avery Storm)
2009 Magnificent (feat. John Legend)
All I Really Want (feat. The-Dream)
2010 Aston Martin Music (feat. Chrisette Michele & Drake)
2011 9 Piece (feat. T.I. or Lil Wayne)
Rohff 2012 K-Sos Musik
2013 J'Accélère
Romeo Santos 2011 All Aboard (feat. Lil Wayne)
Sara Paxton 2005 Here We Go Again
Sean Kingston 2007 Take You There
2009 Fire Burning
Shontelle 2009 Stuck with Each Other (feat. Akon)
Sizzla Stageshow
Thank U Mama
Soulja Boy 2010 Blowing Me Kisses
Speakers Going Hammer
Static Rollin
Sunshine Anderson 2001 Something I Wanna Give U
Tamar Braxton 2013 The One
Tami Chynn 2008 Frozen (feat. Akon)
Three 6 Mafia 2001 2 Way Freak
2001 Baby Mama
2007 Doe Boy Fresh (feat. Chamillionaire)
T.O.K. 2004 Gal You Ah Lead
Tony Yayo 2005 So Seductive (feat. 50 Cent)
I Know You Don't Love Me (feat. Lloyd Banks, Young Buck & 50 Cent)
Too Short 2003 Shake That Monkey (feat. Lil Jon)
Trey Songz 2014 Foreign
What's Best For You
Na Na
Smartphones
Trick Daddy 2002 Amerika
Trillville 2004 Get Some Crunk In Yo System
2004 Neva Eva
Urban Mystic 2004 Where Were You
Verse Simmonds 2011 Boo Thang (feat. Kelly Rowland)
Wayne Wonder 2004 Hold Me Now
Yonnie 2004 In Da Club (feat. Ying Yang Twins)
Young Buck 2004 Shorty Wanna Ride
2007 U Ain't Goin' Nowhere (feat. LaToya Williams)
Young Marqus 2013 Send Me a Picture (feat. Jacob Latimore)
Young Jeezy 2008 Vacation
Put On (feat. Kanye West)
Yung Wun 2004 Tear It Up (feat. DMX, Lil Flip, David Banner)
Zion 2007 The Way She Moves (feat. Akon)
Cher Lloyd 2013 I Wish (feat. T.I.)

Commercials

Company Commercial
AND1 Marcus Camby
Street Ball Mystique
Coney Island's Finest
Bud Light Mojito
Super Bowl Trip
Gatorade Phenomenal Woman
Go Hard
Company Commercial
Hasbro Bop It
Monopoly - I Want The Money
Miami Heat I Got The Feeling (2010 Intro)
In The Air Tonight (2011 Intro)
All Of The Lights (2012 Intro)
Pepsi Oh Africa (World Cup 2010)
Timberland Country
Don't Need That
Stepping Stone
Nature Needs Heros

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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