Gil Green
Gil has always been into music and especially hip hop and rap. He started as a DJ and then took his passion further, to study Film at the New York University, his thesis was what got him the attention nationally. He had directed a music video and being successful enough to be featured on MTV and BET channels.
His music videos are orginal, authentic and have a creative edge, this is due to his life xperiences and exposure to many sub-cultures, in an interview he had said ' I'm about telling stories... music videos are mini-movies to me.' He has shot over 100 videos expanding market from, latin, popo and the European market. Catering for massive, succesful artists including; John Legend, Usher, Timbeland, Diddy, Akon, Nelly, R Kelly, 50 Cent, Natasha Bedengfields, Lil wayne, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Common ,Three 6 Mafialastly DJ Khaled and many, many more.
Gil green has been named, the 'Top Music Video Director' in the Source;s power 30 edition furthermore he has bene nominated 'Director Of The Year' for 2008, 2009 and 2010. He won 2008 MTV video Music Award for Best Hip Hop video for his direction in Lil Wayne's-Lollipop video.
In terms Gil Green and Dj Khaled, i feel both fall into category for me where i admire and really like the two as people and Director/Artists. The two have worked together on numerous occasions, below is a screenshot of some of the videos the have worked together on. I think that both have a similar vision and is the reason for so many succesful directed videos by Gil Green and songs by the DJ Khaled.
You can see that wether it be videos or commercials, Gil's creative palette expands through several visual meduims. Gil's near future ambition is to go towards feature films. He says 'My goal as a film maker is for the viewer to see it once and think about it twice.'
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