Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Paul Hunter
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Biography
Paul Hunter is a music video director known for popular music singles. He has directed over 100 music videos, television advertisements and was nominated for an Emmy for Nike's Freestyle commercial.
Hunter majored in Cinema & TV Arts (commonly called CTVA program) at Cal State Northridge. His career began working on sets and shooting spec commercials.
Hunter has worked with musical artists including Snoop Dogg, Aaliyah, Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Ashanti, Marilyn Manson, Mariah Carey, D'Angelo, Will Smith, TLC, Nicole Scherzinger, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.
Hunter made his feature length directorial debut with Bulletproof Monk for MGM, starring Chow Yun Fat and Seann William Scott.
Hunter's directed the music video of Michael Jackson's come-back single, 'You Rock My World' and the award-winning "Lady Marmalade" video for the soundtrack to the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).
Hunter is currently affiliated with PRETTYBIRD, a production company in Culver City, California.
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Selected music video credits
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| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Vybe | "Take It To The Front" | |
| 1995 | Mad Lion | "Own Destiny" | |
| 1996 | Joe | "All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)" | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat ft. Kut Klose | "Twisted" | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat | "Just a Touch" | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat ft. Athena Cage | "Nobody" | |
| 1996 | CeCe Peniston | "Movin' On" | |
| 1997 | Snoop Dogg | "Vapors" | |
| 1997 | Aaliyah | "One in a Million" | Video features singer Ginuwine |
| 1997 | Puff Daddy | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" | |
| 1997 | Erykah Badu | "On & On" | |
| 1997 | Notorious B.I.G | "Hypnotize" | Co-directed with Puff Daddy |
| 1997 | Puff Daddy | "It's All About the Benjamins" | |
| 1997 | Mariah Carey | "Honey" | Video features actors Eddie Griffin, Frank Sivero, Johnny Brennan and David Fumero |
| 1997 | Blackstreet | "Fix" | |
| 1997 | Boyz II Men | "Four Seasons of Loneliness" | |
| 1997 | LL Cool J | "Hot, Hot, Hot" | |
| 1997 | LL Cool J | "Phenomenon" | |
| 1997 | Mack 10 | "Only in California" | |
| 1997 | Puff Daddy | "Been Around the World" | Video features actress Vivica A. Fox and singers Quincy Jones, Wyclef Jean and Jennifer Lopez |
| 1997 | Jermaine Dupri ft. Da Brat | "Tha Party Continues" | |
| 1997 | Refugee Camp All-Stars | "The Sweetest Thing" | |
| 1997 | Salt-n-Pepa | "Gitty Up" | |
| 1997 | Tamia | "Imagination" | |
| 1997 | LSG | "Curious" | |
| 1997 | Laurnea | "Can't Let Go" | |
| 1997 | Warren G | "I Shot the Sheriff" | |
| 1997 | Warren G ft. Ronald Isley | "Smokin' Me Out" | |
| 1998 | Janet Jackson | "I Get Lonely" | |
| 1998 | Ice Cube | "We Be Clubbin'" | |
| 1998 | Busta Rhymes | "Fire it Up Remix" | |
| 1998 | Boyz II Men | "I Can't Let Her Go" | |
| 1998 | Usher | "My Way" | |
| 1998 | Missy Elliott | "Hit Em wit da Hee" | Video features singers Magoo, Nicole Wray, Ginuwine, Playa, and Timbaland |
| 1998 | Everclear | "Father of Mine" | Video features actor Steven Anthony Lawrence |
| 1998 | Queen Latifah | "Papers" | |
| 1998 | Brandy ft. Mase | "Top of the World" | |
| 1998 | A Tribe Called Quest | "Find a Way" | |
| 1998 | Babyface | "You Were There" | |
| 1998 | Marilyn Manson | "The Dope Show" | Video features a cameo by actor Billy Zane |
| 1998 | Flip Mode Squad | "Everybody on the Line Outside" | |
| 1998 | Matchbox 20 | "Back 2 Good" | |
| 1998 | Lenny Kravitz | "Fly Away" | |
| 1998 | Hole | "Malibu" | |
| 1998 | Marilyn Manson | "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" | |
| 1998 | Keith Sweat | "I'm Not Ready" | |
| 1998 | Faith Evans | "All Night Long" | |
| 1999 | Will Smith | "Wild Wild West" | Video features cameos of Kool Moe Dee, Dru Hill, Stevie Wonder, Enrique Iglesias, Alfonso Ribeiro, Larenz Tate, Shari Headley, Babyface, MC Lyte and Sisqó |
| 1999 | Lenny Kravitz | "American Woman" | Video features actress Heather Graham |
| 1999 | Enrique Iglesias | "Bailamos" | |
| 1999 | TLC | "Unpretty" | Video features actress Jade Valerie |
| 1999 | Jennifer Lopez | "If You Had My Love" | Video features actor Adam Rodriguez |
| 1999 | Warren G | "I Want It All" | |
| 1999 | Puff Daddy | "Best Friend" | |
| 1999 | Jennifer Lopez | "Feelin' So Good" | Video features Lopez's real mother |
| 1999 | Celine Dion | "I Want You to Need Me" | |
| 1999 | Brian McKnight | "Stay or Let it Go" | |
| 2000 | Will Smith | "Freakin' It" | |
| 2000 | Kelis | "Get Along with You" | |
| 2000 | D'Angelo | "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" | |
| 2000 | Kina | "Girl from the Gutter" | |
| 2000 | Christina Aguilera | "Come on Over (All I Want Is You)" | |
| 2000 | Eminem | "The Way I Am" | Video features singer Marilyn Manson |
| 2000 | Deftones | "Back to School" | |
| 2000 | A Perfect Circle | "3 Libras" | |
| 2000 | Lenny Kravitz | "Again" | Video features actress Gina Gershon |
| 2000 | Tamia | "Stranger in My House" | |
| 2000 | Faith Hill | "Where Are You, Christmas?" | Video features a cameo by Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | |
| 2001 | Jay-Z ft. R. Kelly | "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" | |
| 2001 | Nikka Costa | "Like a Feather" | |
| 2001 | Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink | "Lady Marmalade" | Video features rapper Missy Elliott |
| 2001 | Aaliyah | "We Need a Resolution" | |
| 2001 | Sunshine Anderson | "Lunch or Dinner" | |
| 2001 | Michael Jackson | "You Rock My World" | |
| 2002 | Eminem | "Superman" | |
| 2003 | Tamia | "Officially Missing You" | |
| 2003 | Tyrese | "Signs of Love Making" | |
| 2003 | Ashanti | "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" | |
| 2003 | Mýa | "My Love Is Like...Wo" | |
| 2003 | Pharrell ft. Jay-Z | "Frontin'" | Video features models Lanisha Cole and Lauren London |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake | "Señorita" | Video features a cameo by Owen Wilson |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake | "I'm Lovin' It" | |
| 2003 | Britney Spears ft. Madonna | "Me Against the Music" | |
| 2004 | N.E.R.D | "Maybe" | |
| 2004 | Mos Def | "Sex, Love, & Money" | |
| 2004 | Van Hunt | "Down Here in Hell (With You)" | |
| 2004 | Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell | "Drop It Like It's Hot" | Video features skateboarder Terry Kennedy, model Lauren London and singer Chad Hugo |
| 2004 | Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell | "Let's Get Blown" | |
| 2004 | Gwen Stefani | "Hollaback Girl" | |
| 2005 | Will Smith | "Switch" | |
| 2005 | Snoop Dogg ft. Justin Timberlake and Uncle Charlie Wilson | "Signs" | |
| 2005 | The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes | "Don't Cha" | |
| 2005 | Stevie Wonder | "So What the Fuss" | |
| 2005 | Will Smith | "Party Starter" | |
| 2005 | Pharrell | "Fever" | |
| 2005 | Pharrell ft. Gwen Stefani | "Can I Have It Like That" | |
| 2005 | Mariah Carey | "Don't Forget About Us" | Video features model Christian Monzon |
| 2006 | Jamie Foxx | "DJ Play a Love Song" | Video features model Eva Pigford |
| 2006 | Mary J. Blige ft. U2 | "One" | |
| 2006 | Mariah Carey ft. Snoop Dogg | "Say Somethin'" | Video features Pharrell Williams and André Leon Talley |
| 2006 | Jamie Foxx | "Extravaganza" | |
| 2006 | Outkast | "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" | |
| 2006 | Justin Timberlake | "My Love" | |
| 2007 | Nicole Scherzinger | "Whatever U Like" | |
| 2009 | Chester French | "She Loves Everybody" | |
| 2009 | Big Pak | "Droppin' 35" | |
| 2009 | Jeremih | "Birthday Sex" | |
| 2009 | All American Rejects | "I Wanna" | Video features actress Julianna Guill |
| 2009 | Snoop Dogg ft. The-Dream | "Gangsta Luv" | Video features a cameo by DJ Felli Fel |
| 2010 | Kesha | "Take It Off" | Co-directed with Dori Oskowitz |
| 2010 | Maroon 5 | "Give A Little More" | |
| 2011 | Nicole Scherzinger ft. 50 Cent | "Right There" | |
| 2011 | Lenny Kravitz | "Stand" | |
| 2011 | Jennifer Lopez | "Papi" | |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lopez | "Dance Again" | |
| 2015 | Tyrese | "Shame" | |
| 2015 | Pharrell | "Freedom" |
Awards
Commercials
- 2010 - London International Advertising Awards - Bronze Television/Cinema/ Digital/Web/Mobile - Axe: “Destiny” (Director)
- 2010 - Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity - Bronze Award: Product & Service/Cosmetics & Beauty - Axe: “Destiny” (Director)
- 2013 - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 TV Commercial / Digital Short Film (Director)
Music videos
- 2000 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Video of the Year and Best Video From a Film - Mya, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim: “Lady Marmalade” (Director)
- 1999 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Cinematography in a Video - Marilyn Manson: “The Dope Show” (Director)
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