Paul Hunter is a very well known music director,known for working on some of the most popular music videos there have been.
He was born in Los Angeles however he went to and graduated from California State University.
In 1995 he made his break as a music video director where he worked on the single called 'Take It To The Front' by VYBE. Here is the finished video and Hunter's first professional finish to a music video...
After this video he started to become noticed and more artists wanted to work with him and have him working on their music video. He went from producing only 2 music videos in 1995 to producing a 4 music videos in 1996, three of these videos being with the artist Keith Sweat so he was clearly a big fan of Hunters work.
One of the singles being called 'Nobody' and this is the official music video for it...
Yet again there was more and more artists wanting to work with Paul Hunter after seeing his work and in 1977 was really where his career blossomed working on a total of 20 music videos with some massive names in music! Some of the names were people such as Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G, Puff Daddy and the most famous name of all Mariah Carey.
These are some of the videos he produced from these artists.
In 1999 he continued his success working with big household music names such as Jennifer Lopez which he produced 2 music videos for her this year, also working with the infamous Will Smith on his single of 'Wild Wild West'.
In 2000 he saw yet another well known music superstar wanting to work with him in the name of Enimem, in his single 'The Way I Am'
Here is his final cut of this music video...
He continued his work throughout the 2000's reaching out to the musicians that needed him, branching out is name and making himself as a music director in high demand. From 2000 to current times he has worked on a total of 58 music videos.
Awards
To appreciate and acknowledge his success in his career he has picked up numerous awards.
- 2010 - London International Advertising Awards - Bronze Television/Cinema/ Digital/Web/Mobile
- 2010 - Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity - Bronze Award: Product & Service/Cosmetics & Beauty
- 2013 - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 TV Commercial / Digital Short Film
Music videos
- 2000 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Video of the Year and Best Video From a Film
- 1999 - MTV Video Music Awards - Best Cinematography in a Video
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