# Paul Hunter (director)

Paul Hunter is an Emmy-nominated American filmmaker and co-founder of commercial production company PRETTYBIRD, 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 commercial.
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". In 2004, the Washington Post called Hunter one of the "most seminal names among black hip-hop directors."

## Selected music video credits

| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
| 1996 | Twinz | "Eastside LB" | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat | "Twisted" | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat | "Nobody" | |
| 1996 | Keith Sweat | "Just a Touch" | |
| 1996 | Snoop Dogg | "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto" | |
| 1996 | Aaliyah | "One in a Million" | |
| 1996 | Aaliyah | "Got to Give It Up" | |
| 1996 | Erykah Badu | "On & On" | |
| 1997 | Aaliyah | "One in a Million" (Remix) | Video features singers Ginuwine, Missy Elliott, and producer Timbaland |
| 1997 | Snoop Dogg | "Vapors" | |
| 1997 | Whitney Houston | "Step by Step" | |
| 1997 | Zhané | "Request Line" | |
| 1997 | Warren G | "I Shot the Sheriff" | |
| 1997 | Heavy D | "Big Daddy" | |
| 1997 | Adriana Evans | "Seein' Is Believing" | |
| 1997 | Mary J. Blige and Nas | "Love Is All We Need" | |
| 1997 | Brownstone | "5 Miles to Empty" | |
| 1997 | Scarface featuring Makaveli and Johnny P | "Smile" | |
| 1997 | Zhane | "Crush" | |
| 1997 | Lauryn Hill | "The Sweetest Thing" | |
| 1997 | Blackstreet featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Slash, and Fishbone | "Fix" | |
| 1997 | Tamia | "Make Tonight Beautiful" | |
| 1997 | Mariah Carey | "Honey" | |
| 1997 | Mariah Carey featuring Puff Daddy, The Lox, and Mase | "Honey" (Bad Boy Remix) | |
| 1997 | Puff Daddy featuring Mase | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" | |
| 1997 | Pras featuring Mýa Ol’ Dirty Bastard | "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)" | |
| 1997 | Puff Daddy featuring The Lox and Lil' Kim | "It's All About the Benjamins" | |
| 1997 | The Black Eyed Peas | "Joints & Jams" | |
| 1997 | Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase | "Been Around the World" | |
| 1997 | The Notorious B.I.G. | "Hypnotize" | |
| 1997 | New Kids on the Block | "What It Is" | |
| 1997 | LL Cool J | "Phenomenon" | |
| 1997 | Boyz II Men | "4 Seasons of Loneliness" | |
| 1997 | Mack 10 featuring Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube | "Only in California" | |
| 1997 | Laurneá | "Infatuation" | |
| 1997 | LSG featuring Busta Rhymes and LL Cool J and MC Lyte | "Curious" | |
| 1997 | Salt-N-Pepa | "Gitty Up" | |
| 1998 | Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat and Usher | "The Party Continues" | |
| 1998 | Queen Latifah | "Paper" | |
| 1998 | LL Cool J | "Hot Hot Hot" | |
| 1998 | Joydrop | "Beautiful" | |
| 1998 | Babyface | "You Were There" | |
| 1998 | Brandy featuring Mase | "Top of the World" | |
| 1998 | Boyz II Men | "Can't Let Her Go" | |
| 1998 | Tamia | "Imagination" | |
| 1998 | Ice Cube | "We Be Clubbin'" | |
| 1998 | Janet Jackson | "I Get Lonely" | |
| 1998 | Janet Jackson featuring Blackstreet | "I Get Lonely" (TNT Remix) | |
| 1998 | Busta Rhymes | "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" | |
| 1998 | Usher | "My Way" | |
| 1998 | Missy Elliott featuring Timbaland and Mocha | "Hit Em wit da Hee" | |
| 1998 | Marilyn Manson | "The Dope Show" | |
| 1998 | Marilyn Manson | "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" | |
| 1998 | Everclear | "Father of Mine" | |
| 1998 | A Tribe Called Quest | "Find a Way" | |
| 1998 | Hole | "Malibu" | |
| 1998 | Lenny Kravitz | "Fly Away" | |
| 1999 | Faith Evans featuring Puff Daddy | "All Night Long" | |
| 1999 | Warren G featuring Mack 10 | "I Want It All" | |
| 1999 | Keith Sweat | "I'm Not Ready" | |
| 1999 | Matchbox Twenty | "Back 2 Good" | |
| 1999 | Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee | "Wild Wild West" | |
| 1999 | Jennifer Lopez | "If You Had My Love" | |
| 1999 | Lenny Kravitz | "American Woman" | |
| 1999 | Enrique Iglesias | "Bailamos" | |
| 1999 | TLC | "Unpretty" | |
| 1999 | Reel Tight | "Reasons" | |
| 1999 | AMyth | 1, 2, 3 | |
| 1999 | Puff Daddy featuring Mario Winans | "Best Friend" | |
| 1999 | D'Angelo | "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" | |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez featuring Big Pun and Fat Joe | "Feelin' So Good" | |
| 2000 | Will Smith | "Freakin' It" | |
| 2000 | Brian McKnight | "Stay or Let It Go" | |
| 2000 | Kelis | "Get Along with You" | |
| 2000 | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg | "The Next Episode" | |
| 2000 | Eminem | "The Way I Am" | |
| 2000 | Christina Aguilera | "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" | |
| 2000 | Lenny Kravitz | "Again" | |
| 2000 | Deftones | "Back to School (Mini Maggit)" | |
| 2000 | Tamia | "Stranger in My House" | |
| 2000 | A Perfect Circle | "3 Libras" | |
| 2000 | Faith Hill | "Where Are You, Christmas?" | |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | |
| 2001 | Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly | "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" | |
| 2001 | Aaliyah | "We Need a Resolution" | |
| 2001 | Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Lil' Kim, and P!nk | "Lady Marmalade" | |
| 2001 | Sunshine Anderson | "Lunch or Dinner" | |
| 2001 | Michael Jackson | "You Rock My World" | Video features actors Marlon Brando, Chris Tucker, Michael Madsen, Billy Drago and introducing Kishaya Dudley |
| 2003 | Eminem | "Superman" | |
| 2003 | Britney Spears featuring Madonna | "Me Against the Music" | |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake | "Señorita" | |
| 2003 | Justin Timberlake | "I'm Lovin' It" | |
| 2003 | Tamia | "Officially Missing You" | |
| 2003 | Ashanti | "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" | |
| 2003 | Joe Budden featuring Busta Rhymes | "Fire (Yes, Yes Y'all)" | |
| 2003 | Mýa | "My Love Is Like...Wo" | |
| 2003 | Tyrese | "Signs of Love Making" | |
| 2003 | Pharrell featuring Jay-Z | "Frontin'" | Video features models Lanisha Cole and Lauren London |
| 2004 | N.E.R.D | "Maybe" | |
| 2004 | Van Hunt | "Down Here in Hell (With You)" | |
| 2004 | Mos Def | "Sex, Love & Money" | |
| 2004 | Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell | "Drop It Like It's Hot | |
| 2005 | Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell | "Let's Get Blown" | |
| 2005 | Snoop Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake | "Signs" | |
| 2005 | Gwen Stefani | "Hollaback Girl" | |
| 2005 | Will Smith | "Switch" | |
| 2005 | Will Smith | "Party Starter" | |
| 2005 | The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes | "Don't Cha" | |
| 2005 | Stevie Wonder | "So What the Fuss" | |
| 2005 | Common | "Be" | |
| 2005 | Pharrell featuring Gwen Stefani | "Can I Have It Like That" | |
| 2005 | Warren G featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and B-Real | "Get U Down" | |
| 2005 | Mariah Carey | "Don't Forget About Us" | |
| 2006 | Mariah Carey featuring Snoop Dogg | "Say Somethin'" | |
| 2006 | Jamie Foxx featuring Twista | "DJ Play a Love Song" | |
| 2006 | Jamie Foxx | "Extravaganza" | |
| 2006 | Mary J. Blige featuring U2 | "One" | |
| 2006 | Outkast | "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" | |
| 2006 | Warren G featuring Nate Dogg | "I Need a Light" | |
| 2006 | Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. | "My Love" | |
| 2007 | Nicole Scherzinger | "Whatever U Like" | |
| 2009 | Mishon | "Just a Kiss" | |
| 2009 | Jeremih | "Birthday Sex" | |
| 2009 | Keri Hilson | "Slow Dance" | |
| 2009 | The All-American Rejects | "I Wanna" | |
| 2009 | Snoop Dogg featuring The-Dream | "Gangsta Luv" | |
| 2010 | Kesha | "Take It Off" | Co-directed by Dori Oskowitz |
| 2010 | Maroon 5 | "Give a Little More" | |
| 2010 | N.E.R.D | "Hypnotize U" | |
| 2011 | Lenny Kravitz | "Stand" | |
| 2011 | Nicole Scherzinger | "Right There" | |
| 2011 | Jennifer Lopez | "Papi" | |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull | "Dance Again" | |
| 2015 | Tyrese | "Shame" | |
| 2015 | Pharrell | "Freedom" | |
| 2018 | Justin Timberlake | "Man of the Woods" | |

## Filmography

* Bulletproof Monk (2003)
* Government Cheese (TBA)

## 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)