Gil Green (director)

Gil attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, at age 19. His thesis music video appeared on music networks, including MTV, BET, and The Box. This launched his career in the music video industry.^[1]

Gil has directed more than 150 music videos for multi-platinum artists such as Camila Cabello, John Legend, Alejandro Sanz, Bon Jovi, Pitbull, Chris Brown, Akon, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, 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, Ace Hood, Rick Ross, Wyclef, Common, Trey Songz, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, French rapper Rohff, Oscar award winners, Three 6 Mafia and Indian Rapper, DIVINE.^[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][circular reference]} 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]