HW 7-2 Hype Williams- Creative video artist

Hype Williams is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and most famously known for music video directing. He says "I wanted to be Basquiat or Keith Haring of the streets" when his name HYPE was tagged on local billboards, storefronts, and playgrounds of New York. He was born in Queens, New York of African-American and Honduran descent. He attended Adelphi University where he studied film, and he later joined the Classical Concept Productions, where he swept floors in sets of golden-age rap video shoots. He has won major awards such as the Billboard music video Award for Best Director of the Year in 1996, the 1997 NAACP Image Award and the 1998 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video, just to name a few. He has worked for clothing brands shooting commercials, as well as earning a reputation for directing incredibly stylish videos characterized by fish-eye lens work and glitzy wardrobes in the 1990's.


Information Retrieved from
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hype-williams-mn0001380160/discography

Here are my favorite Hype williams videos:

Missy Elliot's Super Duper Fly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHcyJPTTn9w&list=PL47CA3B5F0D052E9C


and Kayne West's Heartless Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0tTeuUVhU