(August 24, 1999)
According to MTV.com,
Paul Hunter will NOT be directing the new Bush video The
Chemicals Between Us (as previously reported), due to scheduling
conflicts. Instead, director Stephane Sednaoui will be directing the
video.
(August 5, 1999)
MTV has asked the top
names in music video direction to contribute their creativity to this
year's Video Music Awards. As part of the MTV Directors'
Project. Each of the directors have teamed up with digital designers
to create dynamic introductions to this year's MTV VMA categories, which
is to be seen exclusively on MTV
Online. Paul Hunter has been selected to come up with the intro for
the Best Rap Video category.
go
to the list of directors and categories
watch
Paul Hunter's "Best Rap Video" online intro
(August 5, 1999)
Comedian Weird Al Yanovic, known for his parodies of top 40
songs, has released a new video entitled It's All About The
Pentiums, which parodies Puff Daddy's It's All About The
Benjamins. The video premiered on MTV's Total Request Live yesterday
and features cameos by comedians Drew Carey and Emo Phillips. The video
is also a parody of hip hop music video cliches, especially Paul
Hunter's It's All About The Benjamins and Hype Williams' Mo
Money Mo Problems videos. The video can be seen online at www.thepentiums.com.
(August 5, 1999)
According to MTV.com,
Paul Hunter will get together with Bush later on this month in
L.A. to shoot the video for their new single The Chemicals Between
Us. The video is expected to premiere sometime in September.
(July 28, 1999)
The nominees for the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards were announced
yesterday morning and Paul Hunter-directed videos received a total of 11
nominations. Jennifer Lopez's If You Had My Love received
4 nominations; Will Smith's Wild Wild West got 3; Lenny
Kravitz's Fly Away got 2; and Hole's Malibu and
Marilyn Manson's The Dope Show each got 1 nomination. The 1999
MTV Video Music Awards will be broadcast live on MTV
on September 9, 1999 (9.9.99!) and will be hosted by Chris Rock.
click here for full nominee list
***Nomination*** Video
Of The Year: "Wild Wild West" - Will Smith
***Nomination*** Best Rock Video:
"Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz
***Nomination*** Best Pop Video: "If
You Had My Love" - Jennifer Lopez
***Nomination*** Best Female Video:
"If You Had My Love - Jennifer Lopez
***Nomination*** Best Video From A Film:
"Wild Wild West" - Will Smith
***Nomination*** Best New Artist In A Video:
"If You Had My Love" - Jennifer Lopez
***Nomination*** Best Male Video:
"Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz
***Nomination*** Best Dance Video:
"If You Had My Love" - Jennifer Lopez
***Nomination*** Best Choreography In A Video:
"Wild Wild West" - Will Smith
***Nomination*** Best Cinematography In A Video:
"Malibu" - Hole
***Nomination*** Best Cinematography In A Video:
"The Dope Show" - Marilyn Manson
(July 27, 1999)
TLC's new Paul Hunter-directed video for Unpretty
debuted on BET & MTV's
Total Request Live today. Wicked video! It is similar to their Waterfalls
video, where they have different storylines within the video. The video
has a spiritual, "new age" feel to it. An overweight girl cuts
out pictures of models, wanting to look "thinner"; T-Boz is a
girl in high school who is being harassed by two guys; Chili walks into
a clinic and contemplates getting breast implants; Left-Eye is driving
in her car and witnesses a gang-shooting.
(thanks to derrick for the info)
(July 21, 1999)
A RUMOR has surfaced on The
Definitive Blade 2 Page that Paul Hunter might direct the sequel to
the movie Blade.
(thanks to Shape for the info)
(July 16, 1999)
Matchbox 20 has recently released a live concert home video "Live
From Australia". It also includes 5 bonus music videos at the
end, including the Paul Hunter-directed clip Back 2 Good.
(July 3, 1999)
Paul Hunter directed the second version video for Enrique Iglasias's
song Bailamos. Nigel Dick directed the original version.
Paul Hunter's version is very much like Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida
Loca (dir: Wayne Isham).
(July 2, 1999)
Derrick has discovered some interesting tidbits of information regarding
Paul Hunter's future film projects. This appeared on Army Archerd's
"Just for Variety" section on Variety's
homepage:
Also going the feature route for the
first time is director Paul Hunter, who has a record of over 100
musicvideos, including those with Sean "Puffy" Combs, Janet
Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill, Marilyn Manson, Everclear,
Matchbox 20, and the current Will Smith outing, the seven-minute
"Wild Wild West" video. Now, Hunter's in the rewrite stage
with Lauren Shuler-Donner and WB to direct "Constantine," an
action-adventure thriller. He says the studio is giving him
"wonderful support." He is also prepping to direct
"Comic Dog" with Roger Birnbaum. This one's an
action-adventure in space. As a result of his "WWWest"
video, Hunter's talking with Jon Peters to direct "Vertical
Run."
(July 1, 1999)
Chris Rock has been chosen to host the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards
in New York City on September 9. With the awards coming in a little over
two months, expect the nominees to be announced in the next few weeks.
Paul Hunter has about 15 videos which are eligible for nomination this
year. Expect nominations for The Dope Show (Marilyn
Manson), All Night Long (Faith Evans), If You Had My
Love (Jennifer Lopez), Malibu (Hole), Fly
Away (Lenny Kravitz) & Wild Wild West (Will
Smith).
(June 30, 1999)
The nominees for the 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards were
announced last Tuesday, and Paul Hunter's video for Turn It Up
(by Busta Rhymes) was nominated for Video Of The Year. The
awards will be handed out on August 18 and broadcast on UPN on August
20.
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