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hype

Filmmaker - Photographer - Artist

About Me

Check out my web site at hypewilliams.com

2006 MTV Video Vanguard Award. The director who defined hip-hop.... Acclaimed for his skillfully imaginative and visually intoxicating music videos, Hype Williams has directed over 200 videos throughout his career and has become the most sought-after video director in music today.

Award-winning director Hype Williams' first music video collection of the biggest names in hip-hop today! Hype's work and creative approach have rocketed him from the underground to hallowed ground among music aficionados, film enthusiasts, and hip-hop fans across the globe. Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 features Hype's handpicked favorites from his own library--a chronicles of the life and work of one of the major talents of our time.

Click here to get your copy of this extraordinary video today. Order now from the Palm Pictures store and receive an autographed DVD. Only $12.

My Interests

Filmmaking, Photography, Music, Boxing, Tennis, Snowboarding, Running, Mountain Biking, Bowling, Anything active

Heroes:

Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarratino, James Cameron, Michel Gondry, Jean Paul Goude, Jean Baptiste Mondino

My Blog

Life experience and the end of Hip-Hop

I think we just need to change our perspective. If we change our life experiences then we change our perspective, then you come up with things that people haven't seen from you yet. If you don't do th...
Posted by hype on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:00:00 PST

Going back to film school with Slim Thug

Posted By:Tramontano77Get this video and more at MySpace.comSometimes watching a finished music video is disappointing because we always want it to be more than what it is. Sometimes we hit it right o...
Posted by hype on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:14:00 PST

Favorite Music Videos

During the VMAs iFilm was asking everyone about their favorite music videos. My answers might surprise you. iFilm: What's Your Favorite Music Video...
Posted by hype on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:59:00 PST

The secret of collaborating

Collaboration isn't easy sometimes. The secret is you have to have firm resolve, but everyone has to have creative input. You have to open yourself up to, from beginning to end, making it a pleasant e...
Posted by hype on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:01:00 PST

Is technology changing filmmakers?

We all know that technology is changing filmmaking and marketing, but is it changing the actual filmmakers? People have more access to more content than they ever have in the history of the world and ...
Posted by hype on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:22:00 PST

How I got my start

I use to sweep floors. I was a PA, that's like a gopher for anybody who doesn't know nowadays what that is. I was just going to school to make films and I wasn't really interested in doing music video...
Posted by hype on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:29:00 PST

Hypewilliams.com

My new website, hypewilliams.com, is the first website I've ever had. I've never had one before, I've never even had interest in creating one. So it's going to be interesting to see what kind of follo...
Posted by hype on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:21:00 PST

My thoughts about receiving the Video Vanguard Award

A while back MTV called me, they wanted to do a conference call. I immediately thought they wanted me to work on the VMAs this year, so I kind of had a chip on my shoulder cause I didn't want to work....
Posted by hype on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:17:00 PST