Hype Williams

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director of Belly film director music video director person record producer screenwriter

Hype Williams is an influential American music video director known for his visually distinctive, high-budget work with major hip-hop and R&B artists since the 1990s.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	director of Belly → film director → music video director → person → record producer → screenwriter →
activeSince	1990s →
awardReceived	BET Award for Best Director → MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video →
birthName	Harold Williams →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1970-07-01 →
directed	Belly →
directedMusicVideoFor	Aaliyah → Beyoncé → Busta Rhymes → DMX → Ja Rule → Jay-Z → Kanye West → Kelis → LL Cool J → Mary J. Blige → Missy Elliott → Nas → Nicki Minaj → Puff Daddy → TLC → The Notorious B.I.G. → Tupac Shakur → Wu-Tang Clan →
ethnicGroup	African-American →
familyName	Williams →
filmographyIncludes	Belly →
genre	R&B → hip hop →
givenName	Harold →
influenced	visual style of 1990s hip hop music videos → visual style of 2000s hip hop music videos →
knownFor	highly stylized lighting and color palettes → use of fisheye lens in music videos → use of letterbox framing with bars containing visuals →
name	Hype Williams →
notableFor	high-budget music video productions → visually distinctive music videos →
notableWork	Belly →
occupation	film director → music video director → record producer → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	Queens, New York City, New York, United States →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
All of the Lights → Baby (Brandy song) → Can't Tell Me Nothing → Diamonds from Sierra Leone → Drunk in Love → Gold Digger → Heartless → Mo Money Mo Problems → One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix) → So High → Stronger → Warning →	musicVideoDirector
Hype Williams →	name