Bille Woodruff
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Bille Woodruff is a music video and film director, noted for directing many videos for a number of R&B and hip-hop artists since the mid-1990s. These artists include Joe, for whom Woodruff has directed nine music videos since 1994, and Toni Braxton, whom he has worked 6 times since 1996. Woodruff directed the videos for some of Braxton's biggest singles, including "Un-Break My Heart".
In addition, Woodruff has directed two feature films, Honey starring Jessica Alba and Beauty Shop starring Queen Latifah.
[edit] Videography
1994
- Joe - "The One For Me"
1996
- Joi - "Ghetto Superstar"
- the Tony Rich Project - "Nobody Knows"
- Toni Braxton - "You're Makin' Me High"
- the Tony Rich Project - "Like A Woman"
- Backstreet Boys - "I'll Never Break Your Heart" (version 2: USA)
- Toni Braxton - "Un-Break My Heart"
- Gloria Estefan - "I'm Not Giving You Up"
- T-Boz feat. Richie Rich - "Touch Myself"
- Luther Vandross - "I Can Make It Better"
- Dru Hill - "In My Bed" (version 1)
- Joe - "All The Things (Your Man Won't Do)"
1997
- Backstreet Boys - "Nunca Te Haré Llorar"
- OutKast - "Jazzbelle"
- Toni Braxton - "I Don't Want To"
- Ginuwine - "I'll Do Anything"/"I'm Sorry"
- Timbaland & Magoo feat. Missy Elliott & Aaliyah - "Up Jumps Da' Boogie"
- Usher - "You Make Me Wanna"
- Salt-N-Pepa - "R U Ready?"
- Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On"
1998
- Babyface & Des'ree - "Fire"
- Gloria Estefan - "Heaven's What I Feel"/" Corazon Prohibido"
- Joe - "All That I Am"
- Celine Dion & R. Kelly - "I'm your Angel"
- Next - "Too Close"
1999
- Foxy Brown feat. Total - "I Can't"
- Celine Dion - "Then You Look at Me"
- Dru Hill - "These Are The Times"
- Honeyz - "Love of A Lifetime"
- 702 - "Where My Girls At?"
- R. Kelly feat. Nas - "Did You Ever Think" (remix)
- Kelly Price feat. Jermaine Dupri - "Secret Love"
- 702 - "You Don't Know"
- Blaque - "I Do"
- Jessica Simpson - "I Wanna Love You Forever"
- Blaque - "Bring It All To Me"
- Britney Spears - "Born To Make You Happy"
- Marc Nelson - "15 Minutes"
2000
- Celine Dion - "Live"
- TLC - "Dear Lie"
- Joe - "I Wanna Know"
- Toni Braxton - "He Wasn't Man Enough For Me"
- Mary J. Blige - "This Child"
- Toni Braxton feat. Dr. Dre - "Just Be Man About It"
- Joe - "Treat Her Like A Lady"
- Kelly Price - "You Should've Told Me"
- Toni Braxton - "Spanish Guitar"
- 98 Degrees - "My Everything"
2001
- Lucy Pearl feat.Snoop Dogg - "You"
- Ray J feat. Lil' Kim - "Wait A Minute"
- Mary Mary feat. Kirk Franklin - "Thank You"
- Blu Cantrell - "I'll Find A Way"
- Fat Joe feat. R. Kelly - "We Thuggin'"
- Babyface - "What If?"
- R. Kelly - "The Worlds Greatest"
- Britney Spears - "Overprotected" (version 1)
2002
- Fat Joe feat. Ashanti - "What's Luv?"
- Joe - "What If A Woman"
- Nelly - "Hot in Herre" (version 1)
- Christina Milian - "When You Look At Me"
- Kirk Franklin - "Brighter Day"
- Joe - "Let's Stay Home"
- Laura Pausini - "Surrender" (version 1)
2003
- Nick Lachey - "Shut Up"
- R. Kelly - "Ignition"
2005
- B5- "All I Do
- Britney Spears - "Do Somethin'"
- R. Kelly feat. Wisen - "Burn It Up"
2006
- The Isley Brothers - "Just Came Here To Chill"
- Joe Featuring Papoose - "Where You At"
- 3LW Featuring Jermaine Dupri - "Feelin' You"
- Mary J. Blige - "Take Me As I Am"
2007
- Paula Deanda - "Easy"
2008
- Trina - "Single Again"
- Enrique Iglesias - " Push "
[edit] External links
- Bille Woodruff at the Internet Movie Database
- Bille Woodruff on VidDug - List of Bille Woodruff's music video credits with links to videos.
[edit] Books
- Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen. Bielefeld 2005, p. 111ss.