| Millicent Shelton | |
|---|---|
| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[1] |
| Occupation | Film, music video and television director |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Millicent B. Shelton is an American music video, television and film director.
Shelton has directed over a hundred music videos for artists such as Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Aaliyah, CeCe Peniston and Salt-n-Pepa.
Her other directing credits include the motion picture Ride (1998) and episodes of Everybody Hates Chris, The Bernie Mac Show, Girlfriends, Castle, My Name Is Earl, 90210, Men of a Certain Age, Pan Am and 30 Rock, for which she became the first African-American women earn a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Apollo, Apollo".[1]
She is an alumna of Princeton University[2] and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.[1]