Bille Woodruff

Bille Woodruff
Born Denver, Colorado, United States
Education University of Maryland
Occupation Film director, music video director

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 9 music videos since 1994, and Toni Braxton, with whom he has worked 10 times since 1996. Woodruff directed the videos for some of Braxton's biggest singles, including "Un-Break My Heart", "You're Makin' Me High", and "He Wasn't Man Enough".[1]

Film career

Woodruff directed the 2003 film Honey. Singer and actress Aaliyah was originally slated to play the title role, but died before filming began. She was replaced by Jessica Alba. The film was released on December 5, 2003 and opened at #2 at the US Box Office, earning $12,856,040 in its opening weekend. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with a rating of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, but favorable reviews from moviegoers, with a rating of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Woodruff then directed the 2005 film Beauty Shop, a spin-off of the Barbershop film trilogy, starring Queen Latifah. The film was released on March 30, 2005 and went on to gross worldwide $37,245,453 at the worldwide box office. Movie critics' reviews were generally negative, generating a rating of 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, moviegoers liked the movie, giving it a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

He then directed the 2009 film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, starring Christina Milian. The film was released straight-to-DVD on September 1, 2009.

He directed the straight-to-DVD sequel to Honey, Honey 2, which was released in 2011.

He released the movie Rags at Nickelodeon channel in 2012. He directed 7 episodes of The Game TV series in 2012 and 2013. Woodruff is currently directing Honey 3 in South Africa with new fresh Talent including Bobby Lockwood and Kenny Wormald Currently, Wooddruff is working on the post-production of films Addicted and A Very Larry Christmas.

Videography

1991

1994

1996

1997

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2001

2002

2003

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Books

References

  1. ↑ "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  2. ↑ ""Where It All Began" Part 4". BET. YouTube. Retrieved 2012-04-09.

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