Chris Robinson | |
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| Born | (1967-09-28)September 28, 1967 (age 58) Edgewood, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
| Notable work | ATL |
Chris Robinson (born September 28, 1967 inEdgewood, Maryland) is an American film director, commercial director, and music video director. He has directed films such asNetflix originalBeats (2019). He has directed commercials for brands such as iPod, Coca-Cola and Verizon and music videos for songs like "Fallin'" and "You Don't Know My Name" byAlicia Keys, "Roc Boys" byJay-Z, the Grammy nominated video for "One Mic" byNas, and "Bonnie & Clyde '03" byJay-Z featuringBeyoncé. Robinson made his debut as a music video director with the 1991 clip "Doo Doo Brown" by2 Hyped Brothers & a Dog.[1]
He is also known for the creation of the concept "Boost Mobile" ad campaigns featuring rap superstars,[ambiguous] such asKanye West,Ludacris,The Game,Eve, and others.
In 2006, he made his feature film directorial debut with coming-of-age dramaATL, starringT.I. andBig Boi.
Robinson is also a founding partner ofRockCorps, an organization that encourages volunteerism in young people, which launched the Boost Mobile RockCorps program in 2005 and Orange RockCorps in 2008.
He was nominated for Video Director of the Year at theBET Awards of 2011[2] and in 2015.
| Year | Artist | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 Hyped Brothers & a Dog | "Doo Doo Brown" | [3] |
| 1997 | Tela featuring8Ball & MJG | "Sho Nuff" | [4] |
| 1997 | Frankie Cutlass | "The Cypher: Part 3" | [5] |
| 1997 | Melky andDay | "I Got a Love Jones for You" | [6] |
| 1997 | Tela | "Tired of Bawlin'" | |
| 1997 | MJG | "That Girl" | [7] |
| 1997 | Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz | "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" | [8] |
| 1998 | Das EFX | "Rap Scholar" | |
| 1998 | Canibus | "Second Round K.O." | |
| 1998 | Big Pun featuringFat Joe | "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" | |
| 1998 | Jagged Edge | "I Gotta Be" | |
| 1998 | Three 6 Mafia | "Late Nite Tip" | |
| 1998 | Indo G | "Remember Me Ballin'" | |
| 1998 | Monifah | "Touch It" | [9] |
| 1998 | Geto Boys | "Gangsta (Put Me Down)" | |
| 1998 | Gangsta Boo | "Where Dem Dollas At?" | [10] |
| 1999 | Fat Joe | "Bet Ya Man Can't (Triz)" | |
| 1999 | Ginuwine | "So Anxious" | |
| 1999 | TQ | "Better Days" | |
| 1999 | Gina Thompson featuringMissy Elliott | "Ya Di Ya" | |
| 1999 | Jagged Edge featuringJermaine Dupri | "Keys to the Range" | |
| 1999 | Tash featuringRaekwon | "Rap Life" | |
| 1999 | Gerald Levert | "Nothin' to Somethin'" | |
| 1999 | DMX featuringDrag-On | "No Love 4 Me" | |
| 1999 | Terror Squad | "Tell Me What U Want" | |
| 1999 | Mandy Moore | "Candy" | |
| 1999 | Ginuwine | "None of Ur Friends Business" | |
| 1999 | Rell featuringAmil | "When Will U See" | |
| 1999 | Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon | "Apollo Kids" | |
| 2000 | Coco Lee | "Do You Want My Love" | |
| 2000 | Jay-Z | "Anything" | |
| 2000 | Method Man & Redman | "Y.O.U." | |
| 2000 | Kelly Price & Friends | "Love Sets You Free" | |
| 2000 | Mya featuringJadakiss | "The Best of Me" | |
| 2000 | Big Pun featuringDonell Jones | "It's So Hard" | |
| 2000 | Cuban Link | "Flowers for the Dead" | [11] |
| 2000 | Tha Eastsidaz | "Got Beef" | |
| 2000 | Kelly Price | "As We Lay" | |
| 2000 | Timbaland & Magoo | "We At It Again" | |
| 2000 | Big Pun featuringTony Sunshine | "100%" | |
| 2000 | Sisqó | "Incomplete" | [12] |
| 2000 | Ruff Endz | "Where Does Love Go From Here" | |
| 2000 | Tank | "Freaky" | |
| 2000 | Jaheim | "Could It Be" | |
| 2000 | 3LW | "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)" | |
| 2000 | Memphis Bleek featuring Jay-Z and Missy Elliott | "Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)" | |
| 2000 | Capone-N-Noreaga | "Y'all Don't Wanna" | |
| 2000 | Snoop Dogg | "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)" | |
| 2000 | Joe | "Stutter" | |
| 2000 | 112 | "It's Over Now" | |
| 2000 | Doggy's Angels featuring LaToiya Williams | "Baby If You're Ready" | |
| 2001 | M.O.P. featuringBusta Rhymes,Remy Ma and Teflon | "Ante Up (Remix)" | |
| 2001 | KRS-One | "Hot" | |
| 2001 | Shyne featuringBarrington Levy | "Bonnie & Shyne" | |
| 2001 | Lil' Mo featuringFabolous | "Superwoman Pt. II" | |
| 2001 | Faith Evans featuringCarl Thomas | "Can't Believe" | |
| 2001 | Alicia Keys | "Fallin'" | MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video[13] Nominated:MTV Video Music Award – MTV2 Award Nominated:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video[14][15] |
| 2001 | Dream featuringP. Diddy and Kain | "This Is Me (Remix)" | |
| 2001 | Tha Alkaholiks | "Best U Can" | |
| 2001 | Toni Braxton | "Maybe" | |
| 2001 | Tha Eastsidaz | "I Luv It" | |
| 2001 | P. Diddy,Black Rob andMark Curry | "Bad Boy for Life" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video |
| 2001 | Musiq Soulchild | "Girl Next Door" | |
| 2001 | Nivea | "Don't Mess with the Radio" | |
| 2001 | Timbaland & Magoo featuringFatman Scoop | "Drop" | |
| 2001 | Tank | "Slowly" | |
| 2001 | Lil Bow Wow,Lil Wayne,Lil Zane, andSammie | "Hardball" | |
| 2001 | T.I. | "I'm Serious" | |
| 2001 | Bif Naked | "I Love Myself Today" | |
| 2001 | Dave Navarro | "Hungry" | |
| 2001 | Faith Evans | "You Gets No Love" | [16] |
| 2001 | The Product G&B featuringCarlos Santana | "Dirty Dancin'" | |
| 2001 | Cypress Hill | "Trouble" | |
| 2001 | Bubba Sparxxx | "Lovely" | |
| 2001 | Nate Dogg | "I Got Love" | |
| 2001 | Alicia Keys | "A Woman's Worth" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video |
| 2001 | Ruff Ryders featuring Jadakiss and Bubba Sparxxx | "They Ain't Ready" | |
| 2001 | Angie Stone | "Brotha" | |
| 2001 | Method Man & Redman | "Part II" | |
| 2001 | Mystikal | "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)" | |
| 2002 | DMX featuring Faith Evans | "I Miss You" | |
| 2002 | Glenn Lewis | "Don't You Forget It" | |
| 2002 | Busta Rhymes featuring P. Diddy andPharrell | "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video |
| 2002 | Nas | "One Mic" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year[17] Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video Nominated:Grammy Award for Best Music Video |
| 2002 | Donell Jones | "You Know That I Love You" | |
| 2002 | Musiq | "Halfcrazy" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award – MTV2 Award |
| 2002 | Boyz II Men | "The Color of Love" | |
| 2002 | Brandy | "Full Moon" | |
| 2002 | Jarvis Church | "Shake It Off" | |
| 2002 | Ms. Jade | "Big Head" | |
| 2002 | Faith Evans featuring Missy Elliott | "Burnin' Up" | |
| 2002 | Tweet | "Call Me" | |
| 2002 | Swizz Beatz featuringBounty Killer | "Guilty" | [18] |
| 2002 | Lil Bow Wow featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha | "Basketball" | |
| 2002 | Glenn Lewis | "It's Not Fair" | |
| 2002 | Slum Village | "Tainted" | |
| 2002 | Fabolous featuring P. Diddy | "Trade It All, Pt. 2 | [19] |
| 2002 | Monica | "All Eyez on Me" | |
| 2002 | Musiq | "Dontchange" | |
| 2002 | Erykah Badu featuringCommon | "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" | Nominated: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video |
| 2002 | WC featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg | "The Streets" | |
| 2002 | Xzibit featuring Nate Dogg | "Multiply" | |
| 2002 | Dru Hill | "I Should Be..." | |
| 2002 | The Roots featuring Musiq | "Break You Off" | |
| 2002 | Jay-Z featuringBeyoncé | "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video |
| 2002 | Busta Rhymes featuringSpliff Star | "Make It Clap" | |
| 2002 | Angie Martinez featuringKelis | "Take You Home" | |
| 2002 | Fabolous | "This Is My Party" | |
| 2003 | Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell andUncle Charlie Wilson | "Beautiful" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video[20] |
| 2003 | Busta Rhymes featuringMariah Carey andFlipmode Squad | "I Know What You Want" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video |
| 2003 | Nas | "I Can" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video[21] |
| 2003 | Monica | "So Gone" | |
| 2003 | Jay-Z | La-La-La (Excuse Me Miss Again) | |
| 2003 | Ginuwine | "In Those Jeans" | |
| 2003 | Mary J. Blige featuringMethod Man | "Love @ 1st Sight | |
| 2003 | 50 Cent featuring Snoop Dogg,Lloyd Banks andYoung Buck | "P.I.M.P. (Remix)" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video |
| 2003 | Javier | "Crazy" | |
| 2003 | P. Diddy,Lenny Kravitz, Pharrell Williams andLoon | "Show Me Your Soul" | |
| 2003 | Loon featuringMario Winans | "Down for Me" | |
| 2003 | Jay-Z featuring Pharrell Williams | "Change Clothes" | |
| 2003 | Mary J. Blige featuringEve | "Not Today" | |
| 2003 | Alicia Keys | "You Don't Know My Name" | |
| 2004 | Fefe Dobson | "Everything" | |
| 2004 | Carl Thomas | "Make It Alright" | |
| 2004 | Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy | "I Don't Wanna Know" | |
| 2004 | Slum Village featuringKanye West andJohn Legend | "Selfish" | |
| 2004 | Mase | "Welcome Back" | |
| 2004 | Jadakiss featuring Nate Dogg | "Time's Up" | |
| 2004 | Usher | "Confessions Part II" | |
| 2004 | Joss Stone | "You Had Me" | |
| 2004 | 213 | "Groupie Luv" | |
| 2004 | Jill Scott | "Golden" | |
| 2004 | Usher and Alicia Keys | "My Boo" | Nominated: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video |
| 2004 | Twista featuring Faith Evans | "Hope" | |
| 2005 | Alicia Keys | "Karma" | MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video |
| 2005 | Amerie | "1 Thing" | co-directed with Amerie[22] |
| 2005 | Faith Evans | "Again" | [23] |
| 2005 | Red Café | "All Night Long" | |
| 2005 | Brooke Valentine featuringLil Jon andBig Boi | "Girlfight" | |
| 2005 | Fat Joe featuringNelly | "Get It Poppin'" | [24] |
| 2005 | Toni Braxton | "Please" | [25] |
| 2005 | Amerie | "Touch" | [26] |
| 2005 | Nelly | "'N' Dey Say" | [27] |
| 2006 | T.I. | "What You Know" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video[28] |
| 2006 | Santana featuringSean Paul | "Cry Baby Cry" | [29] |
| 2006 | LeToya | "Torn" | [30] |
| 2006 | T.I. | "Why You Wanna" | |
| 2006 | LeToya | "She Don't" | |
| 2006 | Busta Rhymes featuringRick James | "In the Ghetto" | [31] |
| 2006 | T.I. featuringJamie Foxx | "Live in the Sky" | [32] |
| 2006 | Diddy featuringNicole Scherzinger | "Come to Me" | |
| 2006 | JoJo | "Too Little Too Late" | [33] |
| 2006 | Pharrell featuring Snoop Dogg | "That Girl" | [34] |
| 2006 | Fat Joe featuringLil Wayne | "Make It Rain" | [35] |
| 2006 | Monica | "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" | [36] |
| 2007 | Nas featuringChrisette Michele | "Can't Forget About You" | [37] |
| 2007 | Young Jeezy featuringR. Kelly | "Go Getta" | [38] |
| 2007 | T.I. featuringWyclef Jean | "You Know What It Is" | [39] |
| 2007 | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Mariah Carey and Bow Wow | "Lil' L.O.V.E." | [40] |
| 2007 | Akon | "Sorry, Blame It on Me" | |
| 2007 | Common featuringLily Allen | "Drivin' Me Wild" | [41] |
| 2007 | Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne andNiia | "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" | [42] |
| 2007 | Nelly | "Wadsyaname" | [43] |
| 2007 | Jay-Z | "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." | [44] |
| 2008 | Erykah Badu | "Honey" | under thepseudonym Mr. Roboto[45] co-directed with Erykah Badu MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction[46] Nominated: Grammy Award for Best Music Video |
| 2008 | Jordin Sparks featuringChris Brown | "No Air" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video[47] Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video |
| 2008 | Busta Rhymes featuringLinkin Park | "We Made It" | [48] |
| 2008 | Alicia Keys | "Teenage Love Affair" | [49] |
| 2008 | Jennifer Hudson | "Spotlight" | [50] |
| 2008 | Alicia Keys | "Superwoman" | [51] |
| 2008 | Cassie featuring Lil Wayne | "Official Girl" | [52] |
| 2008 | Ludacris featuring Chris Brown andSean Garrett | "What Them Girls Like" | [53] |
| 2008 | Usher | "Trading Places" | [54] |
| 2008 | Ne-Yo | "Miss Independent" | Nominated: MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video[55] |
| 2008 | Brandy | "Long Distance" | [56] |
| 2009 | Ciara featuring Young Jeezy | "Never Ever" | [57] |
| 2009 | T.I. featuringJustin Timberlake | "Dead and Gone" | [58] |
| 2009 | Fat Joe featuring Akon | "One" | [59] |
| 2009 | Wale featuringLady Gaga | "Chillin" | |
| 2009 | Busta Rhymes featuring Lil Wayne and Jadakiss | "Respect My Conglomerate" | [60] |
| 2009 | Flo Rida featuringNelly Furtado | "Jump" | |
| 2009 | Mario featuringGucci Mane and Sean Garrett | "Break Up" | [61] |
| 2009 | R. Kelly featuringKeri Hilson | "Number One" | [62] |
| 2009 | Jordin Sparks | "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)" | [63] |
| 2009 | Keri Hilson | "Slow Dance" | [64] |
| 2009 | 50 Cent featuring Ne-Yo | "Baby by Me" | [65] |
| 2009 | 50 Cent | "Do You Think About Me" | [66] |
| 2010 | Lil Wayne | "On Fire" | [67] |
| 2010 | Usher | "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" | [68] |
| 2010 | Lil Wayne featuringEminem | "Drop the World" | [69] |
| 2010 | Mary J. Blige featuringTrey Songz | "We Got Hood Love" | [70] |
| 2010 | Big Boi | "Shutterbugg" | [71] |
| 2010 | Eminem featuringLil Wayne | "No Love" | |
| 2010 | Gucci Mane featuring Swizz Beatz | "Gucci Time" | [72] |
| 2011 | Nicki Minaj featuringDrake | "Moment 4 Life" | Nominated:MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration[73][74] |
| 2011 | Swizz Beatz featuring Alicia Keys | "International Party" | [75] |
| 2011 | Lil Wayne | "How to Love" | [76] |
| 2011 | Monica featuringRick Ross | "Anything (To Find You)" | [77] |
| 2012 | Tyga | "Rack City" | co-directed by Lil Chris Robinson[78] |
| 2012 | Jennifer Hudson featuring Ne-Yo and Rick Ross | "Think Like a Man" | [79] |
| 2012 | K'naan featuring Nelly Furtado | "Is Anybody Out There?" | Nominated:MuchMusic Video Award for Best Rap Video[80][81] |
| 2012 | Brandy & Monica | "It All Belongs to Me" | [82] |
| 2012 | Ne-Yo | "Burning Up" | [83] |
| 2012 | Rick Ross featuring Usher | "Touch'N You" | [84] |
| 2012 | Nas | "Daughters" | [85] |
| 2012 | Andy Allo | "People Pleaser" | [86] |
| 2012 | Prince | "Rock and Roll Love Affair" | [87] |
| 2013 | A$AP Rocky featuringSkrillex | "Wild for the Night" | [88] |
| 2013 | Alicia Keys featuringMaxwell | "Fire We Make" | [89] Nominated: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video |
| 2014 | Estelle | "Make Her Say (Beat It Up)" | [90] |
| 2014 | Ne-Yo featuring Young Jeezy | "Money Can't Buy | [91] |
| 2015 | T.I. featuring Young Jeezy andWatch the Duck | "G' Shit" | [92] |
| 2019 | Chris Brown featuring Drake | "No Guidance" | [93] |
| 2020 | Alicia Keys | "Perfect Way to Die" | [94] |
| 2020 | Usher | "Bad Habits" | [95] |