Millicent Shelton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Millicent Shelton
Born
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[1]
Occupation(s)Film director, music video director and television director
Years active1989–present

Millicent B. Shelton is an American music video, television and film director.

Shelton began her career as a wardrobe production assistant on the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing (1989). She went on to direct 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, The Walking Dead, Castle, Californication, My Name Is Earl, 90210, Men of a Certain Age, Pan Am, Leverage, and 30 Rock, for which she became the first African-American woman to receive 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]

Music video credits[edit]

Salt-N-Pepa - "Expression" (1990)[3]
Kwamé & A New Beginning - "Ownlee Ewe" (1990)[4]
Kwamé & A New Beginning - "Oneovdabigboiz" (1990)[5]
Salt-N-Pepa - "Let's Talk About Sex" (1991)[6]
Wreckx-N-Effect - "Rump Shaker" (1992)[7]
Exposé - "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" (1992)[8]
CeCe Peniston - "Keep On Walkin'" (1992)[9]
Robin S. - "Show Me Love" (1993)[10]
Heavy D. & the Boyz - "Truthful" (1993)
R. Kelly - "Your Body's Callin'" (1994)[11]
Mary J. Blige - "Love No Limit" (co-directed with Sean Combs) (1993)[12]
Mint Condition - "U Send Me Swingin'" (1993)[13]
Aaliyah - "Back & Forth" (1994)[14]
Aaliyah - "At Your Best (You Are Love)" (1994)[15]
Aaliyah - "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" (1994)[16]
CeCe Peniston - "I'm Not Over You" (1994)[17]
CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" (1994)[18]
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "Lots of Lovin'" (1993)
Xscape - "Love on My Mind" (1994)[19]
Patra - "Pull Up to the Bumper" (1995)
Rhian Benson - "Say How I Feel" (2003)[20]
Rhian Benson - "Stealing My Piece of Mind" (2003) [21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Millicent Shelton". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Millicent Shelton at FilmBug.com
  3. ^ "Millicent Shelton – Bio". millicentshelton.com. Millicent Shelton. 21 May 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Kwamé: Ownlee Eue". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  5. ^ "Kwamé: Oneovabigboiz". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  6. ^ "Salt-N-Pepa: Let's Talk About Sex". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  7. ^ "20 Memorable Videos From Female Rappers". xxlmag.com. Townsquare Media, Inc. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  8. ^ "Exposé: I Wish the Phone Would Ring". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  9. ^ "CeCe Peniston: Keep on Walkin'". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  10. ^ "Robin S.: Show Me Love". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  11. ^ "R. Kelly: The R. in R&B - The Video Collection". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  12. ^ "Mary J. Blige: Love No Limit". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  13. ^ "Mint Condition: U Send Me Swingin'". imdb.com. Imdb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  14. ^ "Aaliyah: Back & Forth". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  15. ^ "Aaliyah: At Your Best (You Are Love)". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  16. ^ "25 Days of Aaliyah: Millicent Shelton remembers..." bet.com. BET Interactive, LLC. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  17. ^ "I'm Not Over You (1994)". imvdb.com. IMVDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  18. ^ "Hit By Love (1994)". imvdb.com. IMVDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  19. ^ "Xscape: Love on My Mind". imdb.com. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  20. ^ "Rhian Benson- Say How I Feel". music video. youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  21. ^ "Rhian Benson- Stealing My Piece Of Mind". music video. youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2012-08-15.

External links[edit]


Stub icon

This article about a United States film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millicent_Shelton&oldid=1155221716"