Millicent Shelton

Millicent Shelton
Born	(1966-01-29) January 29, 1966 (age 59) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. [1]
Occupation(s)	Film director, music video director and television director
Years active	1989–present
Website	millicentshelton.com

Millicent B. Shelton (born January 29, 1966) 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

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

References

1. "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. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
4. "20 Memorable Videos From Female Rappers". xxlmag.com. Townsquare Media, Inc. March 28, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
5. "25 Days of Aaliyah: Millicent Shelton remembers..." BET . BET Interactive, LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
6. "I'm Not Over You (1994)". imvdb.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
7. "Hit By Love (1994)". imvdb.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
8. "Rhian Benson- Say How I Feel". music video. youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
9. "Rhian Benson- Stealing My Piece Of Mind". music video. youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

External links

• Millicent Shelton at IMDb
• Millicent Shelton at MVDBase.com