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NAME	Little X
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Julien Christian Lutz, Mr. X, Lil' X
SHORT DESCRIPTION	music video director
DATE OF BIRTH	1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toronto, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

Julien Christian Lutz (born 1975), better known as Little X (Lil' X), is a Canadian Music video director. He was born and raised in Toronto, Canada^[1], and is of Trinidadian and Swiss descent. He was represented by HSI Productions and is currently represented by DNA - David Naylor and Associates^{[citation needed]}. His private corporation is the simply referred to as "The Sun God Collection".^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Biography 2 Artistic Style 3 Recent Work 4 Videography 4.1 Music videos 5 Commercials 6 Trivia 7 References 7.1 Books 8 External links

[edit] Biography

A protégé of Hype Williams^[2], Little X has been noted for his high-budget, visually distinctive videos for popular music singles, including videos for R. Kelly, Usher, Kanye West and Korn. He attended both Mayfield Secondary School and North Park Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Artistic Style

One of his trademarks is tweaking the letterbox format; instead of simply using black bars on the top and bottom of the frame to frame the image, many videos by Little X feature the bars opening vertically to reveal the video and closing vertically at the end.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Recent Work

X was to direct now defunct vampire feature "Razorwire".^{[citation needed]} His most recent work is the video for "One Love" by David Guetta featuring Estelle.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Videography

[edit] Music videos

2009

• Sean Paul - " Now That I've Got Your Love
• Sean Paul Feat. Keri Hilson - " Hold My Hand
• David Guetta feat. Estelle - "One Love"

2008

• Brandy - "The Departed"
• Common - "Universal Mind Control"(Original Version)

2007

• R. Kelly feat. Usher - "Same Girl"
• Chrisette Michelle - "Be Ok"
• Trey Songs - "Wonder Woman"
• Baby Bash feat. Sean Kingston - "What Is It"

2006

• Korn - "Coming Undone"
• The Game - "Let's Ride"

2005

• Ludacris - "Pimpin' All Over The World"
• Ying Yang Twins - "Wait"

2004

• Kanye West - "Work Out Plan"
• Nelly feat. Christina Aguilera - "Tilt Ya' Head Back"
• Akon - "Ghetto"
• Usher - "Yeah"

2003

• Timbaland and Magoo feat. Missy Elliott - "Cop That Disk"
• John Mayer - "Clarity"

2002

• Sean Paul - "Gimme The Light"
• Eve feat. Alicia Keys - "Gangsta Lovin"
• Donnell Jones - "Do U Wanna"

2001

• Usher - "U Got It Bad"

2000

• Mystikal - "Shake Ya Ass"

1998

• Onyx - "React"

[edit] Commercials

2008

• McCafe "Kiss" Spot - Mcdonalds

[edit] Trivia

• Little X discovered Melyssa Ford at a Toronto nightclub, and helped to launch her modelling career.
• Little X has his own clothing line called X Fit which is produced by Canadian clothing company Ice Gear Fitness
• X was visual consultant on Hype Williams 1998 film "Belly".^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Official Little X website "About"
2. ^ Official Little X website "About"
3. ^ [1]

[edit] Books

• Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen. Bielefeld 2005, p. 111ss.

[edit] External links

• Official Little X website
• X Fit