Sanji Senaka is an American music video director. He has directed videos for

Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as being one of the most influential musicians of her generation. ...

Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...

The Pharcyde The Pharcyde (currently known as The Far Side) is an American alternative hip hop group, formed in 1989, from South Central Los Angeles. The original four members of the group are Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown ...

, and

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

, among others. His music video for " Everything Is Everything" by

was nominated for the

MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is an award given to the artist, the artist's manager, and the director of the music video. From 1984 to 2006, the full name of the award was Best Direction in a Video, and in 2007, it was briefly rename ...

and the

Grammy Award for Best Music Video The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality short form music videos. Hon ...

. His videos have been nominated four other times for MTV Awards, including Breakthrough Video for Maxwell's "

This Woman's Work "This Woman's Work" is a song written and performed by the British singer Kate Bush. It was originally featured on the soundtrack of the American film ''She's Having a Baby'' (1988). The song was released as the second single from her album '' ...

". Sanji's video for " No More Drama" by

won the

MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B was first awarded in 1993 under the name of Best R&B Video, and it was given every year until 2006, as the following year MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated all the genre categories. The following year, thou ...

in 2002. Initially directing music videos for

Propaganda Films Propaganda Films was an American music video and film production company founded in 1986 by producers Steve Golin and Sigurjón Sighvatsson and directors David Fincher, Nigel Dick, Dominic Sena and Greg Gold. By 1990, the company was prod ...

, he signed to FM Rocks in 1998. Sanji had initially been attached to make his directorial debut in ''

Blood & Chocolate ''Blood & Chocolate'' is the eleventh studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello, released in the United Kingdom as Demon Records XFIEND 80, and in the United States as Columbia 40518. It is his ninth album with his l ...

'', but later left the film. He was also in talks to direct a remake of the Korean horror film ''

Into the Mirror ''Into the Mirror'' () is a 2003 South Korean supernatural horror film about a series of grisly deaths in a department store, all involving mirrors, and the troubled detective who investigates them. It was the debut film of director Kim Sung-ho. ...

'', but he wound up not directing, and it was later released as ''

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'' in 2008. Jennifer Lopez recommended Sanji to direct her hip-hop opera/musical film ''Carmen'' for Universal, written by

Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is re ...

's writing partner,

Craig Pearce Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor. Pearce's acting credits include a regular role in soap opera '' The Restless Years'' in 1981, guest roles in '' Bellamy'', '' E Street'' and ''G.P.'', and film roles in ''I Can't Get Started ...

. Universal sidelined the project, however. In 2019, Sanji directed an episode of '' Star Trek: Short Treks'' entitled "Ask Not," which was nominated for an

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Variety Series and Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Re ...

Videography

Passin' Me By "Passin' Me By" is a song by American hip-hop group The Pharcyde, released in March 1993 through Delicious Vinyl Records. The song was the second single released from the group's 1992 debut album ''Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde''. The song, produ ...

" by

(1993) *" If I Had No Loot" by

Tony! Toni! Toné! Tony! Toni! Toné! was an American soul/ R&B band from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq ...

(1993) *"I Got You" by

Johnny Gill Johnny Gill Jr. (born May 22, 1966) is an American singer and actor. He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/pop group New Edition and was also a member of the supergroup called LSG, with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat. Gill has released e ...

(1993) *"Can't Get Enough" by Willie Max (1998) *"I'm Not Your Girlfriend by Willie Max (1999) *" Get Involved" by

Raphael Saadiq Raphael Saadiq (; born Charles Ray Wiggins; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! In addition to his solo and group ...

and Q-Tip (1999) *" Everything Is Everything" by

(1999) *"The Platform" by

Dilated Peoples Dilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. They have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song " This Way", a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West. Better known in the UK, they reached t ...

(2000) *"

" by Maxwell (2002) *" No More Drama" by

(2002) *"

A Sorta Fairytale "A Sorta Fairytale" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her 2002 album ''Scarlet's Walk''. The song reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart ...

" by

(2002) *"

Love's Divine "Love's Divine" is a song by Seal. It was released as the second single from his fourth studio album '' Seal IV''. The official music video was directed by Sanji and marks the first occasion that Ukrainian model and actress Olga Kurylenko ...

" by

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(2003) *"

Ooh! "Ooh!" is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, taken from her sixth studio album, '' Love & Life'' (2003). It was written by Blige, Sean Combs, Dimitri Christo, and Hamilton Bohannon, while production was helmed by Combs and D-Nat ...

" by

(2003) *"Star" by The Roots (2004) *"

She's No You "She's No You" is the second single in Jesse McCartney’s debut album, '' Beautiful Soul''. The single was released in 2005. McCartney, who co-wrote the song, says he was in a caffeine "buzz" when he wrote it, hence the fast pace it has. The r ...

" by

Jesse McCartney Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama ''All My Children'' as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo mus ...

(2005) *"

Me Haces Falta "Me Haces Falta" (English: ''I Miss You'') is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for her fifth studio album, '' Como Ama una Mujer'' (2007). It was written and produced by Marc Anthony and Estéfano. The song was released on Marc ...

" by

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Affleck (' Lopez; born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, actress and dancer. In 1991, she began appearing as a Fly Girl dancer on the sketch comedy television series ''In Living Color'', where she rema ...

(2007) *" I Want You" by

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(2007) *" Break Anotha" by

Blake Lewis Blake Colin Lewis (born July 21, 1981) is an American musician, singer and actor who was the runner-up on the sixth season of ''American Idol''. His major label debut album '' A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)'' was released on December 4, 2007, through ...

(2008) *" Underneath" by

Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...

(2008) *" Leavin'" by

(2008) *"

IfULeave "Ifuleave" is the second single from Musiq Soulchild's fifth studio album, ''OnMyRadio'', his second full-length release on Atlantic Records. The song features R&B singer Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American ...

" by

Musiq Soulchild Taalib Hassan Johnson (born September 16, 1977), better known by the stage name Musiq Soulchild or simply Musiq (pronounced "music") is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends R&B, funk, blues, jazz, and Gospel music, gospel influ ...

featuring

(2008) *" Love You More" by

JLS JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) are an English boyband, which consists of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill, originally formed by Williams. They initially signed to Tracklacers production company ...

(2010) *" Just a Dream" by

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal ...

(2010) *" Turn Me On" by

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

featuring

Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian-born rapper based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accent ...

(2012) *"Never Should Have" by Ashanti (2013) *" My Kind of Love" by

Emeli Sandé Adele Emily Sandé, ( ; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by an English mother and a Zambian father ...

(2013) *"Emotion (Ain't Nobody)" by

Maverick Sabre Michael Stafford (born 12 July 1990), better known as Maverick Sabre, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and rapper. Early life Sabre was born in Hackney, London. At age four, he moved with his family to New Ross, County Wexford, where he grew u ...

(2014) *"Woman (Oh Mama)" by Joy Williams (2015)

References

General references

*https://www.tvinsider.com/945517/star-trek-short-treks-watch-for-free-streaming/ *https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/musicvid-helmer-sees-into-regency-s-mirror-1117922096/

External links

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