Julien Christian Lutz (born October 31, 1975), known professionally as Director X, is a Canadian filmmaker, commercial director, music video director, and television director. Having directed more than 100 music videos, he is widely known as a prolific music video director in the industry. He has also directed feature films and television series.

Early life

Lutz was born and raised in the

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, mostly in and around

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, and is of mixed Trinidadian and Swiss descent.

Career

Early work

Lutz began his career working on several productions; he was a visual consultant on

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' 1998 film ''

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''. Lutz was slated to direct the horror feature ''Razorwire'', though the film never moved into production.

Music videos

After working on several of his projects, Lutz became a protégé of

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Since the late 1990s, Lutz has directed dozens of music videos for popular artists and been noted for his high-budget, visually distinctive music videos for popular hit singles, including videos for

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. In 2004, Lutz appeared in Mya Baker's documentary film ''Silence: In Search of Black Female Sexuality in America''. In 2015, Lutz founded his own production company, Popp Rok, in Toronto. In 2017, he appeared on episode 7 of '' America's Next Top Model Cycle 23'', "X Marks The Spot", as the director for a Gypsy-Sports-themed music video.

Feature films

''Across the Line''

In addition to music video directing, Lutz has directed three feature films and a

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; he made his feature

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in 2015 with '' Across the Line.'' The film starred

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and the storyline was inspired by the 1989

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race riots. ''Across the Line'' was set and shot in Nova Scotia. The first screening of ''Across the Line'' was 19 September 2015 at the Atlantic Film Festival where it won the award for "Best Atlantic Feature". The film opened for limited release in British Columbia and Ontario on 8 April 2016, with screenings in various Canadian cities throughout that month. The ''

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'' assessed the film at 2.5/4 stars, noting the story's unwavering focus on racial themes was "to the detriment of the film's depth and realism" but noted that video producer Director X "makes the transition to feature film-making look easy". In 2017, the film was the subject of an episode of ''The Filmmakers'', the CBC's web talk series on Canadian film.

''Center Stage: On Pointe''

In 2016, he directed the

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television film '' Center Stage: On Pointe''. The film stars

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, Barton Cowperthwaite, Maude Green,

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and Peter Gallagher. It premiered on Lifetime on June 25, 2016. The official DVD was released in September 6, 2016. The film is the third installment in the ''Center Stage'' film series, following the 2000 film '' Center Stage'' and its sequel, '' Center Stage: Turn It Up''. ''

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'' critic Sonia Saraiya found ''Center Stage: On Pointe'' wholly inferior to the original ''Center Stage'', though she complimented Lutz's direction, noting "...though it is frustrating that the film feels like 15-odd low-budget music videos strung together, the dance in those segments, and the way it's filmed, are some of the best parts of the movie."

''Superfly''

In 2018, Lutz directed '' Superfly'', a remake of the 1972

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film of the same name. ''Superfly'' was released in the United States on June 13, 2018 and received mixed reviews from critics. On

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, the film holds an approval rating of 51% based on 73 reviews, and an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Superfly'' updates the blaxploitation original with a stylish remake that's short on social subtext, but still exciting and visually arresting enough to offer its own slickly staged action rewards." ''Variety''s

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wrote: "Shot in a functional, slammed-together manner that's less sensually stylish than you'd expect from a music-video auteur, the film is a competent yet glossy and hermetic street-hustle drug thriller, less a new urban myth than a lavishly concocted episode. It holds your attention yet leaves you with nothing."

Filmography

Television series

* 2020: '' October Faction''

Feature films

* 2015: '' Across the Line'' * 2016: '' Center Stage: On Pointe'' * 2018: '' Superfly''

Music videos

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- '' Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up'' (20 minute short film) *

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- " Pon de Replay" *

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" * Keshia Chanté - "Does He Love Me?" *

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- " Trick Me" *

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" * Eve featuring

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- " U Don't Have to Call" 2001 *

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- “ Oh Yeah” *

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- " Knock Yourself Out" *

- " U Got It Bad" * R. Kelly featuring

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- "Fiesta (R. Kelly song), Fiesta" (Remix) *

- "Ol' Time Killin'" 2000 *Reflection Eternal featuring Vinia Mojica - "The Blast (song), The Blast" *Mystikal featuring Pharrell - "Shake Ya Ass" *Mystikal featuring Nivea - "Danger (Been So Long)" *Ice Cube featuring Krayzie Bone - "Until We Rich" (co-directed with Cameron Casey) *Ghostface Killah featuring Madam Majestic and U-God - "Cherchez La Ghost" * Donell Jones - "Where I Wanna Be (Donell Jones song), Where I Wanna Be" *Beanie Sigel featuring Eve (rapper), Eve - "Remember Them Days" *Sisqó featuring Foxy Brown - "Thong Song" (Remix) *

featuring DMX (rapper), DMX - "Come Back in One Piece" 1999 *Case (singer), Case - "Happily Ever After (song), Happily Ever After" *Choclair - "Let's Ride (Choclair song), Let's Ride" *Chris Rock - "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)" *Terry Dexter – "Better Than Me (Terry Dexter song), Better Than Me" *DMX (rapper), DMX - "What's My Name? (DMX song), What's My Name?" *Eric Benét featuring

- "Georgy Porgy (song), Georgy Porgy" *Marvelous 3 - "Freak of the Week" *Mystikal featuring Outkast - "Neck Uv Da Woods" *Ice Cube featuring Mack 10 and Ms. Toi - "You Can Do It" (co-directed with Cameron Casey) 1998 *Noreaga featuring Big Pun, Nature (rapper), Nature, Cam'ron,

and Styles P - "Banned from T.V." *Made Men featuring The L.O.X. - "Tommy's Theme" *Onyx (hip hop group), Onyx - "React (Onyx song), React" *Onyx (hip hop group), Onyx - "Broke Willies" *Rascalz - "Northern Touch" *Redman (rapper), Redman - "I'll Bee Dat!" *Maestro (rapper), Maestro - "Stick to Your Vision" *Ghetto Concept - "Crazy World (Young Jeezy song), Crazy World" *Glenn Lewis - "Bout Your Love" *Total (group), Total - "Sittin' Home" *EPMD - "Richter Scale (song), Richter Scale"

Commercials

*2008 - McCafe "Kiss" Spot - McDonald's *2010 - Yeo Boyz - Yeo Valley Organic *2018 - Gap - (fashion)

References

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

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