Philip Atwell

Philip G. Atwell (often misspelled Phillip G. Atwell) is an American music video, television commercial and feature film director. Starting out as a music video producer, he took up directing in 1999. Often co-directing with Dr. Dre, he has helmed many music videos for Eminem and other hip hop artists.

In 2000 Atwell directed and executive-produced the concert documentary The Up in Smoke Tour. He also produced and co-wrote Murder Was the Case, a short movie released in 1995 by Death Row Records, directed by Dr. Dre and starring Snoop Dogg. In 2001 he produced DJ Pooh's feature film The Wash featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Eminem, among others. In 2005 he executive-produced both Damon Johnson's The Game: Documentary and Donn J. Viola's Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour.

In 2003 Atwell directed the Turbo Charged Prelude to '2 Fast 2 Furious', a short film bridging The Fast and the Furious with its sequel, as well as "Severance Pay", a one-minute-movie for NBC's 1MMs series.

Atwell also directed two episodes of The Shield and served as second unit director on both National Treasure movies.

In 2007 he directed his first fiction feature, War, which starred Jet Li and Jason Statham.

He is a 1987 graduate of the University of Delaware, where he was a member of the football team.

Filmography as director

Feature films

• The Up in Smoke Tour (2000)
• War (2007)

Short films

• Turbo Charged Prelude to '2 Fast 2 Furious' (2003)

TV series

• 1 episode of 1MMs: "Severance Pay" (2003)
• 2 episodes of The Shield: "Trophy" (2006) and "String Theory" (2005)

Music videos

• Eminem - "My Name Is" (1999) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Eminem feat. Dr. Dre - "Guilty Conscience" (1999) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Eminem - "Role Model" (1999) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Snoop Dogg feat. Xzibit & Nate Dogg - "Bitch Please" (1999) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Snoop Dogg feat. Dr. Dre & Jewell - "Just Dippin'" (1999)
• Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - "Forgot About Dre" (2000)
• Xzibit - "Year 2000" (2000) (co-directed by Xzibit)
• Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" (2000) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Ice Cube feat. Dr. Dre & MC Ren - "Hello" (2000)
• Eminem feat. Dido - "Stan" (2000) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Eve feat. Gwen Stefani - "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (2001)
• Kool G Rap - "My Life" (2001)
• Dr. Dre feat. Knoc-turn'al - "Bad Intentions" (2001) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Marilyn Manson - "Tainted Love" (2001)
• Truth Hurts feat. Rakim - "Addictive" (2002)
• Eminem - "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (2002) (co-directed by Dr. Dre)
• Eminem - "Lose Yourself" (2002) (co-directed by Eminem & Paul Rosenberg)
• 50 Cent - "In da Club" (2003)
• Eminem - "Sing for the Moment" (2003)
• 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg - "21 Questions" (2003) (co-directed by Dr. Dre & Damon Johnson)
• Obie Trice - "Got Some Teeth" (2003) (co-directed by Eminem)
• Tupac feat. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" (2004)
• D12 - "My Band" (2004) (co-directed by Eminem)
• Simple Plan - "Welcome to My Life" (2004)
• Eminem - "Just Lose It" (2004)
• The Game - "Dreams" (2005)
• Eminem - "Ass Like That" (2005)

External links

• Philip G. Atwell at the Internet Movie Database
• Philip G. Atwell at the Music Video DataBase
• Geronimo Film Productions, his production company