Music videos Awards Williams has received for his video work include the
Billboard Music Video Award for Best Director of the Year (1996), the Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996) for
Busta Rhymes's "
Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check", the
NAACP Image Award (1997), the 8th annual Music Video Production Association Award for Black Music Achievement (1997),
MTV Video Music Award in the
Best Rap Video (1998) category for
Will Smith's "
Gettin' Jiggy wit It",
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video (1999) for
TLC's "
No Scrubs", and the
BET Award for Best Director (2006) for
Kanye West's "
Gold Digger". In 2006, Williams was honored by
MTV with its
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, presented in honor of his achievements as a filmmaker. In the December 2007 issue of
Playboy magazine, Williams shot the photographs for cover subject
Kim Kardashian. In 2008, Williams directed
Kanye West's video for "
Heartless". He also directed the music video for his single "
All of the Lights", which premiered on February 19, 2011. As of 2014, Kanye West holds the artist record for working the most times with Williams; the two have collaborated on 20 music videos, beginning in 2005 with the music video for "
Diamonds from Sierra Leone". Busta Rhymes is second behind West, collaborating with Williams on 16 music videos, beginning with debut solo music video
"Everything Remains Raw" / "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check".
Feature and short films In 1998, he directed his first and so far his only feature film to date,
Belly, starring rappers
Nas and
DMX, the film released by
Artisan Entertainment. In 1999, Williams signed a two-year overall deal with
New Line Cinema to produce and direct feature films. His first film with New Line,
Mothership, died in development. Later that year, Williams was in negotiations with
MTV to develop an animated series which was described as a behind-the-scenes look at the world of music and celebrities. The project also died in development. In 2000, Williams was hired to direct the
Warner Bros. film
Speed Racer. He left the project the following year, with the film being released in 2008 under the direction of
The Wachowskis. In 2003,
Disney purchased the zombie horror film
Thrilla, which Williams wrote. The project
died in development, with
Gavin Polone attached to produce. In 2010, Williams was the writer for the
Kanye West-directed short film
Runaway. ==Personal life==