Director X (formly known as Little X) was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and is of Trinidadian and Swiss descent. Moving to New York City, he became the protégé of pioneering hip-hop director Hype Williams. X has been noted for directing high-budget, visually distinctive videos for popular music artists including Nelly Furtado, David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Kardinal Offishall, Sean Paul, R. Kelly, Usher, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys, John Mayer, Rihanna, LL Cool J, Brandy, Diddy and Korn. His work has been nominated and awarded by the MTV Music Video Awards.