Chris Le (C-Le)

C-Le
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Howard Le
Born	November 24, 1988 (1988-11-24) (age 22)
Origin	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Genres	Music Video, Feature Film, Commercial
Years active	2005–present
Website	Official Website

Christopher Howard Le (born November 24, 1988) is a graphic designer and independent music video director of Vietnamese and Italian descent. He was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the owner and founder of C-Le GFX design studios located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is currently managing Calico & Blocks.

Early life

Le was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was discovered by Sean Kingston through Myspace and brought on to work on design campaigns for his self titled album in 2007. This helped him land jobs with major labels including Warner Music, Def Jam & Interscope. Chris Le is currently signed with Three 21 Media, a production company founded by Rik Cordero and running his own streetwear brand, Grand forte.

Music Video Work

After designing for a few years, Le decided to tackle music videos, with a background in post-production and filming, he knew that applying his design methods and style would make his videos unique. He has filmed music videos for Glasses Malone, Shiest Bubz, C-Ride, Cool and Dre, Crooked I, Joe Budden, Rihanna, The Game. Chris Le has been recognized for Directing the most expensive Vietnamese music video to date for Ngo Thanh Van's pop boy band group, 365.

Notable Work

• The Black Wall Street Records "B-Star" logo
• The Game "Super Man" Music Video
• Nas Myspace
• Glasses Malone "60 Million Dollar Flow" Music Video for the Next Day Air soundtrack
• C-Ride "Mafia Music" Music Video
• Crooked I & Slaughterhouse "Mr. Pigface" Music Video
• Soul Mafia feat. Joe Budden "All I Need Remix" Music Video
• Fat Joe "Power Remix" Music Video
• 365 "Awakening" Music Video
• Jereme Rogers "I Am" Music Video
• Ty$ feat. YG "F*ck Ya'll" Music Video
• Glasses Malone "Respect Ma Gangstah" Music Video

Press

Since Myspace started to become the widely used tool to promote musical artists Le became the talk of the media. His work has been featured on Source, Vibe, XXL, dubcnn.com, aznraps.com, wwsmag.com, &djbooth.com.

• Only twenty years of age he’s managed to accomplish more in a short time than many much older than he is. - dubcnn.com
• he's helped many of the game's biggest names add a visual kick to their online presence." - djbooth.com
• "C-Le, can't do it without him, neither can you mutha f*cka!"- The Game

Awards And Nominations

References

• Interview: Chris Le, Video Producer, Director, and Designer, C-Le Gfx - dubcnn.com - 06/01/09
• Interview: Chris Le - aznraps.com - 06/21/07
• Interview: Chris Le - djbooth.com - 03/24/09
• Interview: Chris Le - wwsmag.com - 08/20/07
• C-Le Signs Media Deal with Three 21 Media/ Def Jam - aznraps.com - 03/23/2010
• The Vision of Hip Hop: An in depth interview with Chris Le! - relive.com - 07/08/2010
• Streetwear Spotlight: Grand Forte - sojones.com - 08/13/2010

External links

• C-Le GFX
• Myspace
• Three/21 Media
• Grand Forte Clothing

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Name	Le, Chris
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Date of birth	November 24, 1988
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