Kevin De Freitas is an award-winning Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 music video director

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A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...

. He has directed videos for Canadian bands such as Hedley

Hedley (band)

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, The Waking Eyes

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, Big Sugar

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 and Armchair Cynics

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. The solo artists he's worked with include Mariah Carey

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, Lionel Richie

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, Pharoahe Monch

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, Mims (rapper)

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, Choclair

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, Classified (rapper)

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Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...

, Saukrates

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, Sean Paul

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, Wayne Wonder

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, Lady Saw

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, Carl Thomas, DJ Kay Slay

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, Donnie McClurkin

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, Kirk Franklin

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, Amanda Perez

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, Keshia Chanté

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, Shawn Desman

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, Carolyn Dawn Johnson

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, Serena Ryder

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 and Steven Page

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 among many others.

De Freitas has received numerous awards and nominations for his work. At the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards

MuchMusic Video Awards

The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos....

, he won Best Director and Best Video of the Year for
Hedley

Hedley (band)

Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...

's "For the Nights I Can't Remember". He also won Best Rock Video and Best Cinematography for Hedley

Hedley (band)

Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...

's "She's So Sorry". In 2007, he was awarded Best Pop Video for Hedley's "Gunnin". In 2003, he won a Best Pop MMVA for Shawn Desman's "Get Ready". The Reel World Film Festival presented De Freitas with a Trailblazer Award for Achievement in Filmmaking in 2002. In 2001, he won a Best Rap Video MMVA for Baby Blue Soundcrew

Baby Blue Soundcrew

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's "Money Jane

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" (featuring Sean Paul

Sean Paul

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, Kardinal Offishall

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 and Jully Black

Jully Black

Jully Black |Julie]]"; born Jullyann Inderia Gordon; November 8, 1977) is a Canadian R&B singer–songwriter. She has collaborated and written for many artists, including Nas, Missy Elliott, Saukrates, Choclair, Kardinal Offishall, Destiny's Child, and Sean Paul.-Life & career:Black was born Jullyann...

).

He directed the Canadian series of PSAs for Bono

Bono

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’s Make Poverty History

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 ‘Click’ campaign, which was part of the Live 8

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 concert event for Africa. The PSAs included Bryan Adams

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, Gordon Downie

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, Sam Roberts

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, K-OS

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, K'naan

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, Gordon Lightfoot

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, Gary Dourdan

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 from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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, Tom Green

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, DMC

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, Mötley Crüe

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, Barenaked Ladies

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, Jet

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, as well as members from Sum 41

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, Simple Plan

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 and Billy Talent

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