Paul Andrew "Nellee" Hooper was born on 15 March 1963 and is a British record producer, remixer and songwriter known for his work with many major recording artists beginning in the late 1980s.
12 Facts About Nellee Hooper
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Nellee Hooper debuted as a motion picture music composer with Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries for the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996.
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Nellee Hooper has been awarded Q's Best Producer award and twice been Music Week Producer of the Year.
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Nellee Hooper later became a DJ as a member of the Wild Bunch, the Bristol-based sound system and group that became Massive Attack.
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Nellee Hooper received a Grammy nomination in 2003 for his work on No Doubt's Rock Steady and Lamya's Learning from Falling albums.
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Nellee Hooper has worked with Gwen Stefani on her solo albums and on U2's 2004 release How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, for which he won a Grammy Award.
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Nellee Hooper produced the debut solo album of Andrea Corr of the Corrs, titled Ten Feet High, released on 25 June 2007.
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In 2011, Nellee Hooper produced Paloma Faith's Fall to Grace, nominated for two Brit Awards for Best Female and Album of the Year.
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Nellee Hooper was responsible for the BAFTA award-winning soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in 1996.
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Nellee Hooper worked with Scottish composer Craig Armstrong and English composer Marius van Wyk de Vries.
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Nellee Hooper since has not been active in the motion picture industry.
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In 2021, Nellee Hooper joined Throne, a venture capital firm, as an advisor alongside Gee Roberson, the former chairman of Geffen Records, and manager of Kanye West.