Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who has worked with a diverse range of artists, among them American Hi-Fi, Rihanna, Hilary Duff, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mandy Moore, Natasha Bedingfield, Fountains of Wayne, Selena Gomez and Britney Spears. He has also directed commercials, most notably the notorious Carl's Jr commercial featuring Paris Hilton. Twenty-one of his music videos have become #1 on MTV.[1] He won MTV's Music Video of the Year in 2007.