Kyle Newman

Kyle Newman

director, producer, actor

Kyle Newman was born on Mar 16, 1976 in USA. Kyle Newman's big-screen debut came with The Hollow directed by Kyle Newman in 2004, strarring Cool High School Dude.

Kyle Newman is an award-wining filmmaker and New York Times Bestselling, Hugo Award-nominated author.His directorial work encompasses multiple feature films including, Fanboys, the Star Wars-fueled comedy starring Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen, the action-comedy Barely Lethal starring Oscar Nominees Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L. Jackson for A24 Films, and his most recent, 1UP, starring Ruby Rose for Lionsgate and Buzzfeed Studios set in the world of eSports.He has directed the music industry's top artists including Taylor Swift ("Style", "Clean" and 1989 World Tour content featuring Selena Gomez, Haim and more), Lana Del Rey ("Summertime Sadness") and Cyn ("House with a View") guest starring Katy Perry with his video work garnering billions of views.Newman produced the critically acclaimed documentary Raiders: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, about three teenagers who set out to recreate Steven Spielberg's classic Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot (distributed by Drafthouse Films/Neon) and executive produced the 2021 thriller Happily. He also crafted the story for the hit Netflix Original animated feature Gnome Alone for Shrek-producer John H. Williams.He is a New York Times bestselling author known for his work on the Hugo Award and Locus Award-nominated Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana, a history of the world's greatest roleplaying game as well as Heroes' Feast: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook, which debuted on all major bestseller lists including The Wall Street Journal, USA Todayand Publisher's Weekly. He is at work on his soon to be announced third and fourth books for publisher Penguin Random House.Newman, an honors graduate of NYU's Tisch School of Film/TV and the recipient of the esteemed 'Martin Scorsese Award for Excellence in Directing', has written and/or directed for clients including The Microsoft Corp., Interscope Records, Starz Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro), The Coca-Cola Company, Starwars,20th Century Fox, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Big Machine Records, Lionsgate, Endemol Shine, Millennium Films, Pacific Life Insurance, Lucasfilm, Ltd., Games For Windows, A24 Films, Awesomeness TV, Hooters of America, Titan Publishing, Unsub Records, The Saturday Group and Universal Republic Music.A proud member of the Director's Guild of America, he resides in Los Angeles with his three sons James Knight, Leo Thames and Etienne Noel.

  • Birthday

    Mar 16, 1976
  • Place of Birth

    Morristown, New Jersey, USA
  • Also known

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Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award
1998
Bitten by Love (1998)
Winner - Red Ribbon Award
Bitten by Love (1998)

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