Kyle Thrash
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Kyle Thrash is an American documentary and music video director.
Early life and education
Thrash was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2011 with a B.S. in film and video.
Career
He has directed music videos for The Lumineers, Modest Mouse, Lewis Capaldi, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Every Time I Die, The Menzingers, Modern Baseball, and more.
In 2019, Thrash directed the feature documentary, Maybe Next Year, which premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival following Philadelphia Eagles Fans during the 2017 Super Bowl winning season. In 2022, he co-directed the MSNBC Short, The Sentence of Michael Thompson, along with Haley Elizabeth Anderson about the longest current serving non-violent offender in Michigan State history, which premiered at South by Southwest and was nominated for an News and Documentary Emmy Award. Recently he directed the Netflix documentary short, The Turnaround, with co-director Ben Proudfoot, about the Trea Turner standing ovation which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024 and was nominated for Two Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.
In 2025, Thrash directed the Netflix documentary short, The Seat, in collaboration with WhatsApp and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team. Premiering on May 5, 2025, it follows the promotion of 18-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli to a Formula 1 seat, capturing key decisions by Toto Wolff.
Select filmography
| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Seat | Director | Documentary short |
| 2024 | The Turnaround | Director | Documentary short |
| 2022 | The Sentence of Michael Thompson | Director | Documentary short |
| 2019 | Maybe Next Year | Director | Documentary |
Selected music videos
| Year | Title | Artist/Band | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "Brightside" | The Lumineers | Director | |
| "We Are Between" | Modest Mouse | Director | ||
| 2020 | "Before You Go" | Lewis Capaldi | Director | |
| 2018 | "Hide" | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Director | |
| "Map Change" | Every Time I Die | Director | ||
| 2014 | "Your Graduation" | Modern Baseball | Director |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Won | Sports Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Documentary | The Turnaround | |
| 2024 | Nominated | Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | Best Short Documentary | ||
| Nominated | Best Sports Documentary | ||||
| 2023 | Nominated | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Documentary | The Sentence of Michael Thompson | |
| 2022 | Won | South by Southwest | Documentary Shorts Competition | ||
| Won | Hamptons International Film Festival | Audience Award: Short Film | |||
| Won | Palm Springs International ShortFest | Best Documentary Short | |||
| Won | Audience Award: Best Documentary Short | ||||
| 2019 | Won | Philadelphia Film Festival | Honorable Mention for Best Direction | Maybe Next Year |
External links
- at IMDb