Kyle Thrash joins Knucklehead
His work gravitates toward's capturing the underbelly of America, the interesting characters and oddballs that are rich with environment and sense of place.
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Production company Knucklehead welcome director Kyle Thrash to the U.S. roster.
“Aside from having a killer last name, his body of work immediately cut through the noise. It’s undeniably arresting and we knew right away that there was something special about this guy,” says Knucklehead’s US EP, Lauren Small.
Born in Philly, Thrash grew up in Leigh County PA in a small town called Germansville. Lots of unsupervised time as a kid meant getting into trouble with his two bothers, often filming skate videos on his Hi8 video camera and screening them at his school for friends and teachers.
“I would also go to the cinema every Sunday and we’d make it a point to see anything and everything,” Thrash muses. “Growing up in a small town I was very curious what else was out there so this was my way to see over the fence.”
He used filmmaking as a way to experience, learn, and grow; to celebrate characters and stories that make life worth it. His work very quickly gravitated toward capturing the underbelly of America, the interesting characters and oddballs that are rich with environment and sense of place.
It was clearly his calling. His Music Videos have been shortlisted for 3 UKMVA’s (the latest in 2020 for his Lewis Capaldi video Before You Go), nominated for Best Music Video at 2018 SXSW and received a host of Vimeo Staff Picks. His commercial credits include the likes of LinkedIn, NFL, Levi’s and Vitamin Water.
2020 also brought the Amazon Prime release of his debut Feature Doc Maybe Next Year which serves as a love letter to the passionate and often-times eccentric fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. Critically acclaimed, it has received Honorable Mention for Best Direction at the 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival.
He is now in post production with his latest doc The Sentence of Michael Thompson, a collaboration with the Last Prisoner Project and Cresco Labs which follows one man’s journey through the devastation of mass incarceration in the wake of cannabis legalization across the U.S. Thrash partnered with director Haley Elizabeth Anderson on the project and it’s set to premier in the Fall of 2021.
