Kyle Thrash is an American documentary and music video director.[1][2][3][4]
Thrash was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2011 with a B.S. in film and video.[5] 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.[6][7][4][8]
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.[9][10] 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.[11] 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.[12][13]
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.[14]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | [13] | |
| Nominated | Best Sports Documentary | ||||
| 2023 | Nominated | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Documentary | The Sentence of Michael Thompson | [15] |
| 2022 | Won | South by Southwest | Documentary Shorts Competition | [16] | |
| Won | Hamptons International Film Festival | Audience Award: Short Film | [17] | ||
| Won | Palm Springs International ShortFest | Best Documentary Short | [18] | ||
| Won | Audience Award: Best Documentary Short | ||||
| 2019 | Won | Philadelphia Film Festival | Honorable Mention for Best Direction | Maybe Next Year | [19] |
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