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Kyle Thrash
Kyle Thrash is an American documentary and music video director. Early life and education Kyle 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, Kyle directed the feature documentary, ''Maybe Next Year'', which premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival. It follows Philadelphia Eagles fans during the team's Super Bowl-winning season in 2017. 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 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Documentary Film Producers
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Palm Springs International Festival Of Short Films
The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (a.k.a. Palm Springs International ShortFest) held annually in Palm Springs, California is the largest film festival for short films in the United States. The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films takes place across seven days each June, showing more than 350 short films every year, and hosting a Short Film Market with over 3,000 new short films annually. It also presents a three-day program of seminars, master classes, panels and roundtable discussions with free admission for all filmmaking and industry guests. An AMPAS qualifying Festival, PSISF has hosted 97 short films in its 19-year history that went on to secure Oscar nominations in the short film categories. The Festival of Short Films is a spin-off of the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) that takes place each January. In 2021 the main PSIFF festival was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamptons International Film Festival
The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) is an international film festival founded in 1992, by Joyce Robinson. The festival has since taken place every year in East Hampton, New York. It is usually an annual five-day event in mid-October and is held in theatre venues located in the Long Island area of New York, United States. Approximately 18,000 visitors attend each festival and close to a hundred films are featured each year, including an annual representation of at least twenty countries and an awards package worth over $200,000. HIFF was founded as a celebration of independent film in a variety of forms, and to provide a forum for independent filmmakers with differing global perspectives. The festival places a particular emphasis upon new filmmakers with a diversity of ideas, as a means to not only provide public exposure for festival content and its creators, but to also inspire and enlighten audiences. The festival has presented films that have subsequently been cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, or News & Documentary Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the News & Documentary Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American news and documentary programming. Ceremonies generally are held in the fall, with the Emmys handed out in about 40 awards categories. Only two of these award categories honor local news programming, while the rest are for national programming. Most Emmys for local news and documentary programming are instead awarded during the Regional Emmys. Before the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, news and documentary were categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards until 1975. Rules According to the News & Documentary Emmy rules, a show, documentary or news report must originally air on American television during the eligibility period between January 1 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The 9th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association, were held on November 10, 2024, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, to honor finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. The ceremony was hosted by American actor and television presenter Erich Bergen and broadcast live on Facebook Live, YouTube and X. Nominations were announced on October 14, 2024, with ''Sugarcane'', directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, leading the nominations with eight, followed by '' Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story'', ''Daughters'', and '' Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story'', with six nominations each. American documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy was honored with the Pennebaker Award (Lifetime Achievement Award). '' Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story'' received the most awards with six wins, including Best Documentary Feature which tied with '' Will & Harper'', followed by '' The Last of the Sea Women'', ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Graduation
"Your Graduation" is a song recorded by the American emo band Modern Baseball for their second studio album, ''You're Gonna Miss It All'' (2014). It was released as its debut single from ''You're Gonna Miss It All'' on December 10, 2013, through Run for Cover Records. "Your Graduation" centers on the nostalgia and angst of a high school graduation, with its central narrator struggling to get over a break-up. "Your Graduation" became the band's most popular song, and music critics commended its sound and tone. The single's music video was directed by Kyle Thrash and filmed at FDR Skatepark in the band's hometown of Philadelphia in the midst of a polar vortex. ''Vulture'' put the song on a list of all-time great emo songs. Background Modern Baseball emerged in the early 2010s as part of the fourth-wave emo scene in the U.S. The quartet formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the combination of vocalist/guitarists Brendan Lukens and Jacob Ewald, both originally from Maryland. At coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before You Go (Lewis Capaldi Song)
"Before You Go" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi, released as a single from the extended edition of his debut studio album ''Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent'' on 19 November 2019. The song was made available upon pre-order of the extended edition. The song was sent to US radio stations on 6 January 2020, as his second US single. It reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in November 2019, and on the UK Singles Chart in January 2020, becoming Capaldi's second chart-topper in the UK and third in Ireland. Background and composition Capaldi revealed in a social media post that the song was "by far the most personal tune" he had ever written. According to ''Idolator'', the song "deals with the emotional aftermath of suicide", and was inspired by the suicide of Capaldi's aunt while Capaldi was a child. "Before You Go" is played in the tempo of 112 BPM and key signature of E♭ major. Critical reception ''Clash Musics Robin Murray called the track " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brightside (The Lumineers Song)
"Brightside" (stylized in all uppercase) is a song by American folk rock band The Lumineers. It was released on September 20, 2021, as the lead single from the band's fourth studio album of the same name. The song was written by Jeremiah Fraites and Wesley Schultz, and produced by Simone Felice, David Baron, Brian Hubblen, Rick Mullen and Derek Brown. Content The band's singer-guitarist Wesley Schultz stated in a press release: "The song 'Brightside' was recorded in a single day. It's like a 15-year-old's fever dream, an American love story in all its glory and heartbreak. The last couple left, on the run from something and all alone." Music video An accompanying video was released on September 29, 2021, and directed by Kyle Thrash. It was filmed at an American Legion Hall. At the beginning of the video, a variety of people answer the question: "What does love mean to you?" And showcases "the love of couples of all ages, races, and genders dance the waltz around the band as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony was held on November 3, 2016. Categories Current categories For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented: * Best Documentary Feature * Best Director * Best New Documentary Film-maker * Best Narration * Best Archival Documentary * Best Short Documentary * Best Political Documentary * Best Sports Documentary * Best Historical Documentary * Best Biographical Documentary * Best Science/Nature Documentary * Best Music Documentary * Best True Crime Documentary * Best Score * Best Editing * Best Cinematography * Best Short Documentary Other categories previously presented include: * Best Limited Documentary Series * Best Ongoing Documentary Series * D.A. Pennebaker Award (formerly known as the Lifetime Award) Discontinue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
