Kevin Shulman is an American producer, writer, and director of music videos and feature films.

Biography

As a director and producer of

music videos A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

he has worked with such artists as

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, The Game,

Omarion Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984), better known by his stage name Omarion, is an American R&B singer, dancer and actor. He rose to prominence as lead vocalist of the boy band B2K, which was formed in 1998 and managed by record e ...

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and

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

winners,

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. In 2016, Shulman directed the cable television movie ''Her Dark Past'' for

Lifetime Network Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company. It features programming that is geared toward ...

. He produced, directed and co-wrote the horror feature ''

I Am Fear ''I Am Fear'' is a 2020 horror film directed by Kevin Shulman. Premise A journalist is kidnapped by a sleeper cell of terrorists in the Los Angeles area who are threatening to behead her live over a webcast on July 4 weekend. As the date approa ...

'' which was released on Feb. 20, 2020. The film stars

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Faran Tahir Faran Haroon Tahir is an American actor. Tahir made his film debut as Nathoo in Disney's 1994 film ''The Jungle Book''. He went on to star in a variety of roles, such as Raza in ''Iron Man'' (2008), Captain Robau in ''Star Trek'' (2009), an ...

, and William Forsythe.

''Charlie Says'' controversy

In 2018, Shulman along with producing partner Jeremy Rosen, produced ''Charlie Says''. The film reunited the ''

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'' filmmaking duo of

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and

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in an unexplored view of the

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murders. The film focuses on the women in Manson's cult, facing life imprisonment and is based on the books ''The Family'', by Ed Saunders and ''The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten'', by

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. The film premiered at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

, was nominated for Best Director and is scheduled for theatrical release in 2019 by IFC. In September 2018, Shulman filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the other producers of ''Charlie Says''. The suit says they illegally cut his percentage on the film and only gave him credit for a reduced role. Shulman was recovering from cancer at the time. On February 9, 2023, in one of the first jury trials to decide the value of a motion picture producer credit, Shulman was awarded $1.9M, including over $1M in damages related to fraud.

Selected music videos

Filmography

Awards

, - , 2015 , ''Paddy's in the Boot'' , Indie Soul Special Recognition Award , , - , 2015 , ''Paddy's in the Boot'' , Best Director , , - , 2015 , ''Paddy's in the Boot'' , Best Short Film ,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shulman, Kevin Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film producers American male screenwriters American television directors American music video directors