Mark Rezyka (born 11 June 1959 in Montreal, Canada) was best known as a top director of heavy metal music videos in the 1980s and 1990s. With partners Marcelo Epstein and Dominic Orlando, he founded

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in 1982, and directed over 300 music videos over the next 15 years. Artists included

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, Foreigner,

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, and

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, among others. Rezyka wrote and directed TV commercials and TV shows, including The

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Fall Campaign 2004,

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, Jovan,

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, '' The Hitchhiker'' and "Monsters". He also wrote and directed the feature film '' South of Reno'', and won the best cinematography prize for his work on ''14 Ways to Wear Lipstick'' at the 2002 Slam Dance festival. In 2005, Rezyka executive produced the CD/

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s '' Spin the Bottle: an All-Star Tribute to Kiss'' and '' AC/DC: We Salute You''.

Music videos directed by Mark Rezyka

* Cheap Trick – "I Can't Take It" (1983) *

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– "Holiday Road" (1983) *

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– "How Can I Refuse You" (1983) *

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– "I Still Can't Get Over Lover Loving You" (1983) * Quiet Riot – "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" (1983) * Quiet Riot – "Cum On Feel The Noize" (1983) *

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– "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (1984) *

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– "Excuse Me" (1984) *

Pat Travers Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, singer and songwriter who began his recording career in the mid-1970s. Early life Travers was born and raised in Toronto. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12, h ...

– "Killer" (1984) * Pat Travers – "Women on the Edge" (1984) * Pat Travers – "Louise" (1984) * Pat Travers – "Hot Shot" (1984) * Quiet Riot – "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (1984) * Kix – "Cold Shower" (1985) *

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– "In My House" (1985) * Rene & Angela – "I'll Be Good" (1985) * Rene & Angela – "You Don't Have To Cry" (1985) * Survivor – "

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" (1985) *

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– "Step That Step" (1985) * Cinderella – "Shake Me" (1986) * Cinderella – "Nobody's Fool" (1986) *

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– "Halloween" (1986) * Cinderella – "Somebody Save Me" (1987) *

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– "All We Are" (1987) * Warlock – "Für Immer" (1988) *

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– "Edge of a Broken Heart" (1988) * Vixen – "Cryin" (1988) * Winger – "Seventeen" (1988) * Winger – "Headed for a Heartbreak" (1989) *

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– "Love Cries" (1989) * Kix – "Don't Close Your Eyes" (1989) *Lillian Axe - Show a Little Love" (1989) * Gorky Park – "Within Your Eyes" (1989) *

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– "Winter's Call" (1989) * Lostboys – "Cryin' Out" (1990) *

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– "Live It Up" (1990) *

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– "Souls of Black" (1990) * Joan Jett – "Love Hurts" (1990) * Kiss – "Forever" (1989) *

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– "Phantom Rider" (1990) * XYZ – "What Keeps Me Loving You" (1990) *

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– "Back Street Symphony" (1990) * Kiss – "Rise To It" (1989) * Thunder – "Gimme Some Lovin'" (1990) * Winger – "Easy Come, Easy Go" (1991) *

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– "Don't Treat Me Bad" (1991) * Firehouse – "Love of a Lifetime" (1991) *

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– "Only Time Will Tell" (1991) *

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– "Rebel with a Cause" (1991) * Foreigner – "Lowdown And Dirty" (1991) * Kiss – "God Gave Rock & Roll To You II" (1991) * Kix – "Same Jane" (1991) * Spinal Tap – "Bitch School" (1992) * Kiss – Every Time I Look at You (Version 1) (1992) * Kiss - Kiss Konfidential live performance Director (1993)

References

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