Kyle Newman
Kyle Newman is an American filmmaker and author. He is known for directing the action-comedy Barely Lethal, and Fanboys, a Star Wars-themed comedy.
He has directed music videos for Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, and created the video content for Taylor Swift's The 1989 World Tour featuring Lena Dunham, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez and more.
In 2016, Newman produced the critically acclaimed documentary , about three teenagers who set out to recreate Steven Spielberg's classic Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot in 1982, which was distributed by Drafthouse Films. He is the co-creator, co-story writer of the Netflix Original animated feature film Gnome Alone. Newman also Executive Produced the upcoming film Happily alongside Jack Black.
2018 saw the release of his first book Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History via Ten Speed Press/ Penguin Random House in association with Wizards of the Coast. It received nomimations for a Locus Award, a Diana Jones Award and a Hugo Award. In October 2020, Newman's latest book Heroes' Feast: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook will be published by Ten Speed Press/ Penguin Random House in association with Wizards of the Coast, reuniting the author team.
Newman, an honors graduate of New York University's School of Film/TV, and receipt of the Martin Scorsese Award for "Excellence in Directing" has written and/or directed for clients including Microsoft, Interscope Records, Starz Entertainment, The Coca-Cola Company, Starwars.com, Entertainment Weekly, Big Machine Records, Pacific Life Insurance, Games For Windows, Titan Publishing, Universal Republic Records, Saturday Group and Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Personal life
In March 2006, while working on the set of Fanboys, he met actress and former model Jaime King. Newman proposed in spring 2007, and the two married on November 23, 2007 in an "intimate and relaxed" ceremony in Los Angeles at Greystone Park and Manor, where Newman had proposed.Their first son was born on October 6, 2013. In February 2015, it was announced King was pregnant with the couple's second child. King gave birth to their second son on July 16, 2015. In May 2020, King filed divorce from Newman after 13 years of marriage. King also filed a domestic violence prevention petition and was granted a temporary restraining order against Newman.
Kyle's brother, Kevin Newman, is a character designer for The Simpsons.
Kyle is a devout supporter of the Arsenal Football Club in England.
Filmography
Director, producer, screenwriter, editor, author
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
| 2010 | "Bury Me Alive" | We Are the Fallen | Director |
| 2012 | "Summertime Sadness" | Lana Del Rey | Director |
| 2015 | "31 Seconds for GRACE MMXIII" | Jaime King & J. Ralph | Director |
| 2015 | "Style" | Taylor Swift | Director |
| 2015 | "Clean" | Taylor Swift | Director |
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
| 2018 | "" | - | - |
| 2020 | "" | - | - |
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1997 | The Cyclist | Director, producer, writer and editor |
| 1998 | Bitten by Love | Director, producer, writer and editor |
| 2000 | Drone | Director, producer and writer |
| 2004 | Artflick.001 | Director and writer |
| 2008 | The Cube | Director and writer |
| 2011 | Latch Key | Producer |