Drew Kirsch

Drew Kirsch is an American film and music video director.^[1][2][3]

Drew Kirsch
Born	La Jolla, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Music video director, commercial director
Years active	2013–present

Career

Kirsch is directing his debut feature film, He Bled Neon, an upcoming thriller produced by XYZ Films and Two & Two Pictures.^[4] The film stars Rita Ora, Joe Cole, and Paul Wesley.^[5] He is known for his work with Taylor Swift, Shakira, Imagine Dragons, J. Cole, Machine Gun Kelly, Charlie Puth and Louis the Child.^[6][7][8][9] He was nominated for the Best Direction at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down".^[10] He was listed as one of "The 9 Hottest Hunks on the VMAs 2019 Red Carpet" by Us Weekly in 2019.^[11]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
TBA	He Bled Neon	Director	Feature film

Selected music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Roles	Notes
2024	"A Tear In Space (Airlock)"	Glass Animals	Director	Co-directed with Taylor Fauntleroy
2023	"3D"	Jungkook featuring Jack Harlow	Director
	"Red Flags"	Mimi Webb	Director	[12]
	"DAKOTA"	Red Leather	Director
2022	"Sharks"	Imagine Dragons	Director
	"Run"	YG featuring Tyga, 21 Savage and Bia	Director
	"Left And Right"	Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook	Director
	"Emo Girl"	Machine Gun Kelly featuring Willow Smith	Director
	"Scared Money"	YG featuring J. Cole and Moneybagg Yo	Director
2021	"You Deserve It All"	John Legend	Director
2020	"Baby"	Madison Beer	Director
	"Girlfriend"	Charlie Puth	Director
	"Summertime"	Orville Peck	Director	Co-directed with Taylor Fauntleroy
	"Me Gusta"	Shakira and Anuel AA	Director
	"Heartbreak Weather"	Niall Horan	Director
	"Sad Tonight"	Lennon Stella	Director
2019	"Lover"	Taylor Swift	Director	Co-directed with Taylor Swift[13]
	"You Need to Calm Down"	Taylor Swift	Director
	"Are You Bored Yet?"	Wallows featuring Clairo	Director
	"Love Me Less"	Max Schneider featuring Quinn XCII	Director	[14]
	"BITCH"	Lennon Stella	Director
2018	"Lick It"	Valentino Khan	Director
	"Lost in My Mind"	Rüfüs Du Sol	Director
	"66"	Lil Yachty featuring Trippie Redd	Director
	"All the Kids Are Depressed"	Jeremy Zucker	Director
	"Cool"	Felix Jaehn featuring Marc E. Bassy and Gucci Mane	Director
2016	"The Fall"	Bryce Vine	Director

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	MTV Video Music Award	Best Direction	"You Need to Calm Down"	Nominated	[15]