Kyle Thrash

Kyle Thrash is an American documentary and music video director.^[1][2][3][4]

Kyle Thrash
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director, writer, producer
Years active	2000–present

Career

Kyle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2011 with a B.S. in film and video.^[5] 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.^[6][7][4][8]

In 2019, Kyle directed the feature documentary, Maybe Next Year, which premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival following Philadelphia Eagles Fans during the 2017 Super Bowl winning season.^[9][10] 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.^[11] Recently he directed the Netflix documentary short, The Turnaround, with co-director Ben Proudfoot, about the Trea Turner standing ovation which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024 and was nominated for Two Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.^[12][13]

In 2025, Kyle directed the Netflix documentary short, The Seat, in collaboration with WhatsApp and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team. Premiering on May 5, 2025, it follows the promotion of 18-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli to a Formula 1 seat, capturing key decisions by Toto Wolff.^[14]

Select filmography

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
2025	The Seat	Director	Documentary short
2024	The Turnaround	Director	Documentary short
2022	The Sentence of Michael Thompson	Director	Documentary short
2019	Maybe Next Year	Director	Documentary

Selected music videos

Year	Title	Artist/Band	Roles	Notes
2021	"Brightside"	The Lumineers	Director
	"We Are Between"	Modest Mouse	Director
2020	"Before You Go"	Lewis Capaldi	Director
2018	"Hide"	Rainbow Kitten Surprise	Director
	"Map Change"	Every Time I Die	Director
2014	"Your Graduation"	Modern Baseball	Director

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2025	Won	Sports Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short Documentary	The Turnaround
2024	Nominated	Critics' Choice Documentary Awards	Best Short Documentary		[13]
	Nominated		Best Sports Documentary
2023	Nominated	News & Documentary Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short Documentary	The Sentence of Michael Thompson	[15]
2022	Won	South by Southwest	Documentary Shorts Competition		[16]
	Won	Hamptons International Film Festival	Audience Award: Short Film		[17]
	Won	Palm Springs International ShortFest	Best Documentary Short		[18]
	Won		Audience Award: Best Documentary Short
2019	Won	Philadelphia Film Festival	Honorable Mention for Best Direction	Maybe Next Year	[19]