Kyle Newman, the director of Fan Boys and 1Up, returns to the SSW Network to talk about his upcoming documentary about the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. The film, called A Disturbance in the Force, features interviews with the people who made it and the celebrities that were shaped by it including Kevin Smith, Weird Al Yankovic and many more.

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Kyle Newman is an American filmmaker, actor and New York Times bestselling author. He is known for directing Fanboys, a Star Wars-themed comedy, Barely Lethal starring Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L. Jackson for A24 and 1Up starring Ruby Rose, a comedy set in the world of competitive esports, for Lionsgate and Prime Video.

He has directed music videos for Taylor Swift ("Style") ("Clean") and Lana Del Rey ("Summertime Sadness") and created the video content for Taylor Swift's The 1989 World Tour featuring Lena Dunham, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez and more. In 1998, Newman's short film Bitten by Love won the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award.

In 2016, Newman produced the critically acclaimed documentary Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, 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 Happily (film) alongside Jack Black.



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