Kevin James Custer

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Kevin James Custer is a television, film, commercial and media producer and director with extensive business executive experience. Kevin has produced, directed, and/or edited projects for clients that include MTV, BET, FUSE, Sony, DefJam,^[1] E1, The Clinton Global Initiative, The United Nations, UNICEF, P&G, Ford, Disney, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and more.

Prior to his film career, Kevin earned an MBA in finance and spent 7 years with management consulting firm McKinsey & Company where he designed international investment strategies & compensation models; designed financial risk/leverage models; evaluated & executed approximately $1billion foreign exchange trades (hedging strategies), annually; designed & built a global (multi-user, multi-bank, multi-currency) Treasury system.

Documentary films directed and/or edited[]

• – - Featuring Questlove, Mike D, Bootsy Collins, Sly Stone, and more
• – - Featuring Lars Ulrich, Corey Taylor, Max Cavalera, Michael Monroe, and more
• 30 for 30 – - Featuring Walt "Clyde" Frazier
• – - 25 years after the show that destroyed The Felt Forum in NYC (MSG), Slayer returns to the Garden to perform and recount that epic night.
• – - Live at BB Kings, NYC featuring Jan Hammer, Keith Emerson, Bernie Worrell and more

Television / web series directed and/or edited[]

• Discovery Channel - Shark Week 40th Anniversary
• Animal Planet - Meet The Irwins / Wild Times
• MTV Unplugged - Rita Ora
• MTV Unplugged - Walk The Moon
• MTV Headbangers Ball - Scandinavia - full season
• Disney - That's Fresh with Helen Cavalo - full season
• The Clinton Global Initiative 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
• BET 2011 Black History Month spots

Branded Content directed / edited[]

• Ford Motor Company
• Canon
• Weight Watchers
• P&G
• Disney
• Grand Cru
• Pampers
• Nicole Miller
• Hurley

Music videos directed and edited[]

• 36 Crazyfists – "Swing the Noose"
• Alanis Morissette & Souleye – "Jekyll & Hyde"
• Anaka – "Deathborn"
• Anaka – "Erase"
• Angélique Kidjo – "You Can Count on Me"
• Angélique Kidjo f/Aṣa – "Eva"
• Angélique Kidjo f/John Legend & Bono – "Move on Up"
• Before the Mourning – "Another Sleepless Night"
• Beneath the Massacre – ""
• Big Noyd – "Things Done Changed"
• Black Tusk – ""
• Cannibal Corpse – ""
• Chuck Ragan – "Non Typical"
• Dark Sermon – "Hounds"
• Decyfer Down – ""
• DJ Webstar & Jim Jones – "Dancin on Me"
• Fair to Midland – ""
• Fake Problems – ""
• Hatebreed – ""
• Hatebreed – "Thirsty and Miserable"
• High on Fire – "Frost Hammer"
• Highly Suspect – "Mom"
• Hunter Valentine – "Liar Liar"
• Kingdom of Sorrow – ""
• Lacuna Coil – "I Like It"
• Last Chance to Reason – ""
• Legion – "AndThen The Devil Said..."
• Ligeia – ""
• Madball – "Infiltrate the System"
• Method Man & Redman – "Mrs. International"
• Miss Fortune – "Chasing Dreams"
• Overkill – "Bitter Pill"
• Overkill – "The Armorist"
• Overkill – ""
• Overkill – ""
• Saving Abel – "Bringing Down The Giant"
• Shadows Fall – "The Unknown"
• Soulja Boy – "Donk"
• Sparks the Rescue – "Autumn"
• Subzero – "Lionhearted"
• System Divide – ""
• Tesla – "So Divine"
• – ""
• The Gaslight Anthem – "American Slang"
• The Gaslight Anthem – ""
• The Gaslight Anthem – "The '59 Sound"
• The Horrible Crowes – ""
• The Horrible Crowes – "Ladykiller"
• – ""
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – "Angels Look Like Devils"
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – "Pot Roast and Kisses"
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – "Raise a Little Hell"
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – "Something For Nothing"
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – "Clap Your Hands"
• The So So Glos – "Diss Town"
• The Stick People – ""
• Title Fight – ""
• Tombs – ""
• – ""
• Within the Ruins – "Calling Card"
• Within the Ruins – "Feeding Frenzy"
• Within the Ruins – "Gods Amongst Men"
• Within the Ruins – "New Holy War"

Live concert DVDs directed and edited[]

• Overkill – - DVD
• The Horrible Crowes – - DVD
• Flogging Molly – Live at The Greek Theater - DVD
• Hatebreed – - DVD

Music videos edited[]

• The Sounds – "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
• The Sounds – ""
• Gym Class Heroes – ""
• Hatebreed – "In Ashes They Shall Reap"
• Jeremy Greene featuring Pitbull – ""
• Jim Jones – ""
• Jim Jones – ""
• Jim Jones – ""
• Justin Bieber & Usher – "One Time"
• Ray J – "Gifts"
• Straight Line Stitch – ""
• Straight Line Stitch – ""
• Testament – ""
• The Warriors – ""
• Threat Signal – ""
• Unk – "Show Out"
• Willie the Kid f/ Trey Songz – "Love for Money"

References[]

External links[]

• HuffPost Video Debut: Angelique Kidjo with Fela!, Plus Los Lobos, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and A Conversation With Darrell Scott
• Angelique Kidjo sings out for a fair and ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen
• Renowned Music Video Director to Speak at USA
• Fair To Midland To Film New Music Video
• A Conversation with Vocalist Adam Warren by Chad Bowar
• Black Tusk Debuts RedEyes,Black Skies Video
• Overkill to re-release new CD/DVD with three unreleased live tracks