Randal Kirk II

Randal Kirk II is an American film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer.

Randal Kirk II
Alma materUniversity of Denver
OccupationFilm director

Career

Kirk graduated from the University of Denver with a BA in 2006.[1] His first job out of college was to work for ManiaTV!.[2] In 2009 he produced the pilot project Homeless Real World for the company.[3] In 2010 was the director and producer of the short film Pawned,[4] which was a Golden Duck award nominee for Best Short Narrative at the 2010 Beijing Film Festival.[5] He is also a music video director. For example, in 2011 he directed the videos for King Fantastic's songs On Q and Why? Where? What?,[6] and the video for Matt Zarley's song WTF.[7] He also directed and produced the video for The Saga of Dirty Street Kids by The Pirate Signal.[8] In 2011 he directed the short film The Working Man.[9]

In 2012 Kirk directed and created the story for the feature film DGK: Parental Advisory, which according to ESPN, is "based on the adventures of a group of kids as they bump into the DGK riders", with the kids representing "younger versions of the DGK team".[10] Kirk wrote much of the script, describing it as "Parental Advisory is a ghetto fairy tale that takes place inside the mind of the DGK rider Baby Scumbag aka Steven Fernandez".[11] The film was nominated for the 2013 TransWorld SKATEboarding Award for best skateboarding video.[12]

In 2013 Kirk directed the branded short skate film Casio Team G-Shock Stevie Williams Featuring G-Steel.[13]

References
  1. Greg Glasgow (December 1, 2010). "Alums' feature film documents life on the 'loneliest road in America'". DU Today. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  2. Sergio Ibarra (May 2009). "'Homeless Real World' Searches for TV Home". TV Week.
  3. Ted Johnson (May 19, 2009). "Homeless Real World". Variety. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  4. "Randal Kirk II". IMDB. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. "2010 GOLDEN DUCK AWARD NOMINEES". Beijing Film Festival. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  6. "Hold My Coat Interview: Randal Kirk II". Hold my Coat. October 26, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  7. Neil Woulfe (May 17, 2011). "Meet Singer Matt Zarley: 'Change Begins With Me'; See His New Music Video!". Radar Online. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  8. "Randal Kirk II". Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  9. "The Working Man (Short 2011)". IMDb. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  10. Reggie Altema (December 14, 2012). "DGK 'Parental Advisory'". ESPN. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  11. Milton Adamou (10 February 2013). "Lost Ghetto Kids – an interview with Director Randal Kirk". Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  12. "Winners To Be Awarded On February 27, 2013 In Hollywood, California". TransWorld SKATEboarding. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  13. "Casio Team G-Shock Stevie Williams Featuring G-Steel". IMDb.
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