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Kevin Kerslake is an American music video director and occasional television commercial director. He has directed videos for Liz Phair, Stone Temple Pilots, Filter, R.E.M. ("The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"), 311, Blue October, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Green Day, Depeche Mode, The Smashing Pumpkins, Helmet, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Rise Against, Sam Phillips, The Offspring, Throwing Muses, Mr Bungle, and Atreyu.
Kerslake started his directing career by making surf, skate, ski, and snowboarding films throughout his teens and started directing music videos in the 1980s. In the 1990s he directed several award-winning music videos for popular rock and alternative rock bands, and directed commercials for companies such as Nike, AT&T and Coca-Cola.
Kevin Kerslake has also made several music and culture documentaries, such as Nirvana's Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!, The Ramones' We're Outta Here!, and Quiksilver's surf documentary Continuum.
His most recent work is directing the video for Rise Against's "Re-Education (Through Labor)" and "Savior" (both from the album Appeal to Reason), and Blue October's "Dirt Room" (from their album Approaching Normal).
The Offspring guitarist Noodles has praised Kerslake's unique videos as very "off the wall."
Filmography
1986
- "Shadow of a Doubt" by Sonic Youth
- "Before Too Long" by Paul Kelly and the Messengers
1987
- "Beauty Lies in the Eyes" by Sonic Youth
- "Litany" by Guadalcanal Diary
- "Happy Nightmare Baby" by Opal
- "It's All Changed" by The Royal Court of China
1988
- "Get It On" by Kingdom Come
- "What Love Can Be" by Kingdom Come
- "High on You" by Iggy Pop
- "Snake Handler" by Divine Horsemen
- "Sometime to Return" by Soul Asylum
1989
- "Candle" by Sonic Youth
- "Loud Love" by Soundgarden
- "Deep Blue" by Fetchin Bones
- "Deeper Shade of Soul" by Urban Dance Squad
1990
- "Halah" by Mazzy Star
- "It's Too Late" by Bob Mould
- "Too Many Puppies" by Primus
- "Prayer for the Dying" by Mind over Four
- "Pearle" by Trip Shakespeare
- "Home" by Naked Raygun
- "Beg to Differ" by Prong
- "Hands All Over" by Soundgarden
1991
- "Swan Dive" by Bullet LaVolta
- "Garbadge Man" by Hole
- "Travolta" by Mr. Bungle
- "Vapour Trail" by Ride
- "3 Strange Days" by School of Fish
1992
- "Chowder Town" by Walt Mink
- "I Am One" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Leave Them All Behind" by Ride
- "This Love" by Pantera
- "Come as You Are" by Nirvana
- "Midlife Crisis" by Faith No More
- "Lithium" by Nirvana
- "Unsung" by Helmet
- "California Here I Come" by Sophie B. Hawkins
- "My Name Is Prince" by Prince
- "Everything's Ruined" by Faith No More
- "In Bloom" (version 2) by Nirvana
1993
- "Otha Fish" by The Pharcyde
- "Sliver" by Nirvana
- "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" by R.E.M.
- "One Caress" by Depeche Mode
- "Superdeformed" by Matthew Sweet
- "Sodajerk" by Buffalo Tom
- "The Ghost at Number One" by Jellyfish
- "Soul to Squeeze" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Cherub Rock" by The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Take Me Anywhere" by School of Fish
- "Fade into You" (version 1) by Mazzy Star
- "Goin' Home" by Dinosaur Jr.
- "Face Down" by Monster Magnet
- "Crash Today" by Eleven
- "Omission" by Quicksand
- "New French Girlfriend" by The Auteurs
1994
- "Freezing Process" by Quicksand
- "Selling the Drama" by Live
- "Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots
- "I Need Love" by Sam Phillips
- "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots
- "Cure Me or Kill Me" by Gilby Clarke
- "Bright Yellow Gun" by Throwing Muses
1995
- "Mockingbird Girl" by The Magnificent Bastards
- "Glycerine" by Bush
- "Blowout in the Radio Room" by Fight
- "She's a River" by Simple Minds
- "I Go Wild" (version 1) by The Rolling Stones
- "Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter
- "If I Were You" by k.d. lang
- "She's Lost Control" by Girls Against Boys
- "Dose" by Filter
- "Run" by Schtum
1996
- "Brain Stew / Jaded" by Green Day
- "Hate You" by Daredevils
- "Shredding the Document" by John Hiatt
- "Run" by Schtum
- "Flowers in December" by Mazzy Star
1997
- "Halls of Illusions" by Insane Clown Posse
- "The Meaning of Life" by The Offspring
1998
- "Forgiven" by Wank
- "Polyester Bride" by Liz Phair
- "Sometimes It Hurts" by Stabbing Westward
- "Sherry Fraser" by Marcy Playground
- "Tequila Sunrise" by Cypress Hill
1999
- "Come Original" by 311
2001
- "Just So You Know" by American Head Charge
- "Girl Inside My Head" by Blues Traveler
- "Days of the Week" by Stone Temple Pilots
2002
- "Not Today" by Hotwire
- "Huffer" by The Breeders
- "Beat Me" by Custom
- "The Energy" by Audiovent
- "Rise Above" by Henry Rollins
2003
- "Unstable" by Adema
2004
- "Slither" by Velvet Revolver
- "Fall to Pieces" by Velvet Revolver
- "True" by Ryan Cabrera
2005
- "I Caught Fire" by The Used
- "Bulletproof Skin" by Institute
- "Shine On" by Ryan Cabrera
- "We Don't Care Anymore" by Story of the Year
2006
- "Wasteland" (version 2) by 10 Years
- "Alive with the Glory of Love" by Say Anything
- "Whiskey" by John Corbett
- "Good to Go" by John Corbett
- "Hate Me" by Blue October
- "Ready to Fall" by Rise Against
- "This Is the End (For You My Friend)" by Anti-Flag
- "...To Be Loved" by Papa Roach
2007
- "(You Want To) Make a Memory" by Bon Jovi
2008
- "What About Now" by Daughtry
- "Re-Education (Through Labor)" by Rise Against
- "Young" by Hollywood Undead
2009
- "Dirt Room" by Blue October
- "Say It" by Blue October
- "Savior" by Rise Against
- "Last One to Die" by Rancid
- "Up to No Good" by Rancid
2012
- "L.A. Funky" by Destructo featuring Oliver
- "Push 'Em" by Travis Barker and Yelawolf
- "Six Feet Underground" by Travis Barker and Yelawolf
- "Change That Song Mr. DJ" by Tim Timebomb
- "She's Drunk All the Time" by Tim Timebomb
- "Thirty Pieces of Silver" by Tim Timebomb
- "Trouble" by Tim Timebomb
2013
- "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" by Tim Timebomb
- "Any Weather" by Joan Jett
2016
- "Bang Bang" by Green Day (director of photography)
- "Frequency" by Kid Cudi (director of photography)
- "Surfin'" by Kid Cudi (director of photography)