{{Short description|American music video director (born 1971)}} {{more footnotes|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Kevin James Custer | birth_date = November {{Birth year and age|1971}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. }}
'''Kevin James Custer''' is an American Business and Media Executive with credits that span television, film, commercial, print and multimedia platforms. Kevin has produced, directed, and/or edited projects for clients that include MTV, BET, FUSE, Sony, DefJam,<ref>SideOneDummy</ref> E1, The Clinton Global Initiative, The United Nations, UNICEF, P&G, Ford, Disney, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Peloton, Flywheel, Echelon, and more.
Kevin also earned an MBA in Finance and Management and spent 8 years with management consulting firm McKinsey & Company where he designed international investment strategies & compensation models; financial risk/leverage models; foreign exchange/hedging strategies; global (multi-user, multi-bank, multi-currency) Treasury system.
As Executive Director, Kevin helped build the Peloton connected fitness streaming platform / business. He also helped build and grow the Flywheel at-home streaming business and was Executive Director and General Manager. He is Chief Content Officer for Echelon Fitness Multimedia.
==Documentary films directed and/or edited== *Finding the Funk – director Nelson George, editor Kevin J. Custer - featuring Questlove, Mike D, Bootsy Collins, Sly Stone, and more *Apocalyptica - "Theme And Variations" – director & editor Kevin J Custer - featuring Lars Ulrich, Corey Taylor, Max Cavalera, Michael Monroe, and more *30 for 30 – director Nelson George, editor Kevin J Custer - featuring Walt "Clyde" Frazier *Slayer - "25 Years Later - Madison Square Garden" – director & editor Kevin J Custer - 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. *MOOGFEST – director Kevin J Custer - 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 – "Society's Disposable Son" * Big Noyd – "Things Done Changed" * Black Tusk – "Red Eyes, Black Skies" * Cannibal Corpse – "Priests of Sodom" * Chuck Ragan – "Non Typical" * Dark Sermon – "Hounds" * Decyfer Down – "Fight Like This" * DJ Webstar & Jim Jones – "Dancin on Me" * Fair to Midland – "Musical Chairs" * Fake Problems – "Soulless" * Hatebreed – "Ghosts of War" * Hatebreed – "Thirsty and Miserable" * High on Fire – "Frost Hammer" * Highly Suspect – "Mom" * Hunter Valentine – "Liar Liar" * Kingdom of Sorrow – "Lead into Demise" * Lacuna Coil – "I Like It" * Last Chance to Reason – "SBTBATAC" * Legion – "And Then, The Devil Said" * Ligeia – "Beyond a Doubt"{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} * Madball – "Infiltrate the System" * Method Man & Redman – "Mrs. International" * Miss Fortune – "Chasing Dreams" * Overkill – "Bitter Pill" * Overkill – "The Armorist" * Overkill – "Bring Me the Night" * Overkill – "Electric Rattlesnake" * Saving Abel – "Bringing Down The Giant" * Shadows Fall – "The Unknown" * Soulja Boy – "Donk" * Sparks the Rescue – "Autumn" * Subzero – "Lionhearted" * System Divide – "The Apex Doctrine" * Tesla – "So Divine" * The Destro – "Beast Burden" * The Gaslight Anthem – "American Slang" * The Gaslight Anthem – "Great Expectations" * The Gaslight Anthem – "The '59 Sound" * The Horrible Crowes – "Behold the Hurricane" * The Horrible Crowes – "Ladykiller" * The Killing Gift – "Self Medicated" * 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 – "My Everything" * Title Fight – "Shed" * Tombs – "Gossamer" * Too Late the Hero – "SCAIF" * 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 – ''Live in Overhausen'' - DVD *The Horrible Crowes – ''Live at the Troubadour, LA'' - DVD *Flogging Molly – ''Live at The Greek Theater'' - DVD *Hatebreed – ''Live Dominance'' - DVD
==Music videos edited== *The Sounds – "Yeah Yeah Yeah" *The Sounds – "The No No Song" *Gym Class Heroes – "Index Down" *Hatebreed – "In Ashes They Shall Reap" *Jeremy Greene featuring Pitbull – "Rain" *Jim Jones – "Blow the Bank" *Jim Jones – "Nana na na Nana" *Jim Jones – "Pop Champaigne" *Justin Bieber & Usher – "One Time" *Ray J – "Gifts" *Straight Line Stitch – "Remission" *Straight Line Stitch – "Black Veil" *Testament – "More Than Meets the Eye" *The Warriors – "Destroying Cenodoxus" *Threat Signal – "Through My Eyes" *Unk – "Show Out" *Willie the Kid f/ Trey Songz – "Love for Money"
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emhuffpost-video-debutem_b_600218.html HuffPost Video Debut: Angelique Kidjo with Fela!, Plus Los Lobos, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and A Conversation With Darrell Scott] * [http://www.unep.org/climatechange/News/PressRelease/tabid/416/language/en-US/Default.aspx?DocumentId=602&ArticleId=6376 Angelique Kidjo sings out for a fair and ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614112112/http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2009pr/100909.html Renowned Music Video Director to Speak at USA] * [http://www.theprp.com/2011/05/02/news/fair-to-midland-to-film-new-music-video/ Fair To Midland To Film New Music Video] * [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/Oceano-Interview.htm A Conversation with Vocalist Adam Warren by Chad Bowar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314043715/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/Oceano-Interview.htm |date=2012-03-14 }} * [http://thesilvertongueonline.com/?p=14857 Black Tusk Debuts RedEyes, Black Skies Video] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120324071144/http://www.skullsnbones.com/profiles/blogs/overkill-to-rerelease-new Overkill to re-release new CD/DVD with three unreleased live tracks]
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