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Kyle Newman

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Kyle Newman is a Hugo Award-nominated, New York Times Bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker.

He has directed numerous feature films including Fanboys, the Star Wars-fueled comedy starring Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen, the action-comedy Barely Lethal starring Samuel L. Jackson and Hailee Steinfeld for A24 Films, the esports comedy 1UP with Ruby Rose for Lionsgate and Prime Video, and co-directed the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Documentary celebrating the iconic game’s fifty-year history for Hasbro, which he also executive produced.

He has directed music’s biggest stars including Taylor Swift (“Style”, “Clean” and 1989 World Tour content featuring Selena Gomez, Haim and more), Lana Del Rey (“Summertime Sadness”) and Cyn (“Losing Sleep” Kyle Newman is a Hugo Award-nominated, New York Times Bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker.

He has directed numerous feature films including Fanboys, the Star Wars-fueled comedy starring Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen, the action-comedy Barely Lethal starring Samuel L. Jackson and Hailee Steinfeld for A24 Films, the esports comedy 1UP with Ruby Rose for Lionsgate and Prime Video, and co-directed the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Documentary celebrating the iconic game’s fifty-year history for Hasbro, which he also executive produced.

He has directed music’s biggest stars including Taylor Swift (“Style”, “Clean” and 1989 World Tour content featuring Selena Gomez, Haim and more), Lana Del Rey (“Summertime Sadness”) and Cyn (“Losing Sleep” and “House with a View” guest starring Katy Perry) with his work garnering billions of views.

Newman produced the acclaimed documentaries A Disturbance in the Force which explores the making of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special (certified 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and Raiders: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made, about three teenagers who set out to recreate Spielberg’s classic Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot. He also crafted the story for the hit Netflix Original animated feature Gnome Alone.

He is a New York Times bestselling author known for his work on the Hugo Award and Locus Award–nominated Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana, the definitive chronicle of the world’s greatest roleplaying game, followed by Lore
& Legends, which continues and expands that history. He is also the author of Heroes’ Feast: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook, which debuted on all major bestseller lists including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and
Publishers Weekly, reached #1 on Amazon, and grew into a bestselling series with Heroes’ Feast: Flavors of the Multiverse and Heroes’ Feast: Legends of the Table (fall 2027). His upcoming book, Star Trek: The Original Voyages, the official sixty-year history of the landmark franchise, will also be released in Fall 2027.

In addition to his publishing work, he served as a consulting producer and a recurring on-screen presence on Heroes’ Feast, the television cooking series inspired by the book franchise.

Newman, an honors graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of Film/TV and the recipient of the esteemed Martin Scorsese Award for Excellence in Directing, was also the inaugural winner of the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmakers Award.

He has written, directed and/or produced for clients including A24 Films, The Microsoft Corp., Interscope Records, Starz Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast (Hasbro), The Coca-Cola Company, Penguin Random House, Starwars.com, 20th Century Fox, Capitol Records, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Big Machine Records, Lionsgate, Amazon, Endemol Shine, Millennium Films, Pacific Life Insurance, Lucasfilm, Ltd., NECA/WizKids, Games For Windows, Awesomeness TV, Hooters of America, Titan
Publishing, Unsub Records, The Saturday Group and Universal Republic Music.

A proud member of the Director’s Guild of America, he resides in Los Angeles
with his partner Cyn, his four children.
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Average rating: 4.49 · 3,773 ratings · 449 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Michael Witwer (Goodreads Author), Kyle Newman (Goodreads Author), Jon Peterson (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 2,192 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes' Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook by Kyle Newman (Goodreads Author), Jon Peterson (Goodreads Author), Michael Witwer (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 1,396 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes' Feast Flavors of the Multiverse (Dungeons & Dragons): An Official D&D Cookbook by Kyle Newman (Goodreads Author), Jon Peterson (Goodreads Author), Michael Witwer (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dungeons & Dragons Lore & Legends: A Visual Celebration of the Fifth Edition of the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game by Michael Witwer (Goodreads Author), Kyle Newman (Goodreads Author), Jon Peterson (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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