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J. Kevin Swain

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Production Department
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J. Kevin Swain is known for VH1 Rock Docs (2006), Biography: Bobby Brown (2022) and I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988).
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010)
    VH1 Rock Docs
    TV Series
    • Director
    Biography: Bobby Brown (2022)
    Biography: Bobby Brown
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
    6.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1988
    The Man Who Loved Women
    • Director

      Credits

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      Director

      • America's Next Great Author (proof of concept)
        • Director
        • Pitch
        • TV Series
      • Jazz Music Awards (2023)
        Jazz Music Awards
        TV Special
        • Director
        • 2023
      • Tracey Moore and Joe Morton in Inside the Black Box (2022)
        Inside the Black Box
        8.2
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2022
      • Biography: Bobby Brown (2022)
        Biography: Bobby Brown
        8.7
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2022
      • Grand Park + the Music Center's 4th of July Block Party: Home Edition 2020 (2020)
        Grand Park + the Music Center's 4th of July Block Party: Home Edition 2020
        Video
        • Director
        • 2020
      • Grand Park NYELA
        Video
        • Director
        • 2020
      • Derrick Hodge, Robert Glasper, Casey Benjamin, and Mark Colenburg in Robert Glasper Experiment: Live (2018)
        Robert Glasper Experiment: Live
        Video
        • Director
        • 2018
      • All Def Movie Awards (2017)
        All Def Movie Awards
        TV Special
        • Director
        • 2017
      • All Def Digital's Roast of America (2016)
        All Def Digital's Roast of America
        TV Movie
        • Director
        • 2016
      • All Def Movie Awards (2016)
        All Def Movie Awards
        TV Special
        • Director
        • 2016
      • Global Spin Awards 2014
        TV Special
        • Director
        • 2014
      • New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
        TV Special
        • Director
        • 2013
      • Verses & Flow (2011)
        Verses & Flow
        7.7
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2011–2015
      • Inside: Teena Marie
        TV Movie
        • Director
        • 2011
      • Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010)
        VH1 Rock Docs
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2010
      • Africa Arise
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2009–2010

      Producer

      • More Than Skin Deep
        • producer
        • Filming
      • America's Next Great Author (proof of concept)
        • producer
        • Pitch
        • TV Series
      • Jazz Music Awards (2023)
        Jazz Music Awards
        TV Special
        • producer
        • 2023
      • Grand Park + the Music Center's 4th of July Block Party: Home Edition 2020 (2020)
        Grand Park + the Music Center's 4th of July Block Party: Home Edition 2020
        Video
        • producer
        • 2020
      • Verses & Flow (2011)
        Verses & Flow
        7.7
        TV Series
        • producer
        • 2011–2015
      • Inside: Teena Marie
        TV Movie
        • producer
        • 2011
      • Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010)
        VH1 Rock Docs
        TV Series
        • producer
        • 2010
      • Frontliners
        • consulting producer
        • 2010
      • Fred Hammond's Christmas... Who Needs It (2007)
        Fred Hammond's Christmas... Who Needs It
        6.1
        Video
        • co-producer
        • 2007
      • Wynton Marsalis: Rebuilding the Soul of America
        TV Special
        • producer
        • 2007
      • Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005)
        Tupac: Live at the House of Blues
        8.3
        Video
        • producer
        • 2005
      • Tupac Shakur in Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
        Tupac: Resurrection
        7.9
        • field producer
        • 2003
      • The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1996)
        The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
        TV Special
        • associate producer
        • 1996
      • Tone Loc: Funky Westside
        7.0
        Music Video
        • producer
        • 1992

      Production Department

      • Showtime at the Apollo (1987)
        Showtime at the Apollo
        6.8
        TV Series
        • production assistant
        • 1987
      • The Redd Foxx Show (1986)
        The Redd Foxx Show
        6.9
        TV Series
        • production assistant (as Kevin Swain)
        • 1986
      • Tina Roark in The Patti LaBelle Show (1985)
        The Patti LaBelle Show
        8.1
        TV Special
        • production staff (as Kevin Swain)
        • 1985
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

      Personal details

      • Official site
        • Professional Website
      • Alternative name
        • Kevin Swain

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