Drew Stone ; American film director, producer, editor and musician.

Published: Sept. 22, 2017, 9 p.m.

b'Drew Stone is an American film director, producer, editor and musician. His works include music videos, commercials, documentary films and television. He founded the New York City-based film production company Stone Films NYC and played an active role in the early stages of the American musical movement known as hardcore punk. He was the co-founder and lead singer of the hardcore bands The Mighty C.O.\\u2019s of Boston, Massachusetts and The High & The Mighty of New York. Stone is also known for his career as the front man for New York City\\u2019s Antidote since 1984. A native New Yorker, Stone was born in Queens and raised in the Bronx.\\xa0His father, Arny Stone, was a filmmaker who won an Academy Award for his film, The Critic, starring Mel Brooks. Evan B. Stone, His brother is also a film director, editor and cinematographer, whose credits include CMT\\u2019s Guntucky, Syfy\\u2019s Destination Truth, CBS\\u2019s The Amazing Race, MTV True Life, and the Emmy Award winning Current TV.After working for years as a crew member on film sets in a variety of roles in 1992 Stone formed New York City-based film Production Company, Stone Films NYC. He produced numerous music videos including Run-DMC, Onyx, Type O Negative, Insane Clown Posse, King\\u2019s X, and Biohazard. He later went on to direct videos for Agnostic Front, Madball, Sub-Zero, and Garth \\u201cCulti\\u201d Vader. Joining forces with his brother Evan as \\u201cThe Stone Brothers\\u201d he directed music videos for various artists including Vanilla Ice, and Channel Zero. He is a four-time X-Tremmy award winner with his Urban Street-Bike Warriors series of extreme sports films and director of the MTV True Life episode \\u201cI Live To Ride,\\u201d which exposed the new sport of street-bike freestyle to millions worldwide. In 2006 he created the Urban Street-Bike Warriors: Black Sheep Squadron Tour which made landmark stops in France, Poland, and Cuba'