Kevin Kerslake ; Joan Jett BAD REPUTATION

Published: May 25, 2018, 9 p.m.

b'Kevin\\xa0Kerslake\\u2019s\\xa0latest directorial effort,\\xa0BAD REPUTATION, a documentary on the life of Joan\\xa0Jett, premiered\\xa0at the Sundance Film Festival in\\xa02018 joining a critically-acclaimed body of\\xa0work that includes core culture and music\\xa0docs (AS\\xa0I AM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DJ\\xa0AM,\\xa0THE\\xa0RAMONES: WE\\u2019RE OUTTA HERE!,\\xa0NIRVANA: LIVE! TONIGHT! SOLD OUT!,BOB\\xa0MARLEY & THE WAILERS\\u2019 LEGEND: REMIXED,\\xa0THE\\xa0ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL\\xa0EXPERIENCE), television dramas (Disney/ABC\\u2019s 4-hour\\xa0FALLEN\\xa0miniseries\\xa0starring Paul Wesley and Bryan\\xa0Cranston, FOX\\u2019s\\xa0THE\\xa0VISITOR\\xa0starring John Corbett), concerts and live events (Insomniac Events, HARD Events, AOL,\\xa0HBO, KCRW, Soundgarden, STP, Queens of the Stone Age, Velvet Revolver, Cypress Hill), shorts\\xa0exhibited at the Whitney Museum, Walker Art Center and Museums of Contemporary Art in Tokyo and San Francisco, plus\\xa0writing\\xa0duties for\\xa0Sony, Paramount,\\xa0Warner Bros,\\xa0Ed\\xa0Pressman,\\xa0and Quentin Tarantino\\u2019s A\\xa0Band Apart. One\\xa0of a handful of filmmakers responsible for forging the visual identity of the MTV generation, Kerslake cut his teeth directing music videos for Nirvana, Green Day, R.E.M., Prince, Joan Jett, STP, the Rolling Stones, Smashing Pumpkins,\\xa0Rancid, Rise\\xa0Against, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and many others. A surf film for Quiksilver launched a move into branded content where Kerslake\\xa0directed commercials and brand-integrated campaigns\\xa0for the likes of\\xa0Hyundai, Nike, Puma, Sprite, DC Shoes,\\xa0VEVO,\\xa0Coca-Cola, Sony Playstation and Insomniac Events, plus advocacy projects involving Doctors Without Borders, the Red Hot Organization, Homeboy Industries, PETA,\\xa0SurfAid, Room to Read, and\\xa0Amnesty\\xa0International.'