Kevin Naughton

A Northeast Ohio native, Kevin Naughton is an independent filmmaker and journalist. He first started experimenting with filmmaking in high school, and his experimental short film “Mr. Smith” won an award for “Best Imaginative Short Film” at the 2006 TVT Awards, a regional high school student film contest held in Pennsylvania. After graduating from the University of Akron in 2011 with a degree in Anthropology, he returned to filmmaking, creating independent film projects with various artists in Cleveland. His fictional narrative short films “Nothing To Do With Luck” and “Digging” were featured in the 2016 and 2017 “Short. Sweet. Film Fest.” respectively. In 2015, he started writing for PressureLife Magazine, and in 2016 he created the publication’s video department where he began filming short documentary pieces covering arts, culture, and politics in and around Northeast Ohio. In 2019, his documentary web series “Inside Akron’s Tent City” was an official selection in the Cleveland International Film Festival and the Youngstown Independent Film Festival, where it won “Best Documentary”. Most recently, he was selected as one of the five inaugural recipients of SPACES Gallery’s URGENT Art Fund. He also plays bass guitar in the bands Harvey Pekar and Suede Brothers.