Marc Klasfeld is the director of many award-winning and breakthrough videos for artists such as Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Nelly, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Taking Back Sunday, Gnarls Barkley, Eminem, Backstreet Boys, Enrique Iglesias, Bon Jovi, N'Sync, and Jewel. His videos have dominated MTV playlists and established him as a diverse director with a very unique voice.
He has directed many commercials over the years for clients such as Smirnoff, Nike, ESPN, Subway, Gateway, and Reebok, in addition to having forayed into episodic television, directing for the HBO series, "Oz".
"The L.A. Riot Spectacular" was Marc's feature film directorial debut which he wrote, co-produced and directed. It takes a satirical look at the '92 LA Riots and stars Snoop Dogg, Charles Dutton, Emilio Estevez, George Hamilton, Charles Durning and Ron Jeremy.
His second film is a documentary entitled "Bears", which is about a subculture within the homosexual community, where big, hairy gay men compete in beauty pageants and show off their unorthodox beauty.
Marc graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and is the founder of Rockhard Films.