[NYC / EST] AVAILABLE Q2 2026

Xavier Andrews

Director / Showrunner / Executive Producer making videos that shape culture and get millions of views.

— The budget isn't the obstacle. The brief is.

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⍟ 1,000,000,000+ YOUTUBE VIEWS ⍟ DIGIDAY AWARD WINNER ⍟ MTV PREMIERES ⍟ GOLD RECORDS ⍟ 12M MONTHLY VIEWS @ MADE IN NETWORK ⍟ 12 YOUTUBE CHANNELS → 100K+ SUBS ⍟ 3,000% SUBSCRIBER GROWTH ⍟ CONDE NAST · WARNER MUSIC · COMPLEX · NFL · 100 THIEVES ⍟ 1,000,000,000+ YOUTUBE VIEWS ⍟ DIGIDAY AWARD WINNER ⍟ MTV PREMIERES ⍟ GOLD RECORDS ⍟ 12M MONTHLY VIEWS @ MADE IN NETWORK ⍟ 12 YOUTUBE CHANNELS → 100K+ SUBS ⍟ 3,000% SUBSCRIBER GROWTH ⍟ CONDE NAST · WARNER MUSIC · COMPLEX · NFL · 100 THIEVES
( 01 ) — About

The short
version

Xavier Andrews — portrait
XAVIER ANDREWS · NYC · 2026

I direct and showrun content that shapes culture and gets millions of views.

Based in NYC. Ten plus years building shows, franchises, and content ecosystems for Condé Nast, Warner Music, Complex, Whistle, 100 Thieves, the NFL, and a roster of independent artists.

Production quality is a proxy for brand quality. The budget isn't the obstacle. The brief is.

Currently directing How to Disappear Completely & Never Be Found (feature) and showrunning Made in Network.

1B+ YouTube views
3,000% Sub growth · Kid Mero
12M/mo Views @ Made in Network
1× Digiday Award
Role Executive Producer / Showrunner / Director
Education Full Sail — MS Entertainment Business, BS Film Production
Clients Condé Nast · Warner Music · Complex · Whistle · 100 Thieves · NFL × Fortnite · MTV
Awards Digiday Award · Gold Records · MTV Premieres
Now Showrunner @ Made in Network (2024—) · Founder, Rebel Vision
( 02 ) — Brands

You’ve seen me
in the credits of

KITH Nike Vogue Condé Nast Warner Bros NFL Fortnite Hulu Valorant BIG3 DraftKings Barneys Perry Ellis Kappa Athena Club CeraVe Prose Manscaped David’s Bridal JBL Cîroc Please AI PLOT Hive Vanity Fair Complex Whistle Sports Gymshark KITH Nike Vogue Condé Nast Warner Bros NFL Fortnite Hulu Valorant BIG3 DraftKings Barneys Perry Ellis Kappa Athena Club CeraVe Prose Manscaped David’s Bridal JBL Cîroc Please AI PLOT Hive Vanity Fair Complex Whistle Sports Gymshark
( 03 ) — Work

Selected work.

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found — Trailer
FEATURE FILM · EXECUTIVE PRODUCER · 2026

How to Disappear
Completely & Never Be Found

Independent feature — watch the trailer ↗

Executive produced an indie feature now in distribution conversations with TriCoast. Greenlit the film, shaped the scope, ran the numbers, and built a crew that punched above its weight.

Role: Executive Producer · Scope: Feature film · Status: In distribution · Trailer: Live

David's Bridal
BRAND FILM · DAVID'S BRIDAL

David’s Bridal

Campaign film

Campaign work for David's Bridal. Emotional weight, fashion sensibility, no cliché.

Manscaped
DTC · MANSCAPED

Manscaped

DTC brand campaign

DTC campaign film. Direct-response sensibility without losing the brand line.

CeraVe
DTC BEAUTY · CERAVE

CeraVe

Skincare brand campaign

Brand campaign for CeraVe. Clinical-credible skincare positioned with warmth instead of the white-lab-coat cliché.

Prose
DTC BEAUTY · PROSE

Prose

DTC campaign

Custom haircare brand film. Personal, textural, made to live on their channels and paid.

JBL
AUDIO BRAND · JBL

JBL

Audio-brand campaign

Campaign for JBL. Product-as-protagonist without the product-shot stiffness.

Regina King — Vanity Fair
SERIES · VANITY FAIR · CONDÉ NAST

Regina King
Breaks Down Her Career

From Friday to Watchmen

Career-breakdown episode for Vanity Fair. Talent-forward, cinema-literate framing. Conde Nast house tone on film.

The Kid Mero
SHOWRUNNER · MADE IN NETWORK · 2024—

The Kid Mero
@ Made in Network

52 episodes in a quarter

Showrun The Kid Mero channel at Made in Network. Built a comedy operation that produces 52 episodes a quarter off 5 shoot days — a skeleton crew pushing 15 videos a day out of the footage. Featured episode: The Kid Mero Gets His Hairline Resurrected.

Result: 3,000% subscriber growth. Fastest-growing comedy channel on the platform. 12M monthly views across the network.

300 Entertainment — Mama Cry by YNW Melly
CONTENT NETWORK · HEAD OF VIDEO · WARNER MUSIC

300 Entertainment
(Warner Music)

12 artists. 1 content department. Built from zero. Featured: Mama Cry · YNW Melly.

Warner Music's 300 had twelve signed artists and no content strategy. Built the entire video department from the ground up, then ran YouTube strategy across all twelve channels, original series, and music videos that premiered on MTV.

Result: 1B+ YouTube views. 200K+ subscriber growth across the roster. Gold records.

NFL × Fortnite
BRAND PARTNERSHIP · SHOWRUNNER

NFL × Fortnite

Culture-first crossover content

Showran a series that sat at the intersection of pro sports and gaming without flattening either audience. Built episodic formats that respected both fandoms and made each drop feel like an event.

Result: 2—3M views per episode.

BRKRS Prologue — NGeeYL
SERIES · BRKRS SHOW · 300 ENT

BRKRS Prologue
— NGeeYL

21 Savage & Young Nudy's favorite new rapper

Prologue entry in the BRKRS run — one room, one artist, 10x10. NGeeYL's introduction before the full episode drops.

What Had Happened Was — Ice Cube
SERIES · COMPLEX · HIP-HOP HISTORY

What Had Happened Was

Ice Cube, Run DMC & the night N.W.A got booed at the Apollo

Hip-hop history series for Complex. The stories behind the stories — told by the people who lived them.

Complex Documentary
DOCUMENTARY · COMPLEX

Fake!
Inside the Bootleg Industry

The trillion-dollar counterfeit economy

Long-form documentary for Complex on the global bootleg trade. Editorial depth, cinematic finish.

The Kid Mero Investigates 50 Cent
SERIES · THE KID MERO · MADE IN NETWORK

Is 50 Cent the Greatest Troll of All Time?

The Kid Mero investigates

Kid Mero deep-dive on 50's trolling Hall of Fame. Comedy through cultural research — the channel's sweet spot.

Jobs Unlisted
SERIES · JOBS UNLISTED · COMPLEX

Surviving the Vomit Comet

Becoming an astronaut in zero gravity

Docu-style profile for the Jobs Unlisted series. Character-first framing of the work behind the work.

Valorant
ESPORTS · VALORANT CHAMPIONS TOUR · STYLED ON

Styled On
with Chef Phil

Oxy, Ban & JonahP attempt bento boxes

VCT lifestyle format — pro players out of their lane, into the kitchen. Respected the competitive fan without drifting into cringe.

Dunk Battle
ORIGINAL · TRAILER · DIRECTED BY XAVIER ANDREWS

Dunk Battle
Trailer

Original sports-entertainment concept

Original concept. Directed the trailer for a dunk competition format built to play like scripted entertainment. Sports content that doesn't look like sports content.

Role: Director · Status: Original IP

DraftKings
DOCU-SERIES · MY LUCKY DAY · DRAFTKINGS

My Lucky Day
Mazi VS

How one bettor became the sports book killer

My Lucky Day — character profile format for DraftKings. Real bettors, real stakes, real wins.

Nike
BRAND FILM · NIKE

Nike

Brand spot

Brand film for the one company everyone studies. Built to hold its own on their channels.

KITH × Vogue
FASHION · KITH × VOGUE

KITH × Vogue

Fashion editorial

Editorial fashion piece for the KITH and Vogue collaboration. Streetwear sensibility, magazine polish.

Barneys
FASHION · BARNEYS NEW YORK

Barneys

Luxury retail campaign

Campaign work for Barneys New York. Luxury framing without the stiffness.

Athena Club
DTC · ATHENA CLUB

For the Both of You

Athena Club — relationship-first campaign

Brand film for Athena Club. Product positioned inside the relationship, not next to it.

Please AI Interview
TECH · PLEASE AI · INTERVIEW

Please AI — Interview

Founder piece

Interview cut for the Please AI campaign. Founder voice, shaped like a magazine profile on film.

Perry Ellis
FASHION · PERRY ELLIS

Perry Ellis

Fashion campaign

Campaign work for Perry Ellis.

Kappa
FASHION · KAPPA

Kappa

Fashion campaign

Campaign for Kappa. Sport-fashion crossover styling.

Ciroc
BEVERAGE · CÎROC

Cîroc

Brand campaign

Campaign work for Cîroc. Nightlife language, brand posture.

Cash Cow
MUSIC VIDEO · ULTRA MUSIC · 2019

Cash Cow

NGHTMRE & Gunna

Electronic-meets-rap crossover released on Ultra. High-energy visual built around the drop.

Mama Cry
MUSIC VIDEO · 300 ENT · 2019

Mama Cry

YNW Melly

Emotional record. Treatment leaned into restraint, letting the song do the heavy lifting instead of stacking visual gags on top of it.

Friends Go
MUSIC VIDEO · POP/ROCK · 2019

Friends Go

Maggie Lindemann ft. Travis Barker

Pop-rock collaboration record. Visual pitched between alt scene energy and major-artist polish.

Would I
MUSIC VIDEO · POP · 2018

Would I

Maggie Lindemann

Heavy record about mental health. Dreamlike treatment, soft grain, no posing. Let the song sit where it needed to sit.

Light
MUSIC VIDEO · DIRECTED · 2018

Light

Famous Dex ft. Drax Project

Directed. Treatment built around the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, leaning on spectral color — pink, red, green, blue — instead of narrative. Premiered on MTV's TRL. Third single off Dex Meets Dexter (300 Entertainment).

Role: Director · Premiere: MTV TRL

ALBUM PROMO · 300 ENT · 2019

Scriptures

Tee Grizzley (exec. produced by Timbaland)

Second studio album rollout. Promo package built to move fans from the singles — God's Warrior, Locked Up, Sweet Thangs — into the full drop.

Something About Your Love
MUSIC VIDEO · BRKRS SHOW · 300 ENT

Something About Your Love

Phony Ppl

Brooklyn soul band, funky record off mō'zā-ik. Built a BRKRS episode that let the five members take turns in the light, then collapsed into a party at the end.

Young Thug
OFFICIAL VISUALIZER · HIP-HOP

Chanel (Go Get It)

Young Thug ft. Gunna & Lil Baby

Official visualizer for the Young Stoner Life posse cut. Built to hold up on the biggest channels in rap without trying to out-feature the feature list.

Tee Grizzley
INTERVIEW SERIES · 300 ENT · DETROIT

Dinner With Grizzley

Tee Grizzley & Fatboy SSE talk the fattest rapper in the game

Dinner With Grizzley — conversation-over-a-meal format. Real food, real table, no publicist polish. Built for the long scroll.

Highly Suspect
OFFICIAL VISUALIZER · ROCK · 300 ENT

Freakstreet

Highly Suspect

Official visualizer for Highly Suspect's Freakstreet. Matched the grit in the record without cosplay.

[ More on request. Reach out for full reel, private links, and in-progress cuts. ]
( 04 ) — Studio

I run a studio
called Rebel Vision

Brand entertainment studio for 7—8 figure DTC brands that want launches to feel like events, not ads.

We don't make product videos. We make movie trailers for your products. Episodic content, cinematic launches, and brand franchises built on the same playbook that drove 1B+ views across Warner Music and 3,000% sub growth on Kid Mero.

Pitch me your launch
( 05 ) — Contact

Let's make
something loud.

xavierlandrews@gmail.com
IG @x_andrews TIKTOK @lifeofxs LINKEDIN xavierlandrews LOCATION New York City, ET