Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

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Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
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Hausmann-Stokes in 2025
Born
United States
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.[1] His feature directorial debut My Dead Friend Zoe (2025)[2]—based on his short film Merit x Zoe[3]—won the 2024 South by Southwest Narrative Spotlight Audience Award[4] and stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman. The film was released in theaters nationwide on February 28, 2025 and has received a rating of at least 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]

Kyle enlisted in the US Army in August of 2001 a month before 9/11, served 5 years as a paratrooper and received the Bronze Star Medal[6] in the Iraq War. He used the G.I. Bill to graduate from USC film, after which he spent a decade directing commercials around the world for brands like Google, IBM, UPS, REI, US Air Force and Rocket Mortgage, etc.

Kyle is the co-founder Veterans in Media & Entertainment, the largest professional veteran x entertainment industry organization in Hollywood.[7] Kyle is based in Los Angeles and represented by CAA and Untitled Entertainment. He is originally from Madison, Wisconsin.

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