Kyle McCarthy
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About
Mixed media filmmaker, collage animator, and social media content creator known for his kylemakesshortfilms Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube accounts where he creates and shares his short films blending analog textures, paper cutouts, and archival imagery with digital animation which has helped him amass over 160,000 Instagram followers, over 120,000 TikTok followers, and over 10,000 YouTube subscribers.
Before fame
He began documenting the effects of Hurricane Sandy on his Long Beach community in 2012. He developed the footage into the documentary We Like It Here which premiered locally in 2019 after seven years of filming. He began sharing content on YouTube in 2011, on Instagram in 2013, and on TikTok in 2021.
Trivia
He received a Vimeo Staff Pick for his short film Found Five Dollars in October 2023. He was nominated for RØDE's Creator of the Year in Filmmaking award in 2025. He has produced creative work for Adobe, Mercedes-Benz, Patreon, Vimeo, Coachella, and The Rolling Stones.
Family life
He married fellow creative Bethany Joy McCarthy who has appeared in and collaborated on his short films.
Associated with
He has created mixed-media work for The Rolling Stones which is the band known for being fronted by Mick Jagger.
