Mark Rezyka Explained

Mark Rezyka (born 11 June 1959 in Montreal, Canada) was best known as a top director of heavy metal music videos in the 1980s and 1990s. With partners Marcelo Epstein and Dominic Orlando, he founded Pendulum Productions in 1982, and directed over 300 music videos over the next 15 years. Artists included Quiet Riot, Kiss, Ratt,^[1] Cinderella,^[2] Whitesnake,^[3] Survivor, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, and Joan Jett, among others.

Rezyka wrote and directed TV commercials and TV shows, including The CBS Fall Campaign 2004, Gatorade, Jovan, Ford, General Motors, The Hitchhiker and "Monsters". He also wrote and directed the feature film South of Reno,^[4] and won the best cinematography prize for his work on 14 Ways to Wear Lipstick ^[5] at the 2002 Slam Dance festival.

In 2005, Rezyka executive produced the CD/DVDs ^[6] and .

Music videos directed by Mark Rezyka

• Cheap Trick – "I Can't Take It" (1983)
• Lindsey Buckingham – "Holiday Road" (1983)
• Heart – "How Can I Refuse You" (1983)
• Ray Parker Jr. – "I Still Can't Get Over Lover Loving You" (1983)
• Quiet Riot – "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" (1983)
• Quiet Riot – "Cum On Feel The Noize" (1983)
• Helix – "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (1984)
• Danny Spanos – "Excuse Me" (1984)
• Pat Travers – "Killer" (1984)
• Pat Travers – "Women on the Edge" (1984)
• Pat Travers – "Louise" (1984)
• Pat Travers – "Hot Shot" (1984)
• Quiet Riot – "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" (1984)
• Kix – "Cold Shower" (1985)
• Mary Jane Girls – "In My House" (1985)^[7]
• Rene & Angela – "I'll Be Good" (1985)^[8]
• Rene & Angela – "You Don't Have To Cry" (1985)^[9]
• Survivor – "The Search Is Over" (1985)
• Sawyer Brown – "Step That Step" (1985)
• Cinderella – "Shake Me" (1986)
• Cinderella – "Nobody's Fool" (1986)
• Helloween – "Halloween" (1986)
• Cinderella – "Somebody Save Me" (1987)
• Warlock – "All We Are" (1987)
• Warlock – "Für Immer" (1988)
• Vixen – "Edge of a Broken Heart" (1988)
• Vixen – "Cryin" (1988)
• Winger – "Seventeen" (1988)
• Winger – "Headed for a Heartbreak" (1989)
• Stage Dolls – "Love Cries" (1989)
• Kix – "Don't Close Your Eyes" (1989)
• Lillian Axe - Show a Little Love" (1989)^[10]
• Gorky Park – "Within Your Eyes" (1989)
• Badlands – "Winter's Call" (1989)
• Lostboys – "Cryin' Out" (1990)
• REO Speedwagon – "Live It Up" (1990)
• Testament – "Souls of Black" (1990)
• Joan Jett – "Love Hurts" (1990)
• Kiss – "Forever" (1989)
• Tora Tora – "Phantom Rider" (1990)
• XYZ – "What Keeps Me Loving You" (1990)
• Thunder – "Back Street Symphony" (1990)
• Kiss – "Rise To It" (1989)
• Thunder – "Gimme Some Lovin'" (1990)
• Winger – "Easy Come, Easy Go" (1991)
• Firehouse – "Don't Treat Me Bad" (1991)
• Firehouse – "Love of a Lifetime" (1991)
• Nelson – "Only Time Will Tell" (1991)
• Silent Rage – "Rebel with a Cause" (1991)
• Foreigner – "Lowdown And Dirty" (1991)
• Kiss – "God Gave Rock & Roll To You II" (1991)
• Kix – "Same Jane" (1991)
• Spinal Tap – "Bitch School" (1992)
• Kiss – Every Time I Look at You (Version 1) (1992)
• Kiss - Kiss Konfidential live performance Director

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Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r87183/credits|pure_url=yes}} Credits: ''Video'']. Allmusic. 19 March 2010.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r727296|pure_url=yes}} Credits: ''Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Video Hits'' ]. 19 March 2010 . Allmusic.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1596611/credits|pure_url=yes}} Credits: ''Slide It In '' ]. 19 March 2010 . Allmusic.
4. Web site: Movies & TV. https://archive.today/20120712005017/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/108099/Mark-Rezyka/filmography. dead. 12 July 2012. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 28 May 2012.
5. Web site: Movies & TV . dead . https://archive.today/20120712005017/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/108099/Mark-Rezyka/filmography . 12 July 2012 . 28 May 2012 . The New York Times . Movies & TV Dept..
6. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r683714|pure_url=yes}} Credits: ''Spin the Bottle'' ]. 19 March 2010 . Allmusic.
7. Web site: Mary Jane Girls. videography. mvdbase.com. 14 April 2013.
8. Web site: "I'll Be Good" by Rene & Angela Music Video VH1.com. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230743/http://www.vh1.com/video/rene-angela/737955/ill-be-good.jhtml . 3 March 2016 .
9. Web site: "You Don't Have To Cry" by Rene & Angela Music Video VH1.com. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222104/http://www.vh1.com/video/rene-angela/739083/you-dont-have-to-cry.jhtml . 3 March 2016 .
10. Rene. Sheila. September 1, 1989. Here and There. The Gavin Report. 1772. 19–20.
11. Web site: Mark Rezyka Videography. music video credits. mvdbase.com. 2013-04-14.