Video Hustler

- Season 1

(2023)

Epilogue of series profiling the daily challenges of Dale 'Rage' Resteghini, the most prolific music video director in the history of the medium.

An introduction to the eccentric subject of the series: Dale 'Rage' Resteghini. Including: profile, personal history, and career beginnings.

A day on the set during the making of DJ Drama's "Day Dreaming", featuring Akon, Snoop Dogg, and T.I.

A wild day on the set during the making of Ray J's "Sexy Lady" music video.

A profile of Rage's partner in music video crime - Kim Resteghini. How do these guys work? How did these guys meet?

Part 2 - profile of a music video production team to content with; Rage and Kim, his outspoken wife and producing partner. What it is about these guys that makes them work so well?

Up all night in the Santa Monica Mall filming Soulja Boy's "Soulja Girl" music video.

A-List music video director Dale "Rage" Resteghini directs the video for the R&B group Brutha's new single "She's Gone".

What is a DP/Cinematographer? And what does one do?

Tense atmosphere on the set of Lil' Kim's 'Download' music video.

Exploring the role of editor in the crazy world of music videos.

Profiling celebrity stylist Ramee Randall and how she became a core part of the production team and Resteghini family unit.

The instrumental role of the 'music video girls' on set.

The importance of the well made music video and competent music video director.

Wild day on the set shooting Bossman's "Break Me Off" -- and using green screen. How does that whole thing even work?

Rage discusses the process of conceiving the music videos and how it all goes down before the cameras roll.

The role of the 1st Assistant Director -- and how the set would fall apart with them.

Putting together the video and shooting on set in Atlanta for Soulja Boy's 'Kiss Me through the Phone'.

Time is money, as things run behind on the set of Se7en's 'Girls', featuring Lil' Kim.

Rage and Kim arrive in ATL for BET Awards weekend. Although Rage is nominated for a big award, he's mainly preoccupied with having shoot 2 videos on adjacent stages at the same time the day before the awards. Can he pull it off?

Rage starts the day amped on his mission to shoot two videos on the same day -- but one of the artists is running way behind, putting the whole thing in jeopardy. Maybe this was a bad idea.

Things turnaround when Busta shows up just in time to possibly pull the day off. With the slight setback of thuggery jumping off outside the studio, Rage manages to pull off the day getting both videos wrapped and 'in the can'.