Brandon Trost
{{Short description|American cinematographer, screenwriter, director, producer, and actor}}
{{distinguish|Brandon Trust}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Brandon Trost
|image = Brandon Trost.png
|caption = Trost at the premiere of The FP, 2011 Fantasia Festival
|birth_name = Brandon Scott Trost
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|08|29}}
|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
|alma_mater = Los Angeles Film School
|occupation = Cinematographer, screenwriter, director, producer, actor
|years_active = 1996–present
|relatives = Jason Trost (brother)
}}
Brandon Scott Trost (born August 29, 1981) is an American cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director whose credits include writing and directing The FP (2011) with his brother Jason, as well as being the cinematographer of several films, including Crank: High Voltage, Halloween II, MacGruber, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and That's My Boy. Trost is also a frequent collaborator with Seth Rogen, including the films This Is the End, Neighbors, The Interview, The Night Before and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Trost's first film as a solo director, An American Pickle, was released in 2020.
Trost was also the cinematographer of the films Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and its 2024 sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the sequels to the 2020 film adaptation of the video game, Sonic the Hedgehog.
Early life
Trost was born in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, to Karen (née French){{cite web|title=Brandon Scott Trost, Born 08/29/1981 in California|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/brandon_scott_trost_born_1981_15154367|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=July 9, 2015}} and Ron Trost, a special effects coordinator. His grandfather, Scott Maitland, was an assistant director,{{cite web|last=Reynolds |first=Rebecca |title=All Indie Family |url=http://www.aivf.org/magazine/2013/07/Jason-Trost_Sarah-Trost_The-FP_All-Superheroes-Must-Die_Wet-and-Reckless |work=The Independent |access-date=March 26, 2014 |date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227003250/http://www.aivf.org/magazine/2013/07/Jason-Trost_Sarah-Trost_The-FP_All-Superheroes-Must-Die_Wet-and-Reckless |archive-date=February 27, 2014 }} and his great-grandfather was a stuntman. His uncle was actor Victor French.{{cite web|last=Gale|first=Wayne|title=The Lords of Salem - Exclusive Interview with Cinematographer Brandon Trost |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/65757/lords-salem-exclusive-interview-cinematographer-brandon-trost#axzz2r9o5tO1L|work=Dread Central|access-date=January 28, 2014|date=April 18, 2013}} He attended Frazier Mountain High School{{cite web|last1=Barrera|first1=Brandon|title=Filmmaking Brothers to Make Feature Of 'The FP'|url=http://mountainenterprise.com/story/filmmaking-brothers-to-make-feature-of-the-fp-FE4/|website=Mountain Enterprise|access-date=June 13, 2014|date=August 15, 2008}} and later graduated from Los Angeles Film School.{{cite web|title=Brandon Trost shoots 'This is the End'|url=http://www.britishcinematographer.co.uk/news/282-brandon-trost-shoots-this-is-the-end.html|work=British Cinematographer|access-date=January 27, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622185249/http://www.britishcinematographer.co.uk/news/282-brandon-trost-shoots-this-is-the-end.html|archive-date=June 22, 2013}} He grew up in Frazier Park, California with his brother Jason and sister Sarah.{{cite web|last=Mancini|first=Vince|title=Smiles Humped All up My Face|url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/smiles-humped-all-up-my-face/Content?oid=5766861|work=The Portland Mercury|publisher=Index Publishing|access-date=January 27, 2014|date=March 15, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Carey|first=Anna|title=Makers of 'The FP' discuss inspiration for their surreal film|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2012/03/19/makers-of-the-fp-discuss-inspiration-for-their-surreal-film/|work=The Daily Californian|publisher=Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company|date=March 19, 2012}}
Influences
Trost has cited Andrew Laszlo as one of his favorite cinematographers, calling Streets of Fire "one of the most amazing-looking movies from the 1980s."{{cite web|last=S.|first=Iain|title=SXSW/American Cinematographer: The FP's Brandon Trost|url=http://www.chud.com/43229/the-fp-brandon-trost/|publisher=CHUD|access-date=January 28, 2014|date=March 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208121636/http://www.chud.com/43229/the-fp-brandon-trost/#|archive-date=2012-02-08|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
=Director=
Short film
- The FP (2007)
- The Day the Dead Weren't Dead (Also producer) (2007)
Feature film
- The FP{{efn|Co-written and co-directed with Jason Trost; credited as "Trost Bros."}} (2011)
- An American Pickle (2020)
Television
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Episode |
|---|
| 2017
|"Pandora's Mailbox" |
| 2024
|"The Shabbat Dinner" |
=Cinematographer=
==Film==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 2001
|Deuces |Michael Winnick | |
| rowspan=2|2004
| |
| State's Evidence
|Benjamin Louis | |
| rowspan=3|2005
|Mark Brown | |
| Val/Val
|Gustavo Camelot |With Tobias Datum |
| Chaos
|David DeFalco | |
| rowspan=2|2006
|Outside Sales | |
| Special Ops: Delta Force
|Cole S. McKay | |
| rowspan=5|2007
|Jury Award for Best Cinematography |
| Broken Glass
|Gustavo Camelot |With Tobias Datum and Alejandro Lalinde |
| One of Our Own
|Abe Levy | |
| Days of Darkness
|Jake Kennedy | |
| The Last Season
|Bryan Kramer | |
| rowspan=3| 2008
| rowspan="2"| Joel Soisson | |
| Pulse 3
| |
| Presence
|Brian Kramer | |
| rowspan=3|2009
|Blayne Weaver | |
| Crank: High Voltage
| |
| Halloween II
| |
| rowspan=3|2010
|A Buddy Story |Marc Erlbaum | |
| MacGruber
| |
| Mad World
|Cory Cataldo | |
| rowspan=2|2011
|Himself | |
| Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
|Mark Neveldine | |
| rowspan=2|2012
| |
| The Lords of Salem
|Rob Zombie | |
| 2013
| |
| rowspan=3|2014
|Tom Gormican | |
| Neighbors
| |
| The Interview
|Seth Rogen | |
| rowspan=3|2015
|Sundance: U.S. drama, special jury award for cinematography |
| Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
| |
| The Night Before
| |
| rowspan=2|2016
|Nicholas Stoller | |
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
|Akiva Schaffer | |
| 2017
| |
| 2018
|Marielle Heller | |
| 2019
|Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | |
| 2021
| |
| rowspan=2|2022
| |
| Bros
|Nicholas Stoller | |
| rowspan=2|2024
|Marielle Heller | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3
|Jeff Fowler | |
| 2025
|{{Pending film|The Naked Gun}} |Akiva Schaffer |Post-production |
| 2026
|{{Pending film|Coyote vs. Acme}} |
==Television==
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director(s) ! Episode(s) |
|---|
| 2012
|Dark Wall |"6:14" |
| 2017
|"Pilot" |
| 2018 |
| 2019 |
| 2024
|Jeff Fowler |"The Warrior" |
=Acting roles=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1996
|Student |rowspan=4| Uncredited |
| 1998
|Vietnamese soldier with rocket launcher |
| 2004
|Seismograph drummer |
| 2009
|White Slave Boy |
| 2010
|Brick's boyfriend | |
| 2013
|Cannibal |Uncredited |
| 2019
|Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile |Interview Cameraman | |
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://brandontrost.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|1060930|Brandon Trost}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:American cinematographers