Brandon Scott Trost (born August 29, 1981) is an American cinematographer and director.
Early life and education Trost was born in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, to Karen (née French) and Ron Trost, a special effects coordinator.
His grandfather, Scott Maitland, was an assistant director, and his great-grandfather was a stuntman. His uncle was actor Victor French.
He grew up in Frazier Park, California, with his brother Jason and sister Sarah.
Trost attended at the Frazier Mountain High School and later graduated from the Los Angeles Film School.
He has cited Andrew Laszlo as one of his favorite cinematographers, calling Streets of Fire "one of the most amazing-looking movies from the 1980s."
Career Trost is a cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director, whose credits include writing and directing The FP with his brother Jason.
Brandon started as cinematographer of a number of independent/low-budget projects like Crank: High Voltage, Halloween II and MacGruber, before becoming a frequent collaborator of Seth Rogen, working in films like This Is the End, Neighbors, The Interview and The Night Before, while making a solo debut as director with An American Pickle.
Trost has since become an active cinematographer of big-budget productions like the Sonic the Hedgehog sequels and Coyote vs. Acme.
Filmography
Cinematographer Film +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Year Title Director Notes 2001 Deuces Michael Winnick 2004 Lightning Bug Robert Green Hall2005 The Salon Mark Brown Val/Val Gustavo Camelot With Tobias Datum Chaos David DeFalco2006 Outside Sales Blayne Weaver Special Ops: Delta Force Cole S. McKay2007 He Was a Quiet Man Frank Cappello 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 2008 Presence Brian Kramer2009 Weather Girl Blayne Weaver Crank: High Voltage Mark NeveldineBrian Taylor Halloween II Rob Zombie2010 MacGruber Jorma Taccone Mad World Cory Cataldo A Buddy Story Marc Erlbaum2011 The FP HimselfJason Trost Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Mark NeveldineBrian Taylor2012 That's My Boy Sean Anders The Lords of Salem Rob Zombie 2013 This Is the End Seth RogenEvan Goldberg2014 That Awkward Moment Tom Gormican Neighbors Nicholas Stoller The Interview Seth RogenEvan Goldberg2015 The Diary of a Teenage Girl Marielle Heller Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse Christopher B. Landon The Night Before Jonathan Levine2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Nicholas Stoller Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Akiva SchafferJorma Taccone 2017 The Disaster Artist James Franco 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Joe Berlinger 2021 Dear Evan Hansen Stephen Chbosky2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Jeff Fowler Bros Nicholas Stoller2024 Nightbitch Marielle Heller Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Jeff Fowler 2025 The Naked Gun Akiva Schaffer2026 Little Brother Matt Spicer Coyote vs. Acme Dave Green 2027 Jeff Fowler Post-production
Direct-to-video Year Title Director 2004 State's Evidence Benjamin Louis2008 Pulse 2: AfterlifeJoel Soisson Pulse 3
Short film Year Title Director2001 King of the Road Christopher Holmes Indecent ProposalScott Quigley In Too Deep2002 Last Word Karinna Bakker All Good Things Levi Holiman Trust Andre Campbell2003 Dark as Day Levi Holiman Shit Happens Dan Fogelman The Attachment Alex Nicoll Frame of Mind Simon Joecker William Wilson Nicholas Davis2004 Fish Out of Water Dewey Kim In the Garden Craig Dittrich Messiah Tiago Mesquita2005 Secret Santa Deluxe Marc Milstein We All Fall Down Jake Kennedy Blockbusters Trever JamesLuke Rold Manejar Shelly Gant2006 That Guy Dash Mihok Time Capsule Levi Holiman Solus Richard Heller2007 Teri Trever James The FPHimselfJason Trost The Day the Dead Weren't Dead 2008 Person, Place or Thing Elle Martini 2010 Anti-Samaritan Hotline A. Tad Chamberlain 2012 The Ballad of Danko Jones Jason DiamondJosh Diamond 2018 Endgame Matthew Castellanos
Television Year Title Director(s) Episode(s) 2012 Dark Wall Toby Wilkins "6:14" 2017 Future Man Seth RogenEvan Goldberg "Pilot" 2018 Barry Bill Hader "Chapter One: Make Your Mark" 2019 The Righteous Gemstones Danny McBride "The Righteous Gemstones" 2024 Knuckles Jeff Fowler "The Warrior" Ged Wright "Don't Ever Say I Wasn't There for You" Jorma Taccone "The Flames of Disaster"
Music video Year Title Artist 2003 Master of None Fireball Ministry2004 (Welcome to The) Sun Tangled Angel Revival Kevn Kinney Shine Josh Todd2005 Sundown Fireball Ministry New York Girls Celebutante2006 Lillian, Egypt Josh Ritter I Won't Remember Your Name The Letter Openers Girl in the War Josh Ritter In the Satellite Rides a Star Old 97's Weathered Soul Manntis2007 Destroyer Static-X Love Me Like the World Is Ending Ben Lee Little Bo Peep Phillip Roebuck Beautiful Tragedy In This Moment 2008 Little Dog Million Dollar Mouth2009 Super Villain Powerman 5000 Whatever It Is Zac Brown Thinking About You The Soul of John Black2010 Full of RegretDanko Jones Had Enough Sick BubblegumRob Zombie Mars Needs Women Butcher, Faker, Policy Maker Fireball Ministry 2011 Detroit City Drivin N Cryin 2012 American Daydream Electric Guest2013 Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown Rob Zombie Go Kindergarten The Lonely Island (featuring Robyn) 2016 Saw It Coming G-Eazy (featuring Jeremih)2017 RunFoo Fighters The Sky Is a Neighborhood The Answer Fireball Minister
Director Short film The FP (2007) The Day the Dead Weren't Dead (Also producer) (2007)
Feature film The FP (2011) An American Pickle (2020)
Television Year Title Episode 2017 Future Man "Pandora's Mailbox" 2024 Knuckles "The Shabbat Dinner"
Music video Year Title Artist 2005 Sundown Fireball Ministry 2007 Little Bo Peep Phillip Roebuck 2010 Butcher, Faker, Policy Maker Fireball Ministry 2017 The Answer Acting roles Year Title Role Notes 1996 Kazaam StudentUncredited 1998 Rushmore Vietnamese soldier with rocket launcher 2004 Lightning Bug Seismograph drummer 2009 Crank: High Voltage White Slave Boy 2010 MacGruber Brick's boyfriend 2013 This Is the End Cannibal Uncredited 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Interview Cameraman 2025 The Naked Gun Mug Shot Photographer Uncredited
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