Brandon Trost

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1981-08-29 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Brandon Trost

Biography

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 also frequently collaborates 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 film Son...

Acting

2010

MacGruber

as Brick's Boyfriend

2009

Crank: High Voltage

as White Slave Boy (uncredited)

2019

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

as Colorado Jailhouse Cameraman

2004

Lightning Bug

as Seismograph Drummer (uncredited)

2013

This Is the End

as Cannibal (uncredited)

1998

Rushmore

as Vietnamese Soldier with Rocket Launcher (uncredited)

1996

Kazaam

as Student (uncredited)

2003

Demon Slayer

as 19th Century Sheriff

Production

2007

He Was a Quiet Man

as Director of Photography

2004

Lightning Bug

as Director of Photography

2022

Studio 666

as Thanks

2005

Chaos

as Director of Photography

2011

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

as Director of Photography

2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

as Director of Photography

-

Let It Kill You

as Director of Photography

2021

Dear Evan Hansen

as Director of Photography

2011

The FP

as Director

2011

The FP

as Writer

2012

That's My Boy

as Director of Photography

2013

The Lords of Salem

as Director of Photography

2013

This Is the End

as Director of Photography

2006

Young, Single & Angry

as Additional Photography

2006

Karla

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2007

Hannibal Rising

as Additional Photography

2005

Wolf Creek

as Additional Photography

2008

The Hottie & The Nottie

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2009

Little Hercules

as Additional Photography

2022

Bros

as Director of Photography

2020

What the Constitution Means to Me

as Director of Photography

2014

Neighbors

as Director of Photography

2024

Nightbitch

as Director of Photography

2014

The Interview

as Director of Photography

-

Coyote vs. Acme

as Director of Photography

2005

Feast

as Additional Photography

2024

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

as Director of Photography

2014

That Awkward Moment

as Director of Photography

2007

Broken Glass

as Director of Photography

2015

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

as Director of Photography

2009

Crank: High Voltage

as Director of Photography

2009

Halloween II

as Director of Photography

2008

Pulse 2: Afterlife

as Director of Photography

2015

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

as Director of Photography

-

The Something

as Director of Photography

2016

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

as Director of Photography

2009

Weather Girl

as Director of Photography

2017

The Disaster Artist

as Director of Photography

2003

Demon Slayer

as Director of Photography

2005

We All Fall Down

as Director of Photography

2001

Indecent Proposal

as Director of Photography

1999

Bats

as Special Effects

2007

Days of Darkness

as Director of Photography

2016

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

as Director of Photography

2015

The Night Before

as Director of Photography

2018

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

as Director of Photography

2008

Pulse 3

as Director of Photography

1999

American Pie

as Special Effects Assistant

2007

The FP

as Director

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as Special Effects Assistant

2019

2020

2011

The FP

as Director of Photography

1999

Bats

as Special Effects Supervisor

2025

The Naked Gun

as Director of Photography

2010

A Buddy Story

as Cinematography

2010

MacGruber

as Director of Photography

2006

Outside Sales

as Director of Photography

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