Brandon Trost

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1981-08-29 (43 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Brandon Scott Trost

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 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.

Known For

Camera

The Something

as Director of Photography

Coyote vs. Acme

as Director of Photography

Let It Kill You

as Director of Photography

2024
Nightbitch

as Director of Photography

2024
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

as Director of Photography

2024
Knuckles

as Director of Photography

2022
Sonic the Hedgehog 2

as Director of Photography

2022
Bros

as Director of Photography

2021
Dear Evan Hansen

as Director of Photography

2020
What the Constitution Means to Me

as Director of Photography

2019
2018
Can You Ever Forgive Me?

as Director of Photography

2017
The Disaster Artist

as Director of Photography

2017
Future Man

as Director of Photography

2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

as Director of Photography

2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

as Director of Photography

2015
The Diary of a Teenage Girl

as Director of Photography

2015
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

as Director of Photography

2015
The Night Before

as Director of Photography

2014
Neighbors

as Director of Photography

2014
The Interview

as Director of Photography

2014
That Awkward Moment

as Director of Photography

2013
The Lords of Salem

as Director of Photography

2013
This Is the End

as Director of Photography

2012
That's My Boy

as Director of Photography

2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

as Director of Photography

2011
The FP

as Director of Photography

2010
MacGruber

as Director of Photography

2009
Little Hercules

as Additional Photography

2009
Crank: High Voltage

as Director of Photography

2009
Halloween II

as Director of Photography

2009
Weather Girl

as Director of Photography

2008
The Hottie & The Nottie

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2008
Pulse 2: Afterlife

as Director of Photography

2008
Pulse 3

as Director of Photography

2007
He Was a Quiet Man

as Director of Photography

2007
Hannibal Rising

as Additional Photography

2007
Broken Glass

as Director of Photography

2007
Days of Darkness

as Director of Photography

2006
Young, Single & Angry

as Additional Photography

2006
Karla

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2005
Chaos

as Director of Photography

2005
Wolf Creek

as Additional Photography

2005
Feast

as Additional Photography

2005
We All Fall Down

as Director of Photography

2004
Lightning Bug

as Director of Photography

2003
Demon Slayer

as Director of Photography

2001
Indecent Proposal

as Director of Photography

Actor

2019
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

as Colorado Jailhouse Cameraman

2013
This Is the End

as Cannibal (uncredited)

2010
MacGruber

as Brick's Boyfriend

2009
Crank: High Voltage

as White Slave Boy (uncredited)

2004
Lightning Bug

as Seismograph Drummer (uncredited)

2003
Demon Slayer

as 19th Century Sheriff

1998
Rushmore

as Vietnamese Soldier with Rocket Launcher (uncredited)

1996
Kazaam

as Student

Director

2024
Knuckles

as Director

2020
An American Pickle

as Director

2011
The FP

as Director

2007
The FP

as Director

Crew

2022
Studio 666

as Thanks

2000
Me, Myself & Irene

as Special Effects Assistant

1999
Bats

as Special Effects

1999
American Pie

as Special Effects Assistant

Writer

2011
The FP

as Writer

Visual Effects

1999
Bats

as Special Effects Supervisor