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.
He 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 on films like This Is the End, Neighbors, The Interview and The Night Before, until he worked solo as director of An American Pickle.
Trost then became active as cinematographer of big-budget films like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and its sequel, as well as Coyote vs. Acme.
Trost was born in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, to Karen (née French)[1] and Ron Trost, a special effects coordinator.
His grandfather, Scott Maitland, was an assistant director,[2] and his great-grandfather was a stuntman. His uncle was actor Victor French.[3]
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."[4]
He attended Frazier Mountain High School[5] and later graduated from Los Angeles Film School.[6] He grew up in Frazier Park, California with his brother Jason and sister Sarah.[7][8]
Short film
Feature film
Television
| Year | Title | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Future Man | "Pandora's Mailbox" |
| 2024 | Knuckles | "The Shabbat Dinner" |
Direct-to-video
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | State's Evidence | Benjamin Louis |
| 2008 | Pulse 2: Afterlife | Joel Soisson |
| Pulse 3 |
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Episode(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dark Wall | Toby Wilkins | "6:14" |
| 2017 | Future Man | Seth Rogen Evan 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" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Kazaam | Student | Uncredited |
| 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 |
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