Brandon Trost

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

Direct-to-video Year Title Director 2004 State's Evidence Benjamin Louis2008 Pulse 2: AfterlifeJoel Soisson Pulse 3

Short film

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

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