Brandon Trost
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1981-08-29 (43 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 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and its 2024 sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the sequels to the 2020 film adaptation of the video game Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Known For
Acting
(2019)
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
as Gangster
(2019)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Colorado Jailhouse Cameraman
(2013)
This Is the End
as Cannibal (uncredited)
(2012)
(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 (uncredited)
Crew
Let It Kill You
Director of Photography
Coyote vs. Acme
Director of Photography
The Something
Director of Photography
(2025)
The Naked Gun
Director of Photography
(2024)
Nightbitch
Director of Photography
(2024)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Director of Photography
(2022)
Studio 666
Thanks
(2022)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Director of Photography
(2022)
Bros
Director of Photography
(2021)
Dear Evan Hansen
Director of Photography
(2020)
What the Constitution Means to Me
Director of Photography
(2020)
An American Pickle
Director
(2019)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
(2018)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Director of Photography
(2017)
The Disaster Artist
Director of Photography
(2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Director of Photography
(2016)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Director of Photography
(2015)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Director of Photography
(2015)
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Director of Photography
(2015)
The Night Before
Director of Photography
(2014)
Neighbors
Director of Photography
(2014)
The Interview
Director of Photography
(2014)
That Awkward Moment
Director of Photography
(2013)
The Lords of Salem
Director of Photography
(2013)
This Is the End
Director of Photography
(2012)
That's My Boy
Director of Photography
(2011)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Director of Photography
(2011)
The FP
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(2010)
A Buddy Story
Cinematography
(2010)
MacGruber
Director of Photography
(2009)
Little Hercules
Additional Photography
(2009)
Crank: High Voltage
Director of Photography
(2009)
Halloween II
Director of Photography
(2009)
Weather Girl
Director of Photography
(2008)
The Hottie & The Nottie
Second Unit Director of Photography
(2008)
Pulse 2: Afterlife
Director of Photography
(2008)
Pulse 3
Director of Photography
(2007)
He Was a Quiet Man
Director of Photography
(2007)
The Day The Dead Weren't Dead
Director
(2007)
Hannibal Rising
Additional Photography
(2007)
Broken Glass
Director of Photography
(2007)
Days of Darkness
Director of Photography
(2007)
The FP
Director
(2006)
Karla
Second Unit Director of Photography
(2006)
Young, Single & Angry
Additional Photography
(2005)
Chaos
Director of Photography
(2005)
Wolf Creek
Additional Photography
(2005)
Feast
Additional Photography
(2005)
We All Fall Down
Director of Photography
(2004)
Lightning Bug
Director of Photography
(2003)
Demon Slayer
Director of Photography
(2001)
Indecent Proposal
Director of Photography
(2000)
Me, Myself & Irene
Special Effects Assistant
(1999)
Bats
Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
(1999)
American Pie
Special Effects Assistant