Brandon Trost

Born: 1981-08-29 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For: Camera

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brandon Trost, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2027

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 ... (Director of Photography)

2026

Coyote vs. Acme ... (Director of Photography)

2025

The Naked Gun as Mug Shot Photographer (uncredited)

2024

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ... (Director of Photography)
Knuckles ... (Director)
Nightbitch ... (Director of Photography)

2022

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ... (Director of Photography)
Studio 666 ... (Thanks)
Bros ... (Director of Photography)

2021

Dear Evan Hansen ... (Director of Photography)

2020

An American Pickle ... (Director)
What the Constitution Means to Me ... (Director of Photography)

2019

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as Colorado Jailhouse Cameraman
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Gangster

2018

Barry ... (Director of Photography)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? ... (Director of Photography)

2017

Future Man ... (Director of Photography)
The Disaster Artist ... (Director of Photography)

2016

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ... (Director of Photography)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping ... (Director of Photography)

2015

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse ... (Director of Photography)
The Night Before ... (Director of Photography)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl ... (Director of Photography)

2014

The Interview ... (Director of Photography)
Neighbors ... (Director of Photography)
That Awkward Moment ... (Director of Photography)

2013

This Is the End as Cannibal (uncredited)
The Lords of Salem ... (Director of Photography)

2012

That's My Boy ... (Director of Photography)
The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as Self

2011

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance ... (Director of Photography)
The FP ... (Director)

2010

MacGruber as Brick's Boyfriend
A Buddy Story ... (Cinematography)

2009

Crank: High Voltage as White Slave Boy (uncredited)
Little Hercules ... (Additional Photography)
Halloween II ... (Director of Photography)
Weather Girl ... (Director of Photography)

2008

Pulse 3 ... (Director of Photography)
Pulse 2: Afterlife ... (Director of Photography)
The Hottie & The Nottie ... (Second Unit Director of Photography)

2007

The FP ... (Director)
The Day The Dead Weren't Dead ... (Director)
Days of Darkness ... (Director of Photography)
He Was a Quiet Man ... (Director of Photography)
Hannibal Rising ... (Additional Photography)
Broken Glass ... (Director of Photography)

2006

Karla ... (Second Unit Director of Photography)
Outside Sales ... (Director of Photography)
Young, Single & Angry ... (Additional Photography)

2005

Wolf Creek ... (Additional Photography)
Feast ... (Additional Photography)
Chaos ... (Director of Photography)
We All Fall Down ... (Director of Photography)

2004

Lightning Bug as Seismograph Drummer (uncredited)

2003

Demon Slayer as 19th Century Sheriff

2001

Indecent Proposal ... (Director of Photography)

2000

Me, Myself & Irene ... (Special Effects Assistant)

1999

American Pie ... (Special Effects Assistant)
Bats ... (Special Effects)

1998

Rushmore as Vietnamese Soldier with Rocket Launcher (uncredited)

1996

Kazaam as Student (uncredited)