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BENJAMIN KASULKE |
Born: 30 May 1977, Syracuse, N.Y., USA, as Benjamin Francis Kasulke.
Education: Northfield Mount Hermon School, Mount Hermon, MA [1993-95]; Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. [1995-99; BS in Cinema Production]; FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic [1997].
Career: Worked as taxi driver with Ithaca Dispatch [2000-01]. Became negative cutter with The Image Treasury, Seattle, Washington [1999-2005]. Began his shooting career working extensively with the dance film community in the Pacific Northwest and particularly with the Seattle based performance group '33 Fainting Spells'. While employed as the staff cinematographer for the Seattle based Film Company, he began running collaborations with award winning filmmakers Guy Maddin and Lynn Shelton. In 2011, he was invited by the Sundance Institute to join the Feature Film Director's Lab as a doph.
Ph music videos dir by Carlos Lopez, Nick Tamburra, Marie Losier, Lynn Shelton, Dayna Hanson, a.o.
Dir music videos.
Based in Seattle [part-time Seattleite and crucial component of many Northwest films], Los Angeles, and New York.
Awards: Slamdance FF 'KODAK Vision Award for Best Cinematography' [2006] & Toruń FF [Poland] Honorable Mention 'Best Cinematography' [2006] for 'We Go Way Back'; The Seattle Stranger 'Genius Award in Film' shortlist [2007]; Independent Spirit Award nom 'Best Cinematography' [2012] for 'The Off Hours'.
Twitter: Ben Kasulke
Agent: United Talent Agency - 9560 Wilshire Boulevard - Beverly Hills, CA 98212 USA - Tel.: 310 273 6700 || Website United Talent Agency
FEATURE FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES |
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2005 |
Brand Upon the Brain! [A Remembrance in 12 Chapters] [Guy Maddin] s8-to-35mm/b&w; + co-2ud |
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2005 |
We Go Way Back [Lynn Shelton] c |
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2006 |
Pose Down [Erika Yeomans] s16/c/V |
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2006 |
Walking to Werner [Linas Phillips] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)-to-35mm/c; doc/93m; cph: L. Phillips; addph: Dayna Hanson & Henry Mumford |
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2006 |
My Effortless Brilliance [Lynn Shelton] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; addph: Elie Goral & Lynn Shelton |
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2006 |
Nights and Weekends [Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; cph: Matthias Grunsky |
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2007 |
Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Roller Girls [Lainy Bagwell & Lacey Leavitt] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; doc/95m; co-addph; ph: L. Bagwell |
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2007 |
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle [David Russo] c; 2uc + co-addph; ph: Neil Holcomb |
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2007 |
The Briefs [Lewis Smithingham] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; mus doc/70m; cph: L. Smithingham |
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2007 |
The One and Only Time [Michelle Witten] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c |
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2008 |
Merely Mouthpiece [Adam Sekular] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c |
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2008 |
Calamari Union (Remake) [Richard Lefebvre] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/b&w; remake of 'Calamari Union' (1984, Aki Kaurismäki; ph: Timo Salminen) |
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2008 |
97 Percent True [prod: Kate Elmore] ?/c/V; doc/50m38s; cph: Michael Isabell & Darren Wall; + interview; doc on the making of 'Brand Upon the Brain!' comm by The Criterion Collection |
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2008 |
Humpday [Lynn Shelton] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)-to-35mm/c; 2uc: Sean Porter & Megan Griffiths |
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2008 |
It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home [Kris Swanberg] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; + co-scrpl |
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2009 |
Sebastopol [Dan Gildark] announced in September and organizing a fundraising party, 'A Night in Seattle; A Shoot in Ukraine'; status unknown |
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2009 |
Wheedle's Groove [Jennifer Maas] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; mus doc/87m; cph: Sean Kirby & Ryan McMackin |
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2009 |
The Freebie [Katie Aselton] HD (Sony PMW-EX3)/c; 2uc: Jas Shelton |
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2009 |
Scouts Honor: Badge to the Bone [Jesse Bryan] RED/c |
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2009 |
The Lie [Joshua Leonard] RED/c; cph: Brigitta Csiki |
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2010 |
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye [Marie Losier] HD (Sony HVR-Z1U) (interviews)+16mm (staged + fictional scenes)+s8 (archive)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; doc/72m; HD & 16mm (Bolex; in 2008) ph; cph: M. Losier; prod 2006-2010 |
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2010 |
The Off Hours [Megan Griffiths] HD (Canon EOS 5D)/c; 2uc: Nathan M. Miller; 'The Off Hours' was made on a budget so low, $35,000, as to qualify as no budget at all. Set in and around an all-night diner somewhere in Nowhereville, it is often very beautiful in contrast to the characters whose lives surround the restaurant. Relying entirely on the lowly Canon 5D Mark II, d.p. Benjamin Kasulke balances the night interiors to the coming dawn with a fine control. His shots are simple and eloquent, and the camera brings extraordinary performances to life. [Stephen Goldblatt, 'Variety', 2012] |
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2010 |
Vacationland [Jaime Hook] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c |
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2010 |
Keyhole [Guy Maddin] HD (Canon EOS 5D)-to-35mm/b&w-c |
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2010 |
The Catechism Cataclysm [Todd Rohal] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c |
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2010 |
Your Sister's Sister [Lynn Shelton] HD (Sony PMW-EX3)/c |
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2010 |
A Love Story [Oleg Dubson] s16/b&w |
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2011 |
Treatment [Steven Schardt & Sean Nelson] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c |
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2011 |
The Dude [Jeff Feuerzeig] HD (Panasonic AG-AF100 + Panasonic GL-1)/c; doc/17m |
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2011 |
Safety Not Guaranteed [Colin Trevorrow] HD (Sony F3)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2011 |
Improvement Club [Dayna Hanson] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c; feature film tracing the fictional creation of Hanson's dance-driven rock musical 'Gloria's Cause' (2010) |
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2011 |
Pollywogs [Karl Jacob & T. Arthur Cottam] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c |
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2012 |
Touchy Feely [Lynn Shelton] c; 2uc: Nathan M. Miller |
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SHORT FILMS |
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2002 |
Tribute to Jean-Luc Godard [Gaelen Hanson & Dayna Hanson (33 Fainting Spells)] v/c; dance film/4m |
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2002 |
Entry [Gaelen Hanson & Dayna Hanson (33 Fainting Spells)] 16mm/c; dance film/5m |
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2004 |
To Wander [Andrew Warren] 16mm/c; 7m30s |
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2004 |
EBE-4 [Dayna Hanson & Linas Phillips] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; dance film/5m30s |
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2004 |
The Down and Derby/Roller Derby and You! [Michelle M. Witten] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; 8m |
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2005 |
The Golden Leaf [Ksenia Oustiougova] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A/c; ?m; unreleased? |
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2006 |
Number 5ive [Al'n Duong] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; dance film/8m10s |
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2006 |
If & When [Dayna Hanson] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; 12m |
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2006 |
Holding This for You [Marissa Niederhauser] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; dance film/20m; '[Kasulke] really has a good eye for following movement, and a really good instinct as to where energy is going to travel in the body next. A lot of camera people, when they follow dance, will kind of back up, to try to get the whole picture - which you totally need sometimes! But he's also really good at just being able to follow the energy line.' [Marissa Niederhauser] |
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2007 |
Third Days Child [S.J. Chiro] s16/c; 10m |
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2007 |
Kisses [?] ?; unreleased |
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2007 |
Berlin [?] ?; unreleased |
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2007 |
Gold [Mark Mattson] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; 15m |
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2007 |
Alchemy of the Oracles [Karn Junkinsmith] 16mm/b&w; dance film/8m |
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2007 |
Crustväska [Benjamin Kasulke] mdv (Panasonic AG-DVX100A)/c; 6m; + prod/co-scrpl/ed; comm by the Slamdance Film Festival |
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2007 |
Left and Leaving [Jessie Smith] s8-to-?/c; exp dance film/9m28s |
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2008 |
Interpretive Site: Kosmos [Karn Junkinsmith & Adam Sekuler] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c; 6m |
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2008 |
CC 2010 [Travis Senger] HD (Panasonic Varicam)/b&w; 11m47s |
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2008 |
Eros [Megan Griffiths] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c; 3m |
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2008 |
The Unquiet American [Senhain Kashegi] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; 3m |
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2008 |
Parts Don't Work [Kt Niehoff] RED/c; dance film/8m; + prod |
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2008 |
Tracings [Marissa Niederhauser] s16/c; dance film/16m |
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2009 |
Glorious [Guy Maddin] 16mm/b&w; 12m; part of the musical composition 'No. 43 (Glorious)' for chamber ensemble and film by composer Richard Ayres |
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2009 |
Improvement Club [Dayna Hanson] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c; dance film/5m |
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2009 |
Night Mayor [Guy Maddin] s8+16mm/b&w; 13m53s; prod National Film Board of Canada |
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2009 |
A Water Tale [SJ Chiro] RED/c; 6m |
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2009 |
One Shot Film [Barry Jenkins] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; 6m; part of Northwest Film Forum's 'One-Shot' films project |
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2009 |
Interpretive Site: Hanford Reach [Karn Junkinsmith & Adam Sekuler] HD (Canon EOS 5D)/c; 8m28s; a 'one-shot' dance film (2nd shot after the end titles) |
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2009 |
One Two [Curtis Taylor] HD (Sony PMW-EX3)/c; 5m |
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2009 |
Fallout [Ben Rekhi] HD (Sony PMW-EX3)/b&w; 13m |
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2009 |
Crashing Waves [Britta Johnson] HD (Canon EOS 5D)/c; 7m (stop-motion anim + time lapse ph) |
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2009 |
Self [Oleg Dubson] s16/b&w; 20m |
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2009 |
One Shot Film [Lisandro Alonso] s16/c; 11m; part of Northwest Film Forum's 'One-Shot' films project |
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2010 |
Photo Booth [Timothy Watkins] 35mm scope/c; 18m |
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2010 |
Night Falls on Jack and Cleo [Karn Junkinsmith] s16/b&w; 20m; + small part |
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2010 |
Lovecraft [Benjamin Kasulke] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c; 6m |
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2011 |
The Epiphany [S.J. Chiro] 35mm scope/c; 10m |
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2011 |
Focus Woman [Kanako Wynkoop] HD (Canon EOS 7D)/c; 8m |
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2011 |
Straight Hustle [Joshua & Bennie Safdie] s16/c; 7m; part of Northwest Film Forum's 'One-Shot' films project |
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2011 |
Matt [Oliver Caxe] s16/c; 11m |
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2012 |
Laser Blasters [T. Arthur Cottam] ?/c; 2m; ep film series 'Dirty Little Shorts' |
TELEVISION & WEB SERIES |
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2007 |
What the Funny [Lynn Shelton] HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200)/c; 11-part (x 10m) web series |
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2008 |
Young American Bodies [?] ?-part web series/HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200) |
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2009 |
5$ Cover - Seattle [Lynn Shelton] HD (Sony PMW-EX3)/c; footage will be edited for a 12-part series (aired on MTV), webisodes and a feature length film |
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2010 |
Mike Pham Profile [Dayna Hanson] item (3m45s) of May 2010 ep Seattle Channel series 'Art Zone' |
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2011 |
The Heart, She Holler [Vernon Chatman & John Lee] 6-part series/HD (Sony PMW-EX3); for Cartoon Network |
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20?? |
Bought and Sold In America [Grace Kahng] tv-doc/HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200) |
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20?? |
Homewreckers [Grace Kahng] tv-doc/HD (Panasonic AG-HVX200) |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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1998 |
Torque [dir; short/4m/16mm] ph: Adam Broomfield; prod Ithaca College Department of Cinema and Photography |
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1998 |
Attention Shoppers [Philip Charles MacKenzie] intern; ph: Geary McLeod |
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1999 |
Sediment [dir; short/5m/16mm] ph: Sarah Mahle Drabnik; prod Ithaca College Department of Cinema and Photography |
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2005 |
Bloody Mary [Richard Valentine] gaffer; ph: Bill Summers |
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2006 |
Son of Terror [Antony De Gennaro] lighting cons; ph: Ben Niles; filmed 2006-08 |
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2006 |
We Never Like Talking About the End [Dayna Hanson] music/dance perf; ph video inserts |
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2007 |
Metropole [Brian Ganter & Stephanie Skourtes; doc] co-gaffer; ph: Roy Wilson |
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2012 |
Spiritismes/Spiritisms [Guy Maddin] art project (17 short films comm by the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France) |