Film

Mack Scharff

 

Mack Scharff, Boneless over a Handrail: Shot by Bram De Martelaere

 

 

Mack Scharff’s epic clips and dope edits for Deluxe have become a major contribution to the SF-based distribution company’s ever flowing stream of video releases. Containing

Reece Knobloch

 

Reece Knobloch’s rise as one of Germany’s most standout skaters has elevated in our eyes and around the globe at roughly the same rate of speed he has rolled around his home country’s streets and skateparks.

Pushing with effortless,

Brian Panebianco

@zandertaketomo

 

Brian Panebianco is a skater and filmmaker from Philly who’s the main lensman for Sabotage. His filming is on point and so is his skateboarding. There are not many skaters out there who have such a noticeably strong

Yves Marchon

Yves Marchon: Shot by @theotherhat

 

Yves Marchon is a skater and filmmaker based in Switzerland.

He’s worked for a series of top skate brands and was Element Europe’s main filmer and editor for over a decade. He’s captured some

Mike Manzoori: In Focus Interview

@don_brown

 

Mike Manzoori’s skateboarding shows just one side of his creative talents but it was his pro career that put him on a path to filmmaking.

We were really interested to find out how exactly he made the transition

Chris Emery

@concreterhythms

 

Chris Emery is a skater and filmmaker from Wolverhampton, England who runs Wolftown Skateboards.

His dedication to documenting skateboarding in Wolverhampton is unparalleled in both quality and quantity.

Over the last decade he’s produced a series of full-length

Mike Manzoori

@wigworland

 

Mike Manzoori is a skateboarder and filmmaker from England who lives in the USA.

Shredding on all terrain with a fast and loose style, Mike came up as a skater in an era when there was almost nothing

Brian Lotti

@seutrinh

Brian Lotti is a revolutionary skateboarder, painter and filmmaker who invented a series of pivotal tricks in the 90s and went pro but as quickly as he shot into the fame in the industry he suddenly departed from skateboarding.

Josh Stewart

Josh Stewart is a skater and filmmaker whose skate videos have elevated the medium itself.

He’s produced a stack of memorable classics independently and for brands that have captured the attention of millions for decades.

Josh’s globe spanning Static video

Justin Albert

@extralargepizza

 

Justin Albert is a skater and filmmaker working for Adidas Skateboarding

Coming up as a filmmaker in San Francisco by going in and out of the city he learned how to get handle on his filmmaking but also

Josh Simpson

@bbillyyy

Josh Simpson is a skater and filmmaker based in South London.

His artistic skate edits capture the lines and bangers of his crew at a series of well-known and lesser seen South London skate spots from the viewpoint of

Julien Januszkiewicz

@leovallsconnected

 Julien Januszkiewicz is a skater and filmmaker living in Bordeaux who has been capturing standout French creative skate feats for over a decade. First out of necessity to film his brother Ben’s skate shop, Popular Skateshop’s team but later

Tyler Warren

@antoshcimoszko

 

Tyler Warren is a Canadian skateboarder and filmmaker from Calgary who skates for Alltimers. He has a super tight selection of tricks, a tenacious push and an equally quick wit. He’s been stacking standout skate clips for a

Henry Edwards Wood

@bentimstewart

 

Henry Edwards Wood produces skate videos that transcend the boundaries of art and skateboarding cultural documentation. His relentless drive to hone his craft and capture unseen skate talent, impactful tricks and the intangible moments that he manages to

Zach McAdam

@t_dawg_skatez

 

Zach McAdam is a skater and filmmaker from Lancashire who runs the Panasonic Youth brand. His skate crew, based in Sheffield and the North of England, has an eclectic bag of styles and mix of personal tastes but

Al Hodgson

 

@scandersilva

 

Al Hodgson is a skater and filmmaker from Brighton, England who runs Orwellian World Landscape. He’s produced a plethora of videos and products, where he displays his curious fascination with dystopian worlds, the inner and outer workings

RB Umali

@cronanphoto

R.B. Umali is the filmmaker behind one of street skateboarding’s most treasured visual gems, the Zoo York Mixtape video.

He captured the raw intensity of East Coast skating in a finely polished way that inspires skating, fashion and music

Shaun Currie

Shaun Currie is a skater who lives in Sheffield, England, who’s quick-footed style and slick bag of tricks have seen him become one of the most standout skaters in the UK.

But everybody knows that there’s more to Shaun than

Jackson Casey

Jackson Casey is a skater and filmmaker who runs Pyramid Country. Living and working in Arizona, his space meets world style skate videos capture the tricks, tribulations and triumphant skate situations that he and his Pyramid Country crew unearth

Diego De Souza

Diego De Souza is a skateboarder and filmmaker from Brazil. His skate videos blend a super-futuristic sci-fi-inspired visual aesthetic, with hard, tech and gnarly skating. He’s a great filmer but he’s also a sick skateboarder himself.

Diego and his

Luka Pinto

Luka Pinto’s spontaneous street skateboarding is a great thing to watch but there’s more to it than your eyes notice at first. He’s a skater and artist from Jersey, England a remote island where things regularly grow in isolation.

So

Julian Klincewicz

Julian Klincewicz goes for everything on and off his board.

He skates anything at anytime, that he can find inbetween working as a film director, musician, photographer, fashion designer and model.

He’s created films and creative work for Louis Vuitton,

Weckingball

Weckingball is The Internet’s own self-proclaimed ‘Most Jacked Skater’ whose made his name from debunking manuals, doing incredible Frontside Flips and delivering a new kind of skate entertainment.

He brings something new to skateboarding and we are super stoked he’s

Jon Humphries

Jon Humphries is a skater and photographer from the Northwestern United States who has shot some of the best skate photos ever.

Jon has the innate ability to disappear with his camera whilst hanging with some of the most interesting

Braydon Szafranski

 

Braydon Szafranski’s risk-taking approach to life and skateboarding was formed as a youth on the streets of Las Vegas. Instead of sliding coins into casino slots, he gambled with his body and mind by skating down the biggest stairs,

Marisa Dal Santo

Marisa Dal Santo is one of the gnarliest skaters to ever do it.

Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, she launched into the skate world with an unforgettable part in Zero Skateboard’s Strange World. In that video, she skates some of the

Madars Apse

Madars Apse, Nosegrind Pole to Fakie: Photo by Brian Gaberman

 

Against all odds Madars Apse became Latvia’s first pro street skater and one of the most famous pro skaters in the world.

When he started skateboarding Latvia didn’t have

Colin Read

Colin Read Portrait: [Source]

 

Colin Read’s skate footage always stands out. If he’s not literally kickflipping his camera or filming doubles lines with a VX in each hand he’s always thinking of a new way to capture

Joe Krolick

Joe was a filmer at 411VM and is one of the most prolific skate filmers ever

 

When did you first pick up a camera?

I first picked up a video camera when I was 13. I broke my leg

Forde Brookfield

Forde is a skater and filmmaker based in Sheffield

 

I think the relationship between skateboarding and art is on a fine line.

 

When skateboarding originated although it wasn’t seen as art it was a way of expression for

Torsten Frank

Torsten is a skateboarder from Stuttgart, Germany who is the Adidas global skate filmer

 

 

Hey Torsten, where in the world are you right now?

I’m sitting at home in Stuttgart; it’s snowing outside. I just opened some old …

Harry Chilcott

Harry is a skater and artist who runs DISJOINTED

 

I think skateboarding and being creative go hand-in-hand.

 

Skateboarding exposes you to so many things from fashion, filmmaking, photography… the list is endless but even if you don’t get

Mike York

Mike is a pro skater and company owner

 

My name is Mike York and I’m am a proud father of two, a professional skateboarder and I run Roller Horror.

 

For me, the relationship between skateboarding and art to …

Callun Loomes

Callun Loomes is a filmer who runs Get Lesta

 

 

What’s your approach to skateboarding, design and filmmaking?

Wing it. No – I’m sure, like me, everyone looks back at things they did and thinks, ‘What was I thinking?’ …

Doobie Doodles

Zander Sattee is an artist and skater who runs Doobie Doodles 

 

I draw, make music, make videos, design clothes, and sometimes try to make short cartoons.

 

I think skateboarding inspires me partly just because I love it and …

Neddy

Neddy is a skater and filmmaker based in Oxford, England

 

There’s always been a strong relationship between skateboarding and making films. I think watching UK videos like Blueprint’s WFTW, the Viewfinder series and First Broadcast got me hyped on

Arthur Tubb

Arthur is a skater and 3D Animator

 

I think skateboarding, making art and 3D design and my process are all connected, as skateboarding is a combination of the technical and the creative. The physical aspect is good too, as

Rohum Dilley

Rohum is a skateboarder and filmmaker

 

I think skateboarding and filmmaking go hand in hand – You need videos to showcase what is going on in our culture and with today’s need for more content, filmmaking is one of

Dan Joyce

Dan is a skateboarder and filmmaker and photographer. He starred in MTV UK’s ‘Dirty Sanchez’

 

I run my own film company Joyce Division and I have started taking 35mm photography and I’ve just made my first zine this year.

Vincent Jugnet

Vincent Jugnet is a skater and filmer from Lyon, France

 

Music is one of the most inspiring things to me, when I hear a song I like, I’ll be thinking right away of how I can edit it, or

The Hated Skateboards

The Hated are a collective of skateboarders and artists

 

Our relationship with skating is a love/hate one, we love to skate and hate injuries. We love creativity…having an idea and pursuing that into something real is very satisfying. starting

Leon Was Here

Leon Washere is a skateboarder who creates animations

 

I steal clips and color on top of them amongst other things. There’s correlations to the process and the time it takes to do these animations, about 6-8 hours for every

Sergio Pontillo

Sergio is a skater and filmer from Napoli, Italy

 

Skateboarding is what led me to start shooting photos and videos, like many others. I owe a lot to it.

 

I’m 25, and I’ve been skateboarding for 12 years

Jake Martinelli

Jake is a skater and filmmaker from London

 

For me as soon as I watched my first skateboard video I wanted to make a video so the relationship of making videos and skateboarding go hand in hand for me,

Andy Evans

Andy is a skateboarder and filmmaker from Brighton

 

Well, skateboarding and film and video have always gone hand in hand.

 

It’s the evidence of your four-wheeled conquests. I feel I’ve always wanted to document these stand out happenings

Tim Dowling

Tim is a skater and filmmaker-DOP based in California

 

For me, EVERYTHING boils back to skateboarding. Skateboarding and filming skateboarding has defined the way I see the world and it doesn’t matter if I’m shooting a commercial, television show,

Fred Mortagne

Fred Mortagne is a filmer and photographer

 

It’s skateboarding that developed my creative side, so they are definitely totally linked up. I truly think it is something that needs to be promoted.

 

Being creative is something important in

Vincent Kelsey

Vincent is a skater and filmer who runs Reckless Abandon

 

My names Vincent Kelsey, but everyone calls me Vinnie.

 

I own my own little brand called Reckless Abandon, we make clothing and I do all the illustrations, graphics

Cosme

Cosme is a skateboarder and illustrator who lives in London

 

Skateboarding has taught me to look at things. I face all things the same way I learned to face a spot or to try a trick.

 

Some days …

Austin Bristow

Austin is a skateboarder and filmer for Palace

 

When filming skateboarding it helps to have a good rapport with the skater that I am filming, this way, we vibe off of each-other and motivate one another.

 

UK skate

Nick Richards

Nick is a skater and filmmaker from Cardiff

 

Skating is open to interpretation on all levels, and the best skate films follow no particular pattern or formula.

 

Most new creations in our world are things that we’ve seen, …

Omar Allsop

Omar is a skater and filmer who runs On Tick

 

I skate, film and make videos with my mates. I also got two part time jobs but, who cares?

 

I always just film with whoever is about and …

Lewis Royden

Lewis is a skater and photographer from Liverpool

 

I believe having a creative process in your life is essential, skateboarders are lucky cos’ even though skating itself is super creative most skaters have another artistic direction as well. Looking

Ozzie Pullin

Ozzie is a skater and director

 

It’s that age old thing that everyone kind of knows and understands, skateboarding and filmmaking go hand in hand.

 

I know quite a few people who started making films through skateboarding and …

George Toland

George is a skateboarder and film-maker based in London

 

I guess when I’m filming I try to make everything look as interesting and captivating as possible.

 

For me that means getting super close to the person I’m filming …

Phil Evans

Phil is a skater and filmmaker who lives in Malmo Sweden

 

I wish I could be more creative on my skateboard but I’m pretty rubbish…

 

So, I guess the creative opportunity for me comes when I get to

Jonnie Craig

Jonnie is a skateboarder and photographer based in London

 

I think the connection between skateboarding, photography and film is harmonious.

 

Growing up skateboarding, I think there is the natural urge to record what you’re doing and that ultimately

Fos

Fos is a skateboarder and artist who runs Heroin Skateboards

 

My urge to skate, paint, design, film tricks and edit videos all come from the same place. I think skateboarding, making art and my creative process are all related.

Alex Waldmeyer

Alex Waldmeyer is a skater and photographer based in Australia

 

 

What’s your full name, where did you grow up and where do you reside now?

Alexander Waldmeyer, Northeast suburbs of Melbourne, Australia and Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England

 

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Joe Gavin

Joe Gavin is a pro skater, artist and filmmaker

 

I think I’m one of those people who always wants to make something. Whether it’s skateboarding, film, art or whatever!

 

I just need to keep busy and all those

Jack Brooks

Jack is a skater and filmer for Palace Skateboards

 

Generally my creative process when I film skateboarding is that I try to make the spot that I’m filming at look good and get the best angles. Usually I attempt

James Harris

James Harris is a skater and filmer from Bristol

 

Most people know me as a skateboard videographer, which is something I’m extremely passionate about. I’ve worked on many skateboard company videos and a few independent projects.

 

My day …

Stephen Roe AKA Rogie

Rogie is a skater and photographer-filmmaker

 

I’m a photographer and filmmaker, mostly working in the documentary world at the moment, and I’m also pro for Heroin Skateboards when my stupid chalk knees permit.

 

I think skateboarding, photography and

Jim Craven

Jim is a skater and filmmaker from Manchester

 

For me, skateboarding is intrinsically linked with the need to document the act itself.

 

I got into filming skateboarding because as a kid the ‘filmer guy’ in my crew gave …

Trav Wardle

Trav is a skateboarder and artist based in Devon, England

 

The No Comply Network will bring creative people who are enthused and guided in some way by skateboarding together.

 

Skateboarding offers so much in opening minds to so …