Trent Opaloch

Trent Opaloch got his first taste of cinematography by assisting in his early teens for his step father, Nature Cinematographer Doug Steele. Following the more traditional route of film school, and as a former band member with a passion for music, Trent began is filmmaking career shooting music videos. From that experience, which he calls, “Very Experimental, very creative, and at times, competitive,” he moved onto commercial work landing such high profile clients as: Visa, Panasonic, Adidas, Halo, and the US Coast Guard. After the successful launch of District 9, which premiered in August 2009, he is currently in pre-production on his next feature film project.

Feature Film Credits: District 9. Commercial Credits include: Adidas: Sneakerheads & Yellow, US Coast Guard: Born Free 1, and Halo Series: Combat, Bunker, Arms Race – Winner Grand Prix Lions Cannes 2008. Drama/Short Films include: Darklands, and Terminus: Winner Best Short Film – Montreal Comedy Festival.

Watch Trent in FilmFellas Cast 6

Cast

FilmFellas Cast 6: “The DP Edition” will feature an eclectic mix of cinematographers from all spectrums of the independent film scene: Robert Primes, ASC (Thirty Something), Trent Opaloch (District 9), Philip Bloom (If I were Prime Minister) and first time host Jens Bogehegn, Cinematographer/Producer of FilmFellas/critics.

The dynamics of such an award winning cast of major players brings forth lively round table discussions from a unique set of perspectives and diverse points-of-view. FilmFellas Cast 6 covers such topics as: creative freedom; the art of collaboration, maintaining the vision/direction of the film, the challenging DP/Director relationship, and cutting edge “game changers” and techniques in cinematography.

Jens Bogehegn (Cinematographer/Producer of FilmFellas/Critics)
Robert Primes, ASC (Cinematographer)
Trent Opaloch (Cinematographer)
Phillip Bloom (Independent DP and Director)

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