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Independent filmmaker / Los AngelesCinematography + Editing

PEOPLE MAKETHE PICTURE.

Films about people, places,
and what comes next.

Documentary. Industry.
Culture. A little absurdity.

Lukas and Bilen, founders of Aepnus, in conversation

Featured film / 001 / Aepnus Technology

The people behind the process.

Aepnus Technology — Cinematography / EditingScroll to explore ↓

Selected work.

Six worlds.
One point of view.

Aepnus Technology

Technology / Industry

Complex science. A human story.

Cinematography / Editing

Video 01 ↗Video 02 ↗Video 03 ↗Video 04 ↗Video 05 ↗

Silk Road Teas

Documentary / Craft

From the fields to the fire. Following the people behind the tea.

Cinematography / Editing

IAMA Theatre Company

Theatre / Performance

The energy of live performance, captured for the screen.

Cinematography / Performance & promotional content

Belle’s Bagels

Food / Culture

A neighborhood institution, with stories on both sides of the counter.

Cinematography / Editing

Marzy

App / Social

Expert-led app content and creator-driven social.

Creative direction / Content production

Shorts and Sketches

Performance / Comedy

Committed to the bit.

Cinematography

Behind the camera / inside the headLos Angeles, CA / available for detours

WILL TRAVEL
FOR A STORY.

Zander Eckhouse holding his cinema camera on location in a laboratory — FIG. 01 / HUMAN WITH CAMERA

I'm Zander.

Cinematographer. Editor. NYU Tisch.
12+ years making moving images.

FIELD NOTES / NO. 001

My work takes me from Silicon Valley founders to tea farmers in China, from Highland Park kitchens to LA creators.

I shoot, edit, and listen closely to your story and your commercial goals, making films that serve both.

THE STORY + THE BUSINESS.BOTH MATTER.

Zander Eckhouse at an IAMA Theatre Company production meeting with the creative team — FIG. 02 / AT THE TABLEAt the table

RECENT DETOURSSilicon Valley ↗China ↗Highland Park ↗Los Angeles ↗

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Behind the scenes.

20 PHOTOS

Filming with a collaborator in a laboratory — 01 / ON LOCATION

Camera in hand beside a tea basket — 02 / ON LOCATION

Filming outdoors with tea farmers — 03 / ON LOCATION

On location in a lab coat with a cinema camera — 04 / ON LOCATION

Setting up a shot outside a venue — 05 / ON LOCATION

Preparing a camera in a theatre — 06 / ON LOCATION

Camera setup on an interior shoot — 07 / ON LOCATION

Working behind the camera outdoors — 08 / ON LOCATION

Behind the camera on a studio set — 09 / ON LOCATION

Camera in hand on an industrial shoot — 10 / ON LOCATION

Filming a performer on a city sidewalk — 11 / ON LOCATION

A moment together on location — 12 / ON LOCATION

Travelling with a camera — 13 / ON LOCATION

Checking a viewfinder — 14 / ON LOCATION

Beside a cinema camera on set — 15 / ON LOCATION

Camera and lens setup on location — 16 / ON LOCATION

Behind the scenes on a studio shoot — 17 / ON LOCATION

Camera and lighting setup in an interior — 18 / ON LOCATION

Preparing an interior camera setup — 19 / ON LOCATION

Packed and ready for location work — 20 / ON LOCATION

From first conversation to final cut.RED / CanonLighting / Location soundPremiere Pro / DaVinci Resolve