Work
- ReelMarch 8, 2020Reel
Music Video
- NetflixJanuary 26, 2023Netflix
Bill Russell: Legend
- Elliot LeeMarch 18, 2021Elliot Lee
Good Bad Ugly
- Amazon MusicMarch 8, 2020Amazon Music
Yuna cover of TLC's
- Sotheby’sJanuary 30, 2023Sotheby’s
A Journey Through China's History
- Ro & the StardustDecember 11, 2022Ro & the Stardust
- Canadian Paralympic CommitteeDecember 6, 2021Canadian Paralympic Committee
"We're Here" :60
- Kaiser PermanenteDecember 6, 2021Kaiser Permanente
To the Heroes of 2020
- BBC Studios
Tupac: A Life in 10 Pictures
- White CastleDecember 15, 2020White Castle
Say Anything :30
- CitiMarch 13, 2021Citi
Justin Thomas
- Fordham UniversityMarch 14, 2021Fordham University
Feerick Center for Social Justice
- Kaiser PermanenteDecember 6, 2021Kaiser Permanente
Yoga Teacher :30
- Showtime Boxing
Gary Russell Jr. Profile
- NBC SportsDecember 11, 2022NBC Sports
Sunday Night Football Promo
- BBC StudiosDecember 11, 2022BBC Studios
Rise of the Bolsonaros
- USAADecember 15, 2020USAA
R. Riveter
About / contact
ABOUT
Trent Watts has lensed over 900 projects as a Cinematographer, including commercials, documentaries, music videos, and narratives. His narrative short, “Ro & the Stardust”, recently qualified for the 2024 Oscars; his documentary work has been shown on Netflix, Showtime, HBO, and Nat Geo; and he has shot commercials and branded content for dozens of companies in the Fortune 500.
What makes Trent unique as a DP is his understanding of story. In his adolescence, he wrote several short stories and screenplays, and absorbed himself in books on the craft from authors like Joseph Campbell, Robert McKee, and even Seth Godin. He gravitated towards cinematography in college when his classmates kept asking him to shoot their projects, and he enjoyed the immediacy of collaborating with others on sets much more than writing solo.
On shoots, he enjoys fostering a collaborative and positive atmosphere, where everyone feels valued for their contributions, and crew and talent feel empowered to do their best work.
Ask him about his favorite movies list, which he started in high school, and which has grown to over 300 movies, ranked in 5 categories…Yea, it’s gotten way out of hand…😁