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Trevor Nelson
Biography:
Trevor Nelson was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He had exposure to the film industry early in life because his parents worked on film sets in Austin and his first job in life was on the set of "Varsity Blues" as a featured extra. His first on-screen speaking role was in "The Journeyman" at thirteen years old where he played opposite Barry Corbin and Arie Verveen and on the set he developed a passion for the filmmaking process. Soon he had the opportunity to intern in the camera de... more
Trevor Nelson was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He had exposure to the film industry early in life because his parents worked on film sets in Austin and his first job in life was on the set of "Varsity Blues" as a featured extra. His first on-screen speaking role was in "The Journeyman" at thirteen years old where he played opposite Barry Corbin and Arie Verveen and on the set he developed a passion for the filmmaking process. Soon he had the opportunity to intern in the camera department on the sets of "The New Guy", "The Rookie", "The Alamo" as well as the TV Series "Jack & Bobby". He studied under some of the greatest Cinematographers of our time including: Michael D. O'Shea ASC, John Schwartzman ASC, Dean Semler ASC, and David Boyd ASC. He gave free camera work to the independent filmmakers in Austin who couldn't afford to pay for it and built an impressive Cinematographers reel. He was a camera operator on PBS's nationally aired TV series "American Masters" at the age of fourteen and "Antone's: Home of the Blues" at sixteen. He also tried his hand at producing with a number of Austin based music videos including work for Willie Nelson, Los Lonely Boys, and Bob Schneider; in addition to producing he photographed the videos himself. He also worked as co-producer with writer/director Tracie Laymon and 54 Seconds on "Better", a music video that won Jury Award at South by Southwest Film Festival. Trevor was distracted from school by the chance to pursue his goals and put college off. He joined the International Cinematographers Guild and worked as a camera assistant on a number of feature films and TV series including "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning", "Teeth" and "How To Eat Fried Worms" as well as two seasons on NBC's "Friday Night Lights" of which he had a guest appearance as "Riley" in episode #210. In 2008, at the end of his stint with the show, he moved to California and enrolled in college. There he is focusing on growing as an actor and filmmaker as well as writing and directing his own projects. He is living in Los Angeles with hopes of graduating from UCLA film school.
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