Casey Neistat
Casey Neistat
Casey Owen Neistat is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker and co-founder of social media company Beme...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 March 1981
CityNew London, CT
CountryUnited States of America
art dad kids
To make a movie, and we can call it a movie or we can call it a piece of art, to make a movie that has that much mass appeal what it is? What is it that makes kids in China want to see that movie [ 'Avatar'] and makes my dad want to see that movie.
kids one-day
One day it was that I wanted to go make a movie with my kid and then another day it was that I wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and another day it was that I wanted to sit in the studio and figure something out. All those things manifested themselves into what the TV show was.
kids
I get, like, 50 emails a day from kids being like, 'I want to go on this trip around the world. How do I get a sponsor?'
amazingly awesome content frequently pieces precious
I'm not able to make amazingly perfect, precious pieces of content, but I get to make awesome spontaneous content that's frequently ephemeral.
compulsion life public share
I'm not an exhibitionist; I don't have a compulsion to share the ins and outs of my daily life with a public audience.
might people reach relate stuff tv typical
I made a living for 10 years making very typical TV commercials. But I always wanted to reach beyond that and do stuff that people might relate to in the way they relate to my nonbranded content.
city editing home moved movies sit york
I moved to New York City when I was 20 years old, started making movies non-stop. I didn't have any friends, so I would just sit at home all night editing on my iMac.
million portion pounds reduced save yorkers
If New Yorkers reduced portion size to 16 ounces from 20 ounces for one sugary drink every two weeks, it would collectively save approximately 2.3 million pounds over one year.
almost great ipod time
I use iPod all the time, almost every day. It's great.
As a viewer, I care about people, I care about characters, I care about perspective.
greatest job point push
As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don't push the boundaries, then what's the point of having it?
capable feet flip good human hundred incredibly jump physically rock walk wall
I've always been an incredibly physically capable human being. I've always had good control of my body, walk a hundred feet on my hands, jump off rock wall and do a back flip into the sand. That's always been who I am.
both conditions far work
I work in both very strict conditions and very loose, more open-minded conditions in advertising, and Nike is by far the most open-minded of all.
grew
I grew up in the Northeast; I've seen hurricanes before and trees down and cars destroyed.