Cinematographer
brendanjyoo@gmail.com
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Brendan is a Japanese-Korean-American cinematographer. He is interested in intamate, emotional stories. He strives to create naturalistic, yet emotive images with a distinctly human touch.
He grew up in Nashville and Philadelphia before graduating from the University of Pennsyvania with a BA in Neuroscience in 2021. He fell in love with cinematography after shooting a short film his last year of college.
After graduating college, he moved to LA and worked his way up through electrics and eventually crossed over into the camera department. Working with brands such as 100 Thieves, Yves Saint Laurent, 88 Rising and YoungLA. Currently he works primarily as a Cinematographer and a Camera Operator on short films, music videos and small commercials.
In 2026 Brendan graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Masters in Fine Arts concentrating in Cinematography. At LMU he was mentored by Amy Vincent ASC and Scott Cunningham ASC.
Brendan believes it is important for an image to convey a distinct feeling and atmosphere. Technically perfected images that simply serve asetheic purposes are not nearly as interesting to him.