William Strobeck
William Strobeck | |
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Born | William Prentice Strobeck[1] March 17, 1978 Syracuse, NY |
Occupation | filmmaker, director, and videographer[2][3] |
Years active | 1997 - present |
William Strobeck (born March 17, 1978) is an American filmmaker, director, videographer, and photographer based out of New York City.[4][5][6][7] Strobeck directed the skate videos: cherry (2014), BLESSED (2018), CANDYLAND (2019), and STALLION. (2021).[8][9][10][11][12]
Early life[]
Born in Syracuse, New York to a single mother, Strobeck grew up with his grandmother, mother, and other family members.[13] His mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when Bill was growing up which resulted in her not being around for a period.[13] Strobeck moved around living with different family members until his mother found proper treatment.[13] After receiving treatment and reentering his life, Strobeck's mother encouraged his creativity and freedom.[13] Strobeck describes the void left by his mother's partial absence in his childhood as having a strong influence on his creativity.[14]
Filmmaking[]
As a young teenager in the 1990s, Strobeck first started filming his friends outside the Everson Museum of Art in the center of Syracuse.[15] At the time, the museum considered skating an art form and allowed the skaters to skate the plaza in front of it.[15]
In 1996, Strobeck moved to Philadelphia at the age of 17.[16] Strobeck filmed skateboarding during the Love Park skate scene from ~ 1997 until 2003.[17] As the popularity of the Philadelphia skateboard scene grew, Alien Workshop offered Strobeck a daily retainer to be a skate videographer for the company.[14] By 1998, Strobeck had quit community college and doing deliveries to work on the Alien Workshop video Photosynthesis full time.[14] In 2004, Strobeck self funded a day in the life film starring Mark Gonzales and Jason Dill, titled DIZZY.[18]
In 2006, Strobeck directed "McBeth - Mark Gonzales" - The Journal, No. 17 - starring Mark Gonzales, running 12 minutes and released with Krooked skateboards.[19]
In 2009, Strobeck teamed up with Gonz and Jason Schwartzman to make the video for the track 'Any Fun' by Schwartzman's Coconut Records' solo project.[5]
Strobeck produced a section for TransWorld's 24th video, The Cinematographer Project, released in 2012, featuring Mark Gonzales, Alex Olson, Jake Johnson, Austyn Gillette, Danny Garcia, Dylan Rieder, and Jason Dill.[5]
In 2012, Strobeck released a short film: "My Lovely Mess," featuring Chris Kennedy, Lizzi Bougatsos, Chloe Sevigny, Lily Ludlow, Stacy Strobeck, Tara Subkoff, David Clark, Alex Olson, Lil' Naomi, and Natasha Lyonne.[20] "My Lovely Mess" was described by one reviewer as "haunting but often very funny."[21]
Also in 2012, Strobeck began filming his first feature length video for Supreme called Cherry. cherry was released in 2014, featuring a large variety of skaters in a series of montages accompanied by a two parts, one by Paulo Diaz and one shared part by Dylan Rieder and Alex Olson.[22] Cherry, Supreme's first skate video in almost 20 years, received positive reviews from fans and critics.[23][24]
In 2015 Strobeck released "the red devil" produced by Supreme, shot on the streets of New York and Los Angeles, featuring , Sean Pablo, Anthony Van Engelen, Alex Olson, Sage Elsesser, Jason Dill, Tyshawn Jones, Kevin Bradley, and Na-kel Smith.[25]
In 2015, Strobeck released SICKNESS, a collaboration between Supreme and Thrasher that is set in the San Francisco Bay Area. Featuring Aidan Mackey, Sean Pablo, Sage Elsesser, Tyshawn Jones, and Kevin Bradley.[26]
In 2016, Strobeck released Pussy Gangster a 10-minute long collaboration with Supreme featuring Tyshawn Jones, Sage Elsesser, Kevin Bradley, Sean Pablo, Ben Kadow, Na-kel Smith and others.[27]
In 2016, Strobeck released KING PUPPY a 5-minute long collaboration between Supreme x Nike SB, featuring Grant Taylor, Kevin Bradley, Eric Koston, Sage Elsesser, and Sean Pablo.[28][29]
In 2018, Strobeck released the 84 minute-long BLESSED, also through the Supreme brand studio. BLESSED features 2018 SOTY Tyshawn Jones, Ben Kadow, Aidan Mackey, Sean Pablo, Vincent Touzery, Jason Dill, Kevin Bradley, Mark Gonzales, Na-Kel Smith, Sage Elsesser, and others.[30][31][11][4]
In 2019, Supreme (in collaboration with San Francisco-based skate crew GX1000) and Strobeck released CANDYLAND, a feature length skate video dedicated to Pablo Ramirez.[10]
In 2021, Strobeck released STALLION, another feature length video that was filmed in Milan and meant to coincide with the opening of Supreme's Milan store.[32]
Skateboarding videos[]
Year | Title | Filmer | Director | Producer | Notes |
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1999 | Transworld: The Reason | Yes | starring Stevie Williams[33] | ||
2000 | Photosynthesis | Yes | Alien Workshop video by Joe Castrucci - Strobeck filmed Jason Dill's part [14][12] | ||
2000 | Anthony Pappalardo - I.E | Yes | starring [34] | ||
2003 | Mosaic | Yes | video[35] | ||
2003 | The DC Video | Yes | DC Shoes video[36] | ||
2004 | Dizzy | Yes | Yes | Yes | starring Mark Gonzales & Jason Dill[37] |
2006 | Mcbeth | Yes | Yes | starring Mark Gonzales released with Krooked skateboards[19] | |
2008 | Smile on wry boy | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38][39] |
2008 | Pigeon | Yes | Yes | Yes | [40] |
2009 | Mind field | Yes | filmed Dylan Rieder's part[41] | ||
2008 | clusterfuck | Yes | Yes | Yes | [38] |
2010 | Circle Board in NYC | Yes | Yes | Yes | [42] |
2010 | skin | Yes | Yes | Yes | [39] |
2011 | sister | Yes | Yes | Yes | [36] |
2012 | swallow "if you can" | Yes | Yes | Yes | [43] |
2012 | Homeboy (we still here) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [44] |
2012 | Scooters | Yes | Yes | Yes | [45] |
2012 | The Cinematographer Project ("STUD") | Yes | Yes | Yes | TransWorld video - Strobeck produced a section[5][46] |
2012 | buddy | Yes | Yes | Yes | produced by Supreme[47] |
2014 | cherry | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme video - full length video[22][48] |
2014 | Joyride/sex kitten | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme video[49][50] |
2015 | FIGHT/FUCK II THE MOVIE | Yes | Yes | Yes | [51] |
2015 | The Red Devil | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme video[25] |
2015 | SICKNESS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme & Thrasher[26] |
2015 | SWOOSH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme video[52] |
2016 | Pussy Gangster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme video[27][53] |
2017 | KING PUPPY | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme & Nike SB video[54] |
2017 | The fat kid | Yes | Yes | Yes | [55] |
2017 | Hockey - II | Yes | Yes | Yes | [56] |
2018 | BLESSED | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme - full length video - Tyshawn Jones Thrasher SOTY part[30] |
2018 | KILLER | Yes | Yes | Yes | [57] |
2019 | CANDYLAND | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supreme - full length video - dedicated to Pablo Ramirez[10][58] |
Photography[]
Art exhibitions[]
In November 2019, William Strobeck opened an art show, My Lovely Mess, at MILK gallery featuring large scale photographs, projectors playing his skate videos, and a recreation of his bedroom in the middle of the gallery.[59][60][61][62][63]
References[]
- ^ "Concrete Skateboarding 2011 Photo Annual". Issuu.
- ^ "Bill Strobeck Talks Potential Scripted Movie for Supreme in 032c Interview ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Five Things - William Strobeck". THE NEW ORDER /.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Moran, Daniel (2019-01-21). "BLESSED TO BE BLESSED". The Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jones, Shelley (2014-03-21). "William Strobeck". Huck Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "Ed Templeton and William Strobeck On Skateboarding and Sweaters". Interview Magazine. 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Morning Video Magic". X Games. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "Supreme's Biggest Moments: A Decade in Review". Complex. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ Petty, Felix; Lanigan, Roisin (6 December 2018). "william strobeck's new supreme skate film 'blessed' is a masterpiece". I-D.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Supreme Reveals Title for Upcoming San Francisco Set Skate Video". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Staley, Willy (2019-08-29). "New York City's First Skateboarding Superstar". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Five Things - William Strobeck". THE NEW ORDER /. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Manning, Emily (2019-11-01). "William Strobeck on his first-ever exhibition". i-D. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "William Strobeck Talks Working With Supreme in '032c' Interview". Highsnobiety. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Dying To Link". Quartersnacks.com. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "William Strobeck, macadam cowboy?". Live Skateboard Media. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "Supreme clientele: Meet William Strobeck". LOVE. 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ salganik, sam (2011-03-10), DIZZY- Gonz and Dill, retrieved 2019-12-04
- ^ Jump up to: a b "McBeth - Mark Gonzales - The Journal".
- ^ Jonathan, Smith (February 2012). "Bill Strobeck Made a Lovely Mess". Vice.Com.
- ^ "William Strobeck: My Lovely Mess". It's Nice That. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b ""cherry" - Supreme".
- ^ "A Recap of Supreme's First Skate Film In Almost 20 Years". Mass Appeal. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Contented. "William Strobeck helps Supreme pop its "cherry" with its first full-length skate video". Contented. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cruz, Josephine. "Supreme 2015 Spring/Summer "the red devil." Skate Video by William Strobeck". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Davis, Josh. "SICKNESS Video by William Strobeck for Supreme". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Eng, Eddie. "Supreme 2016 Spring/Summer 'PUSSY GANGSTER' Skate Video by William Strobeck". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Lemola, Hasse. "William Strobeck Releases "KING PUPPY" Video for Latest Supreme x Nike SB Collaboration". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ "William Strobeck delivers once again in "King Puppy."". MERRY JANE. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Snowden, Heather (4 January 2019). "Skate Film 'BLESSED' in Theaters".
- ^ "Supreme - "BLESSED"".
- ^ "Supreme's 'STALLION' Captures Milan At It's Grimiest". The Berrics. The Berrics. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Monday Movie: Stevie Williams, The Reason". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Anthony Pappalardo, i.e. Commentary | Transworld SKATEboarding, 2015-04-30, retrieved 2020-04-10
- ^ "MUSING ON ALIEN WORKSHOP IN "MOSAIC" / PART ONE". King Skateboard Magazine. 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Classics: Stevie Williams' "The DC Video" Part, retrieved 2020-04-10
- ^ "Search Results for "bill strobeck" – Skatevideosite". Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "William Strobeck Drops Rare Skate Footage in 'The Fat Kid' Film". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Fat Kid - Bill Strobeck - Blog - SHRN Skateshop Munich". SHRN. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Pigeon with Kalis and Williams at Love Park – Caught in the Crossfire". Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Five Favorite Parts With Bill Strobeck". Quartersnacks.com. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Circle Board in NYC". BOOOOOOOM!. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Jason Dill And His Shirt Raise Important Concerns About Submitting To The Man, Dudes". boil the ocean. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Some Resurfaced Pappalardo". NYSkateboarding.com. 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "'Scooters' By Bill Strobeck". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Borden, Iain (2019-02-21). Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4725-8348-2.
- ^ "William Strobeck for Supreme: "buddy"". Quartersnacks.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "'cherry' a film by William Strobeck for Supreme New York". F.G. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "Supreme's William Strobeck Unveils New Video 'Joyride/Sex Kitten'". Konbini - All Pop Everything! (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "El nuevo filme de William Strobeck". Red Bull (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "FIGHT / F*** II THE MOVIE". Lodown Magazine. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "'Swoosh' — The Latest One From Supreme & Strobeck". Quartersnacks.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Canon Firsts | Camera Competition Winners Announced". Sidewalk Skateboarding. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "KING PUPPY by William Strobeck". Transworld SKATEboarding. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "William Strobeck Drops Rare Skate Footage in 'The Fat Kid' Film". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Hockey II". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Blog - TYSHAWN JONES IN "KILLER"". Wasted Talent Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Supreme's "Candyland" Premiere Photos". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "BILL STROBECK MADE AN ART SHOW OUT OF HIS APARTMENT". Jenkem Magazine. 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ Society, The Rabbit (2019-11-05). "William Strobeck Opens the Doors to his New York Exhibition, "My Lovely Mess"". The Rabbit Society. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "UPDATE: Bill Strobeck's "My Lovely Mess." Prints Are Now Available for Purchase ⋆ SKATE NEWSWIRE". SKATE NEWSWIRE. 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "My Lovely Mess intimately looks at complexities of NYC skate culture". The Ticker. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- ^ "Bill Strobeck's Lovely Mess". Monster Children. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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