William Strobeck

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William Strobeck
Born
William Prentice Strobeck[1]

(1978-03-17) March 17, 1978 (age 43)
Syracuse, NY
Occupationfilmmaker, director, and videographer[2][3]
Years active1997 - 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
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[]

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  30. ^ Jump up to: a b Snowden, Heather (4 January 2019). "Skate Film 'BLESSED' in Theaters".
  31. ^ "Supreme - "BLESSED"".
  32. ^ "Supreme's 'STALLION' Captures Milan At It's Grimiest". The Berrics. The Berrics. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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  48. ^ "'cherry' a film by William Strobeck for Supreme New York". F.G. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  49. ^ "Supreme's William Strobeck Unveils New Video 'Joyride/Sex Kitten'". Konbini - All Pop Everything! (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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  51. ^ "FIGHT / F*** II THE MOVIE". Lodown Magazine. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  52. ^ "'Swoosh' — The Latest One From Supreme & Strobeck". Quartersnacks.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  53. ^ "Canon Firsts | Camera Competition Winners Announced". Sidewalk Skateboarding. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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  56. ^ "Hockey II". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  57. ^ "Blog - TYSHAWN JONES IN "KILLER"". Wasted Talent Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  58. ^ "Supreme's "Candyland" Premiere Photos". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  59. ^ "BILL STROBECK MADE AN ART SHOW OUT OF HIS APARTMENT". Jenkem Magazine. 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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  63. ^ "Bill Strobeck's Lovely Mess". Monster Children. 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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