Christopher Ripley (Director of Photography)
Since receiving a bulky VHC-C camera at age 8, Chris has been writing, directing, and photographing short films. In the course of filming, he's had to solder together shorted-out, burning hot 16mm battery packs, build a 35mm lens depth-of-field adaptor from everyday materials, and have little rubber erasers thrown into his eyes. He's also written a feature length screenplay entitled "Outboys", and served as cinematographer and editor for a number of projects. His current directorial projects include "The Wake", a 22 minute short about a college dropout's adventure with a friend, and "Peaches", a 3.5 minute twisted comedy shooting on Super 16mm. He's also photographing Xander's next music video, "Heart Twice Broken." When he's not working on films, Chris often runs around with a still camera, taking grids of hundreds of photos that he digitally stitches into ten-foot-wide panoramas. Chris is a junior studying film at Yale University.