Cy Kuckenbaker is an American filmmaker, video artist and professor known for Tiger Oak + Echo (2018), Bush League (2010), The Potato Eater (2003) and his viral "time collapse" edits of planes and traffic in San Diego.
Cy Kuckenbaker
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Years active | 2000–present |
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Awards | 2004 Fulbright Fellowship recipient |
Kuckenbaker is from Alaska and briefly attended college in South Dakota.[1] He moved to Hillcrest in 1993,[2] and graduated from San Diego State University in 1998.[3] Kuckenbaker made the film Tiger Oak + Echo[4] after serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kupiškis, Lithuania from 2000-2002.[2] He was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in 2004 and received a Master of Fine ArtsatCalifornia Institute of the Arts in 2006.[5] Kuckenbaker has been a professor at San Diego City College since 2010.[3][4]
In 2013, Kuckenbaker partnered with the Museum of Photographic Arts through the Creative Catalyst Grant from the San Diego Foundation to produce a series of videos[6] stemming off his viral content and creative edits of traffic, planes and everyday life in San Diego.[7] After relocating near San Diego International Airport,[8] he said the planes were recorded on Black Friday, November 23, 2012, between 10:30am and 3pm, following inspiration from a composite photo at Hannover Airport by Ho-Yeol Ryu.[9][10] Kuckenbaker said it took approximately 2 hours of editing for every 1 second of finished video rendering[11] and that he had to composite additional time lapse footage over the render to give the illusion that time was passing.[12] He recorded 462 cars over 4 minutes from the Washington Street bridge overlooking SR-163 on October 1, 2013.[13]
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2003 | The Potato Eater | [3] |
2010 | Bush League | [3] |
2018 | Tiger Oak + Echo | [4] |
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Event | Year | Award | Title | Result | Ref. |
GI Film Festival San Diego | 2021 | Local Film Showcase – Best Short | Tiger Oak + Echo | Nominated | [4] |