Cy Kuckenbaker is an American filmmaker,

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and

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known for ''Tiger Oak + Echo'' (2018), ''Bush League'' (2010), ''The Potato Eater'' (2003) and his viral "time collapse" edits of planes and traffic in

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Life and career

Kuckenbaker is from Alaska and briefly attended college in

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. He moved to Hillcrest in 1993, and graduated from San Diego State University in 1998. Kuckenbaker made the film ''Tiger Oak + Echo'' after serving as a

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volunteer in Kupiškis, Lithuania from 2000-2002. He was the recipient of a

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in 2004 and received a

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at California Institute of the Arts in 2006. Kuckenbaker has been a professor at San Diego City College since 2010. 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 stemming off his viral content and creative edits of traffic, planes and everyday life in San Diego. After relocating near San Diego International Airport, 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. Kuckenbaker said it took approximately 2 hours of editing for every 1 second of finished video rendering and that he had to composite additional time lapse footage over the render to give the illusion that time was passing. He recorded 462 cars over 4 minutes from the Washington Street bridge overlooking SR-163 on October 1, 2013.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuckenbaker, Cy Living people Year of birth missing (living people) California Institute of the Arts alumni San Diego State University alumni Artists from Alaska Artists from San Diego Educators from California Filmmakers from California Peace Corps people Fulbright alumni Film directors from Alaska