Ethan Vogt (born July 13, 1974, in Boston Massachusetts) is an American filmmaker, photographer, visual artist and festival producer.Lim, Dennis (August 19, 2007). "Mumblecore – The New Talkies: Generation DIY". The New York Times. Retrieved on July 27, 2008.

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He is the son of Eric E. and Susan (née Smith) Vogt and the grandson of

Evon Z. Vogt Evon Zartman Vogt, Jr. (August 18, 1918 – May 13, 2004) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his work among the Tzotzil Mayas of Chiapas, Mexico. Vogt was the author of numerous articles and 19 books. He was a fellow of the A ...

. Vogt studied photography and filmmaking as an undergraduate at Harvard University where he met the writer/director Andrew Bujalski in an introductory film class. Vogt would later produce Bujalski's feature films, '' Funny Ha Ha'' (2003), '' Mutual Appreciation'' (2005) and ''Beeswax'' (2009). ''Funny Ha Ha'' is considered the first " mumblecore" film and was recognized as one of the 10 most culturally, commercially or technologically important, consequential or groundbreaking films of 2000–9" by

A.O. Scott Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and cultural critic. He has been chief film critic for ''The New York Times'' since 2004, a title he shares with Manohla Dargis. Early life Scott was born on July 10, 1966 in ...

, a chief film critic in the New York Times. In 2005 when studying at NYU, Vogt wrote and directed " Game: On" a commercial for Volvo North America cited as one of the first commercial projects to combine live-action filmmaking with

machinima Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''ma ...

. It was awarded Best Picture and Best Commercial Machinima in the

2005 Machinima Film Festival This is a list of film festivals dedicated to machinima, the use of real-time 3-D engines in filmmaking. The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) regularly holds such festivals, and recognizes exemplary machinima works through awards nickna ...

and recognized for "Distinctive Merit" in the 84th Annual Art Director Club Awards. The short's production process was featured in an article by Clive Thompson in the New York Times Magazine "The Xbox Auteurs", and the book Machinima: Making Animated Movies in 3D Virtual Environments. Vogt 's real-time video sets with live music "Live Projections Volume One" premiered at the

Marfa Film Festival The Marfa Film Festival is a Film festival occurring annually in Marfa, Texas. About The Marfa Film Festival was founded in 2007 by creator Robin Lambaria and filmmaker Cory Van Dyke. The program features works from promising newcomers and esta ...

in 2010. On October 2, 2010, Vogt produced ''Bring to Light'' a free public nighttime festival of light, sound and projection art in Greenpoint, Brooklyn which was the first Nuit Blanche event in New York City.

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