Cy Kuckenbaker is an American

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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 Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

and briefly attended college in

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. He moved to Hillcrest in 1993, and graduated from

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

in 1998. Kuckenbaker made the film ''Tiger Oak + Echo'' after serving as a

Peace Corps The Peace Corps is an Independent agency of the U.S. government, independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to communities in partner countries around the world. It was established in Marc ...

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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California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

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

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, he said the planes were recorded on Black Friday, November 23, 2012, between 10:30am and 3pm, following inspiration from a composite photo at

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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.

Filmography

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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 Film directors from Alaska