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 Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

where he met the writer/director

Andrew Bujalski Andrew Bujalski (; born April 29, 1977) is an American film director, screenwriter and actor, who has been called the "godfather of mumblecore." Life and career Bujalski, born in Boston in 1977, is the son of artist-turned-businesswoman Sheil ...

in an introductory film class. Vogt would later produce Bujalski's feature films, ''

Funny Ha Ha ''Funny Ha Ha'' is a 2002 American film written and directed by Andrew Bujalski. It has been described as the first mumblecore film. It was shot on 16 mm film on a very low budget. It deals with the lives of people in their twenties as they try ...

'' (2003), ''

Mutual Appreciation ''Mutual Appreciation'' is a 2005 independent film by Andrew Bujalski who previously directed '' Funny Ha Ha'' (2002). The script is primarily dialogue between a group of young people as they try to determine where they fit in the world. It is con ...

'' (2005) and ''Beeswax'' (2009). ''Funny Ha Ha'' is considered the first "

mumblecore Mumblecore is a subgenre of independent film characterized by naturalistic acting and (sometimes improvised) dialogue, low budgets, an emphasis on dialogue over plot, and a focus on the personal relationships of young adults. Filmmakers associ ...

" 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, known for his film and literary criticism. After starting his career at ''The New York Review of Books'', ''Variety'', and ''Slate'', he began writing film ...

, a chief film critic in the New York Times. In 2005 when studying at NYU, Vogt wrote and directed " Game: On" a commercial for

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North America cited as one of the first commercial projects to combine live-action filmmaking with

machinima Machinima () is the use of Real-time computing, real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. The word "Machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''machine'' and ''Film, cinema''. According to Guinness World Records, ma ...

. It was awarded Best Picture and Best Commercial Machinima in the 2005 Machinima Film Festival 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

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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 Nuit Blanche () (White Night) is an annual all-night or night-time arts festival of a city. A Nuit Blanche typically has museums, private and public art galleries, and other cultural institutions open and free of charge, with the centre of the ...

event in New York City.

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