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Born in Arcata, the redwoods. Then, San Diego. Surfboards and saltwater.

After college, it was New York City. Long days, longer nights. Working on film sets, learning fast, messing up, learning faster. Then came Berkeley. Pixar. Six years of storytelling at scale. Structure, polish, precision.

Left Pixar and picked up a camera. Started filming real people in real places with real light. Everything changed.

Now Kesten Migdal is a Director of Photography who works all over the world, shooting cowboys from high-speed ATVs in Texas, knee-deep in riverbeds in New Zealand, across vineyards, bonfires, backroads and beaches. He captures stories the way they feel before you try to explain them.