Lasco Atkins

Lasco Atkins was born in Hong Kong in 1980 At an early age he already knew he loved films mainly action movies starring Arnie Sly JCVD etc Once at film school he learned a new appreciation for classics black whites 70s etc He rewatched old films such as Blade Runner and no longer thought of them as boring but as visual masterpieces He started making videos of skits with friends and skateboarding videos At Art College Surrey Institute in Farnham he tried video editing for the first time where he mainly made OTT videos At Film School he shot on film stock for the first time and edited on Steenbeck also He developed a wider understanding and appreciation for how films wereare made Going in only wanting to be a director he came out of LFS London Film School as a cameraman Once he left film school he began focus pullingcamera assistant Eventually he caught the lighting bug This is extremely helpful for young DPs since they must have a good knowledge of lights and camera Occasionally directing he also acts on bigger budget films He is happy anywhere on a film set either in front behind or anywhere as long as the project is valuable and an experience Lately he has even tried his hands at rapping appearing in two of his own music videos this year already 2013 known as Lasco Tobasco