Casey Neistat
Overview
Casey Neistat is a filmmaker and director whose work spans autobiographical television, online shorts, and feature documentaries.[1]
He co-founded the video-app company Beme with Matt Hackett.[2]
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Key facts
Early Life and Filmmaking
In his autobiographical video, he recalled his March 25, 1981 birth, Connecticut upbringing, leaving high school, restaurant work, and filmmaking inspired by his brother Van’s editing.[3]
He recalled moving to New York in June 2001, working as a bicycle courier, then joining artist Tom Sachs’s studio.[3]
The Brothers’ Films and Television
In 2003, he and Van made iPod’s Dirty Secret, criticizing the player’s battery-replacement policy. In 2009, HBO’s purchase of their eight independently produced autobiographical episodes, The Neistat Brothers, was reported.[4]
He also worked as a producer on Daddy Long Legs.[1]
2012Make It Count
In 2012, he released the Nike-commissioned Make It Count. Its opening explains that he used the budget to travel with his friend Max and film their journey; Max edited the short.[5]
2014Artist Residency at MIT
In 2014, he joined Sundance’s New Frontier artist residency at the MIT Media Lab, working on the data-storytelling project YOU ARE HERE. He was subsequently invited to remain a lab member.[6]
2015The Vlog
On March 26, 2015, he published MY FIRST VLOG. In the video, filmed on his 34th birthday, he announced a daily filmmaking project documenting work and life.[7]
His SXSW director biography identifies the daily show as a major part of his work. His personal channel also became a continuing outlet for short films.[1]
2016Beme’s Acquisition
In November 2016, CNNCNNCNN (Cable News Network) is an Atlanta-based news organization founded by Ted Turner on June 1, 1980, as the world’s first 24-hour television news channel. It has been owned in turn by Turner Broadcasting System, Time Warner, AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery, became part of Skydance Corporation along with Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2026, and is one of the five networks that rotate in the White House television pool.Open the full entry acquired Beme on undisclosed terms. The acquisition plan included closing the original app and developing a new digital-video operation.[2]
2017Streamy Award
He won the Cinematography award at the seventh Streamy Awards.[8]
2018Leaving Beme
In January 2018, CNN closed Beme as a standalone operation, and Neistat and Hackett left. Neistat said in an interview that he had struggled to establish a viable strategy. CNN retained the Beme News YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel.[9]
2018The 368 Creator Space
That year, he launched 368 in Beme’s former Tribeca offices in New York, aiming to build a creator community with film, music, and podcast facilities and events.[10]
2022Under the Influence
Under the Influence, a 100-minute documentary directed and shot by Neistat, premiered at SXSW in 2022. Centered on David Dobrik, it examines internet fame and its consequences.[11]
2024ModRetro
His public résumé lists a Senior Product Director role at ModRetro beginning in September 2024.[12]
In 2025, ModRetro published a Chromatic promotional short featuring him and linked his personal channel.[13]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Casey Neistat: Official website: https://www.caseyneistat.com/ (opens in a new window)[14]
Public X account: Official account: https://x.com/Casey (opens in a new window)[14]
Public YouTube channel: Official account: https://www.youtube.com/@casey (opens in a new window)[15]
Public Instagram account: Official account: https://www.instagram.com/caseyneistat/ (opens in a new window)[14]
Public LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry account: Official account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseyneistat/ (opens in a new window)[12]
HBO: Official website: https://www.hbo.com/ (opens in a new window)[4]
CNN: Official website: https://www.cnn.com/ (opens in a new window)[2]
MIT Media Lab: Official website: https://www.media.mit.edu/ (opens in a new window)[6]
Sundance Institute: Official website: https://www.sundance.org/ (opens in a new window)[6]
ModRetro: Official website: https://modretro.com/ (opens in a new window)[13]
Sources
- Casey Neistat (opens in a new window)
- CNN Acquires Social-Video Startup Beme, Co-Founded by YouTube Star Casey Neistat (opens in a new window)
- Draw My Life - Casey Neistat (opens in a new window)
- HBO nabs the Neistats (opens in a new window)
- Make It Count (opens in a new window)
- New Frontier Artist Residency Program Launches with Support from the Rockefeller Foundation (opens in a new window)
- MY FIRST VLOG (opens in a new window)
- 7th Annual Nominees & Winners (opens in a new window)
- CNN Is Closing Down Beme, YouTube Star Casey Neistat’s Video Company (opens in a new window)
- Casey Neistat’s New Tribeca “Factory” (opens in a new window)
- Under the Influence (opens in a new window)
- Casey Neistat (opens in a new window)
- A Wild Casey Neistat Appears! (opens in a new window)
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