Van Neistat

Acting

Van Neistat

Born 1975-03-27 · Augusta, Kentucky, USA

Van Neistat is a writer and director, known for A Space Program (2015), The Neistat Brothers (2010) and The Spirited Man (2021).

Acting credits

Daddy Longlegs poster
6.6

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend. Ultimately, their trip upstate results in complete lawlessness taking over their lives.

Daddy Longlegs

2010

Heartland poster
6.0

Commissioned by fashion label Vena Cava, Josh Safdie’s short replaces a runway show with an eerie, late-1970s Los Angeles-inspired tale about a women’s cult; it premiered online in November 2012.

Heartland

2012

The Pleasure of Being Robbed poster
5.7

A curious and lost Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only well after she's left their lives. They owe her their thanks.

The Pleasure of Being Robbed

2008

Jerry Ruis, Shall We Do This? poster
4.0

A lawyer and his secretary deal with their multiple clients.

Jerry Ruis, Shall We Do This?

2007

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island poster
NR

John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don't quite work out as planned.

John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island

2008

Nutsy's poster
NR

Tom Sachs: Nutsy's (2001–2003) is a sprawling, dystopian-utopian art installation that features a series of short, industrial-style movies. These films explore consumer culture and the intersection of modernism and commercialism, featuring everything from functional DIY McDonald's stations to remote-controlled car races.

Nutsy's

2003

COLOR. by Tom Sachs poster
NR

Although his work is at times received with conflicting emotions, one thing for sure is that the otherworldly American artist Tom Sachs will always bring about constructive debate. Seen through the eyes of Van Neistat, from the film-making duo Neistat Brothers, Sachs presents a comprehensive manual for color use, appropriately titled COLOR. Starring the Sachs and company studio, this informative piece will surely bring the fascinating science of color back into perspective.

COLOR. by Tom Sachs

2011

Behind the camera

Paradox Bullets poster
NR

A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCraft x Tom Sachs Mars Yard Overshoe

Paradox Bullets

2018

Paradox Bullets poster
NR

A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCraft x Tom Sachs Mars Yard Overshoe

Paradox Bullets

2018

Paradox Bullets poster
NR

A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCraft x Tom Sachs Mars Yard Overshoe

Paradox Bullets

2018

A Space Program poster
6.2

The artist Tom Sachs and his team of bricoleurs build a handmade space program and send two female astronauts to Mars

A Space Program

2015

A Space Program poster
6.2

The artist Tom Sachs and his team of bricoleurs build a handmade space program and send two female astronauts to Mars

A Space Program

2015

Ten Bullets poster
NR

An introduction and overview of the rules set by Tom Sachs for all employees in his studio. The 10 commandments of working with Tom Sachs.

Ten Bullets

2010

Nutsy's poster
NR

Tom Sachs: Nutsy's (2001–2003) is a sprawling, dystopian-utopian art installation that features a series of short, industrial-style movies. These films explore consumer culture and the intersection of modernism and commercialism, featuring everything from functional DIY McDonald's stations to remote-controlled car races.

Nutsy's

2003

Love Letter to Plywood poster
NR

Sculptor Tom Sachs made this wonderful seven-and-a-half minute film about his loved for the wondrous properties of plywood.

Love Letter to Plywood

2012

No artwork available
NR

A new film made by Sachs and his frequent collaborator Van Neistat for Nike that traces the path of an apprentice in the artist’s storied SoHo studio. The indoctrination process is harsh and unstinting, with physical as well as mental endurance a topmost priority. “It is by will alone I set my mind in motion,” Sachs has his aspiring studio hands repeat in a sort of mantra in the film. Another one intoned: “Power tools are a privilege, not a right.”

The Hero's Journey

2017

COLOR. by Tom Sachs poster
NR

Although his work is at times received with conflicting emotions, one thing for sure is that the otherworldly American artist Tom Sachs will always bring about constructive debate. Seen through the eyes of Van Neistat, from the film-making duo Neistat Brothers, Sachs presents a comprehensive manual for color use, appropriately titled COLOR. Starring the Sachs and company studio, this informative piece will surely bring the fascinating science of color back into perspective.

COLOR. by Tom Sachs

2011

COLOR. by Tom Sachs poster
NR

Although his work is at times received with conflicting emotions, one thing for sure is that the otherworldly American artist Tom Sachs will always bring about constructive debate. Seen through the eyes of Van Neistat, from the film-making duo Neistat Brothers, Sachs presents a comprehensive manual for color use, appropriately titled COLOR. Starring the Sachs and company studio, this informative piece will surely bring the fascinating science of color back into perspective.

COLOR. by Tom Sachs

2011

No artwork available
NR

Part of the "Energies and Skills" trilogy along with Love Letter to Plywood and Space Camp.

How to Sweep

2012

No artwork available
NR

Part of the "Energies and Skills" trilogy along with Love Letter to Plywood and How to Sweep.

Space Camp

2012