Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
Category
YG21
Annual ID
YG21_Charbonnet_0

Troy Charbonnet is a Black/Mexican-American filmmaker based in Southern California. He attended Chapman University and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film Production.
His body of work spans across short films, mini-documentaries, commercials, and music videos–working with artists such as Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Ariana Grande, Ms. Lauryn Hill, P!nk, Coldplay, and selected brands such as Apple, Spotify, Nike, Adidas, and Mercedes-Benz. In 2021, he received a Video Music Award for Best Editing at the MTV VMAs and has garnered recognition globally from film festivals, Vimeo, and Booooooom TV.
Troy currently lives in Los Angeles where he is working as a freelance editor. He is also in the midst of directing narrative short films revolving around themes of identity and belonging, as his mixed cultural background has helped foster an interest in the visual portrayal of intersectionality.
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Producer: Jeremy Sullivan
Editor: Troy Charbonnet
Creative Director: Molly Hawkins
Production Company: ANNO
Producer: Brent Assayag
Prod. Manager / Directors Assistant : Sydny Furuichi
DP: Neema Sadeghi
1st AC: Jake Coury
2nd Unit DP: Joe Ramos / Anthony Pham
1st AC (B): Chris Olson
Operator (C): Ethan Smith
Sound: James Styron
Mixing Engineer: Snake Newton
Editor: Troy Charbonnet
Color: Dylan Hageman
Full Stop Management: Jeffrey Azoff, Tommy Bruce, Tom Skoglund
Producer: Daniel Yaro
Line Producer: Matisse Gaillard
Production Manager: Elizabeth Cook
Production Designer: Greg Yaro
1st Assistant Director: Lynna Baculo
Director of Photography: Xiaolong Liu
1st AC: Sergey Nikitenko
Wheel Op: Bill Hunt
Technocrane Op: Bogdan Iofciulescu
Matrix Tech: George Dana
Drone Flight Crew: Kevin Paschal and Joshua Knight
BTS: Tommy Nowels
Gaffer: Nick Durr
BBE: Justin Roxbrough
Board Op: Tyler Sanderson
Grip: Nick Herman, Jake Smith, Ryan Elvira, Brain Wheatley, Joesph Adame, Jason Marcus, Thomas Segal, Aaron Pong
Editor: Troy Charbonnet
Colorist: Dante Pasquinelli @ Ethos Studios
Art Director: Jackson Proffitt
VFX: MADNOMAD
VFX Post Producer: Anuar Bazargeldi
VFX Artist: Allan Virgo
EP: Candice Dragonas, Melissa Larsen Ekholm
DP: Par M Ekberg
Editor: Troy Charbonnet
Rough Waters from Claire Imler on Vimeo.
Cinematography by Claire Imler and Troy Charbonnet
Edited by Troy Charbonnet and Claire Imler
Produced by Claire Imler
Phú from Troy Charbonnet on Vimeo.
Producer: Omeed Farsoni & Troy Charbonnet
Cinematographer: Omeed Farsoni & Troy Charbonnet
Editor: Troy Charbonnet
Campaign
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https://vimeo.com/193669700
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https://vimeo.com/231659520?shar...
2023 Awards
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