William Strobeck (born March 17, 1978) is an American filmmaker,
director, videographer, and photographer based out of New York City.
Strobeck directed the skate videos: cherry (2014), BLESSED (2018), and
CANDYLAND (2019).Born in Syracuse, New York to a single mother,
Strobeck grew up with his grandmother, mother, and other family
members. His mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when Bill was
growing up which resulted in her not being around for a period.
Strobeck moved around living with different family members until his
mother found proper treatment. After receiving treatment and
reentering his life, Strobeck's mother encouraged his creativity and
freedom. Strobeck describes the void left by his mother's partial
absence in his childhood as having a strong influence on his
creativity.As a young teenager in the 1990s, Strobeck first started
filming his friends outside the Everson Museum of Art in the center of
Syracuse. At the time, the museum considered skating an art form and
allowed the skaters to skate the plaza in front of it.In 1996,
Strobeck moved to Philadelphia at the age of 17. Strobeck filmed
skateboarding during the Love Park skate scene from ~ 1997 until 2003.
As the popularity of the Philadelphia skateboard scene grew, Alien
Workshop offered Strobeck a daily retainer to be a skate videographer
for the company. By 1998, Strobeck had quit community college and
doing deliveries to work on the Alien Workshop video Photosynthesis
full time. In 2004, Strobeck self funded a day in the life film
starring Mark Gonzales and Jason Dill, titled DIZZY.
director, videographer, and photographer based out of New York City.
Strobeck directed the skate videos: cherry (2014), BLESSED (2018), and
CANDYLAND (2019).Born in Syracuse, New York to a single mother,
Strobeck grew up with his grandmother, mother, and other family
members. His mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when Bill was
growing up which resulted in her not being around for a period.
Strobeck moved around living with different family members until his
mother found proper treatment. After receiving treatment and
reentering his life, Strobeck's mother encouraged his creativity and
freedom. Strobeck describes the void left by his mother's partial
absence in his childhood as having a strong influence on his
creativity.As a young teenager in the 1990s, Strobeck first started
filming his friends outside the Everson Museum of Art in the center of
Syracuse. At the time, the museum considered skating an art form and
allowed the skaters to skate the plaza in front of it.In 1996,
Strobeck moved to Philadelphia at the age of 17. Strobeck filmed
skateboarding during the Love Park skate scene from ~ 1997 until 2003.
As the popularity of the Philadelphia skateboard scene grew, Alien
Workshop offered Strobeck a daily retainer to be a skate videographer
for the company. By 1998, Strobeck had quit community college and
doing deliveries to work on the Alien Workshop video Photosynthesis
full time. In 2004, Strobeck self funded a day in the life film
starring Mark Gonzales and Jason Dill, titled DIZZY.
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