Alexander Yellen is an American cinematographer, who is best known for his work on giant monster and disaster movies airing on the SyFy channel such as Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus and Titanic World War II
Education
To archaeologist John Yellen and anthropology professor Alison Brooks, Alexander Yellen attended Saint Albans School (Washington, District of Columbia), graduating in 1999. He studied film at Wesleyan University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 2003.
Career
The former earned praise for Yellen"s photography. Born in Washington District of Columbia After college, Yellen moved to Los Los Angeles To learn the craft of cinematography, he began working for free as a camera assistant on a number of student films at the American Film Institute.
While working up the ladder and having joined the International Cinematographers Guild as a camera assistant, Yellen had the opportunity to shoot second unit footage under Eric Steelberg on Quinceañera.
This helped Yellen secure a job shooting film for The Asylum. The number of feature films for which he has served as Director of Photography (DP) now totals 20, including the cult classic Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus.
He has been DP on 45 projects. Yellen also shot the film Born Bad for the Lifetime (television network) and the independent high school comedy Sports Heaven.