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Evan Butka

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Additional Crew
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Inversion (2012)
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Born and raised outside of Detroit, Michigan, Evan graduated from College for Creative Studies located in Detroit. He studied photography and cinematography and received his BFA in 2010. Besides CCS, Evan also studied photography in London, Edinburgh, and Prague in 2008. Now residing in Los Angeles, California working as a cinematographer.
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    • Known for

    Vincente DiSanti and Drew Leighty in Never Hike Alone (2017)
    Never Hike Alone
    6.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
    • 2017
    Erica Auerbach, Todd Christian Elliott, Darren Hummel, Christopher Mychael Watson, Aliyah Conley, and Jordan Dee Crabtree in The Man from Outer Space (2017)
    The Man from Outer Space
    4.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Otherwise Engaged
      • Cinematographer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Never Hike Alone: The Final Cut
      • director of photography
      • Pre-production
      • Video
    • Orchid
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Slay
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
    • Big Feelings (2025)
      Big Feelings
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Hide (2024)
      Hide
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Matt Rife in Matt Rife: Lucid - A Crowd Work Special (2024)
      Matt Rife: Lucid - A Crowd Work Special
      6.4
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Apologized (2024)
      Apologized
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Martin Amini in Martin Amini: I'm Transcending (2024)
      Martin Amini: I'm Transcending
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Vincent Guastaferro, Thom Mathews, Anna Campbell, Bryan Forrest, Vincente DiSanti, and Drew Leighty in Never Hike Alone 2 (2023)
      Never Hike Alone 2
      6.9
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Embrace (2023)
      Embrace
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Farewell (2023)
      Farewell
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Matt Rife in Matt Rife: Matthew Steven Rife (2023)
      Matt Rife: Matthew Steven Rife
      7.1
      TV Special
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Kyra Elise Gardner in Living with Chucky (2022)
      Living with Chucky
      6.7
      • Cinematographer (cinematography)
      • 2022
    • Matt Rife in Matt Rife: Only Fans (2021)
      Matt Rife: Only Fans
      6.4
      TV Special
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • The Little Bird
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Taylor Foster in Strange to Me (2021)
      Strange to Me
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • Russ and Dru (2020)
      Russ and Dru
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Robin Shelby, Aaron Schwartz, Daniel Hilt, Russell Dennis Lewis, Danni Tamburro, Matthew Dennis Lewis, and Jacob Zetino in Sins Unveiled (2020)
      Sins Unveiled
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Orson Bean Show
      • camera operator
      • Post-production
    • Vincent Guastaferro, Thom Mathews, Anna Campbell, Bryan Forrest, Vincente DiSanti, and Drew Leighty in Never Hike Alone 2 (2023)
      Never Hike Alone 2
      6.9
      Video
      • aerial photography
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2023
    • Cane & Boyd
      Short
      • assistant camera
      • 2021
    • Tom Arnold, Mika Boorem, Herbert Russell, Cody Kasch, Devin Ratray, Paige Howard, and Jackie Pucci in Hollywood.Con (2021)
      Hollywood.Con
      3.5
      • additional photography
      • 2021
    • Never Hike Alone: The Ghost Cut - A 'Friday the 13th' Fan Film Anthology (2020)
      Never Hike Alone: The Ghost Cut - A 'Friday the 13th' Fan Film Anthology
      7.0
      Video
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2020
    • Uncovered (2019)
      Uncovered
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2019
    • The Bastard (2018)
      The Bastard
      Short
      • camera operator
      • 2018
    • J. Cole in J. Cole: ATM (2018)
      J. Cole: ATM
      6.2
      Music Video
      • DIT
      • 2018
    • Vincente DiSanti and Drew Leighty in Never Hike Alone (2017)
      Never Hike Alone
      6.8
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2017
    • Summer Phoenix, Timothy V. Murphy, Preston Bailey, Fiona Godivier, and Gaia Peddy in Across My Land (2017)
      Across My Land
      6.7
      Short
      • second assistant camera
      • 2017
    • The Accent Wall
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 2017
    • Team Spirit (2016)
      Team Spirit
      Short
      • first assistant camera
      • 2016
    • The Best Driver in the County (2015)
      The Best Driver in the County
      Short
      • camera utility
      • 2015
    • Thunder Broke the Heavens (2015)
      Thunder Broke the Heavens
      7.4
      • second assistant camera
      • 2015
    • Lay with Me
      Short
      • camera operator
      • gaffer
      • video operator
      • 2014
    • First Word (2014)
      First Word
      Short
      • gaffer
      • 2014

    Additional Crew

    • GAME READY: a softball reality series (2020)
      GAME READY: a softball reality series
      TV Series
      • media manager
      • 2020
    • Harvey's Dream (2015)
      Harvey's Dream
      Short
      • technical advisor
      • 2015
    • Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
      Transformers: Age of Extinction
      5.6
      • production assistant
      • 2014
    • The Voice (2011)
      The Voice
      6.5
      TV Series
      • accounting/aftra assistant
      • production assistant
      • 2011

    Videos5

    2012 Director of Photography Reel
    Demo Reel 1:11
    2012 Director of Photography Reel
    Inversion (VG)
    Trailer 1:09
    Inversion (VG)
    Inversion (VG)
    Trailer 1:09
    Inversion (VG)
    Inversion (VG)
    Trailer 1:23
    Inversion (VG)
    Inversion (VG)
    Trailer 1:52
    Inversion (VG)
    Inversion (VG)
    Trailer 1:29
    Inversion (VG)

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    • Height
      • 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)

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