Casey Neistat Fixes His Favorite Canon Camera’s Fatal Flaw

Our friend and movie-maker Casey Neistat isn’t one to just accept when something doesn’t work. When he encountered an utterly frustrating feature on one of his cameras, he took matters into his own hands with this ingenious solution.

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Awesome guy blows movie marketing budget to help typhoon survivors

So 20th Century Fox contacted professional video maker and friend of Gizmodo Casey Neistat to make a video for them about Ben Stiller’s upcoming movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Cool, that kind of stuff happens all the time to him. But instead of using the money to make a movie about the movie, Neistat used his entire budget to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, the typhoon that ravaged the Philippines. Absolutely brilliant, thoughtful and heartwarming.

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How Casey Neistat Shot an Amazing Car Commercial With Zero Planning

Filmmaker Casey Neistat and Mercedez-Benz don’t pair easily in people’s minds. One’s a YouTube renegade, the other is the manufacturer of cars you can’t afford. And yet! They teamed up and made an ad. The result is as surprising and weird as you’d expect it to be.

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The Wildly Functional Studio of Video Wizard Casey Neistat: Part III

For the final leg of our tour, Neistat brings us into his studio within a studio, where work and play collide. From a old-timey fire extinguisher, to a foldaway speed-bag, the miscellany extends from floor to ceiling, reflecting the same personality that comes across in Neistat’s movies.

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The Wildly Functional Studio of Video Wizard Casey Neistat: Part II

Being creative doesn’t mean having access to the latest and greatest gear. It’s often a matter of thinking outside the box to find the best solution. Casey Neistat’s studio—including his self-built shooting table—is a perfect example of that.

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The Wildly Functional Studio of Video Wizard Casey Neistat: Part I

Casey Neistat makes movies. His products are homegrown and eccentric, as though they were built from sticks and stones. But they are also often brilliant, and have clearly caught on, at least enough to garner a presence on The New York Times website as well as HBO. Much of Neistat’s magic is concocted in a bright SoHo loft that is as every bit as weird and wonderful as his movies. One that he let us explore.

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Are There More Calories in Food Than What’s Listed in the Nutrition Facts? (Yes)

Our friend Casey Neistat made a wonderful documentary for the New York Times, he went and compared the actual calories of food to what’s listed on the nutrition facts. And guess what? More times than not, food had more calories than what was advertised. More »

How Not To Suck at Instagram [Video]

Cool it with the hashtags, don’t post obsessively, and follow the rapper Rick Ross—according to a new short movie from filmmaker Casey Neistat, these are the rules of the road on the old Instagram highway. More »