Kevin Bassett

Born 1965 in Coldwater, Michigan, Kevin grew up in New Haven, Indiana. After an Epiphany during the viewing of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" at the age of 11, Kevin dedicated all his passions to directing/shooting of films and later, videos. Having won multiple film festivals during his years at New Haven High School (graduating in 1984) Kevin moved on to the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Columbia College in Chicago where he was fortunate to be classmates with the likes of Januz Kaminski, ASC (2-time Oscar winning Cinematographer), Mauro Fiore, ASC (Oscar winning Cinematographer of "Avatar") and Jeff Jur, ASC. Kevin's very first paid position was as a grip/PA to DP Alan Thatcher on the low budget horror film "Savage Beliefs" on which Januz Kaminski was the "A" camera 1st assistant. While at Columbia, Kevin worked with Kaminski on several student projects as well as "slave labor" for the various productions that came to Chicago in the mid-80s. In 1987, after Kaminski & Fiore l