BIOGRAPHY

Like most suburban kids raised in early 80’s Los Angles, Bucky was raised on a healthy diet of skateboarding, junk food and teenage anxiety. He was able to translate this lifestyle and influence into art direction and graphic design for the Girl and Chocolate Skateboard Companies and Grand Royal magazine respectively all this while simultaneously studying at the California Institute of the Arts. It was at Girl and Chocolate where he worked closely with skate and BMX culture luminaries, Andy Jenkins and Spike Jonze in creating a multitude of skateboard graphics and production of skate videos.  

Moving from skateboarding to the burgeoning field of motion graphics, Bucky began to work tirelessly as an art director, designer, branding consultant and convergence media specialist for FUEL Inc. Here he was responsible for creating award-winning work for ESPN, MTV, Showtime and others. A corporate merger between FUEL and Razorfish, Inc. brought Bucky into the realm of new media with focus on technology and entertainment.

Following this corporate experience he freelanced at many of the boutique design houses around Los Angeles working on various projects from the branding of G4 television with designer’s Alexi Tylevitch and Ben Conrad of Logan to a series of t-shirt designs for X-Large.  

Freelancing eventually lead him to The Directors Bureau where former Girl employee and classmate Johannes Gamble recommended Bucky to design the DVD design and function for Roman Coppola’s feature film CQ. It was this collaboration that spawned the AV Club, a name Mike Mills and Geoff McFetridge affectionately bestowed upon Bucky and Johannes to recognize the duo’s intense albeit nerd-like dedication to their projects. It was also at this time that the pilot for Troy Ride, an animated series at Disney was developed by Bucky along with Brumby Boylston and Brian Won of National TV.

As the AV Club, Bucky and Johannes were integral in realizing Roman Coppola’s video for Phantom Planets – “Lonely Day” and Phoenix – “Funky Squaredance.”  As a duo they continued to collaborate in the skate industry particularly on the acclaimed skate video Yeah Right with Spike Jonze and Ty Evans. On their own they are responsible for directing videos for troubadour Pete Yorn and the Audioslave video for “Show Me How To Live.”

Currently Bucky continues to pursue projects as an individual while Johannes has moved on to new opportunities. On his own Bucky is most notably known for his work with British icon Morrissey, helming six music videos and two feature length concert films. He’s also worked with bands such as Kasabian and The Futureheads. Collaborations still occur with the likes of director Arya Senboutaraj and fellow Bureau directors Andy Bruntel and Roman Coppola. Most recently Bucky has directed music videos for St. Vincent (w/ Bruntel) and iconoclast Peaches as well as commercial spots for the DVS Shoe Company and HP.