William IVAN Baran is a 17-year-old filmmaker and photographer who currently attends the High School of Art and Design in New York City in his senior year. He started filming skate videos and documenting teenager life in New York City when he was in middle school. He has three years of experience in adobe Premiere Pro and adobe Lightroom, and has worked with a variety of clients from organizations such as Apple, the NYPD, and the International Rescue Committee. He has also attended summer film and photography intensives at institutions such as UCLA, Interlochen, and Pratt. He is a freelance Director of Photography, Editor, and VFX artist who does narrative and music video work in his free time. Will is also a photographer and his work is currently on the cover of the metropolitan museum of art's scholastic exhibit until may 15th. He will be attending NYU’s Tisch Undergraduate School of Film & Television starting in the fall.
