About
Stuart Bass recently retired and is exploring an early interest in photography. He started using his father’s Nikormat at a young age and later shot for the high school newspaper and yearbook. Later, at the San Francisco Art Institute his aesthetic was best described as rebellion and comedy wrapped in the avant-garde.
For most of his adult life Stuart focused on editing series comedies in Los Angeles, including The Wonder Years, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Scrubs, The Office, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies and A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has enjoyed directing episodes of Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 and Melissa and Joey. He designed and edited several main title sequences, most recently creating the title for A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has directed second unit and inserts for many television shows, including Macgyver, The Wonder Years, Pushing Daisies and Mockingbird Lane.
Stuart began his career shooting rock videos for MTV during the company’s early years. At this time he was part of the growing comedy improvisation scene involved in teaching workshops and performance, and later moved into directing and editing hundreds of spots for San Francisco’s largest commercial production company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Bass
Stuart has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, two ACE Awards and a 2006 ACE Eddy Award for editing Arrested Development. He won a 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for his work on Pushing Daisies.
Stuart has a BA in Radio, Television, and Film from the University of Wisconsin and a MFA in fine art with an emphasis in film from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Recent Milestones
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
IN FLUX: Recalibrating the Unknown
Museum of Northern California Art (monca)
March 21 - May 21, 2024
Curator: Jeremy P. Morgan
Photoworks San Francisco
Defining Images
April 7 - May 7, 2023
San Francisco Women Artist Gallery
Melting: Climate Crisis ~ Water is Life
Curator: Dorka Keehn
May 31 - June 24 2022
The Midway Gallery and San Francisco Artist Alumni
Mine: What is Our in the Wake of Extraction
Curator: Patsy Craig
June 16 - July 18, 2022
Blank Wall Gallery
Chania Internations Photo Festival
Curator: Maria Toutoudaki
July 6 - July 12, 2022
East Bay Photo Collective
The Night is Young
Curators: Anita Gay, Vince Donovan
August 5 - September 30, 2022
AWARDS
Marin Society of Artists, April 1 through May 31, 2023.
Exposed 2023
Second Prize - The Buck Stops Here
Water - Fine Art Exhibition, January 30-March 31, 2023
Honorable Mention - Seismic Activity
Wild Photo Awards Aug 2022
Abstract Nature - Highly Commended - “The Meeting of the Angles”
https://www.wildphotoawards.com/abstract-nature-q2