Bruce Thierry Cheung, first and foremost, is a cinematographer. He’s worked with a number of directors on films including 2012′s “The Color of Time” and the upcoming release “Yosemite.” However, he’s proud of his connection to James Franco and the creative bond they share, and would jump on any project Franco puts forth. Currently, Cheung has been shooting Franco’s AOL web series “Making a Scene” which has taught him a lot about – making a scene.

The two men met as students in the NYU Graduate Film Program and began assisting each other on class projects. They found they had many common interests and became fast friends. An established actor at the point of their 2008 graduation, Franco wanted to continue flexing his filmmaking muscle by creating art films and asked Cheung to join him as his cinematographer.

“They were one to two minute videos that we shot (during the down times) while James was working on  features. They’d be spontanious vampire horror or spoofs of Disney films, anything we chose to do had the goal of keeping up the creative energy,” said Cheung.