Casey Owen Neistat is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger and co-founder of the multimedia company Beme, which was later acquired by CNN.
29 Facts About Casey Neistat
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Casey Neistat's paternal grandmother Louise Neistat was a professional tap dancer and instructor who primarily worked at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Casey Neistat dropped out of high school during his sophomore year at the age of 17.
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Casey Neistat eventually left his family and had a son named Owen, at age 17, with his then-girlfriend Robin Harris, in 1998.
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Casey Neistat first gained international exposure in 2003 for a three-minute film titled iPod's Dirty Secret, criticizing Apple for not having a battery replacement program for their iPod line of portable media players.
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On February 17,2010, Casey Neistat uploaded a video about when to use the emergency brake cord on train cars in the New York City Subway.
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Casey Neistat criticized the way that the MTA did not make it clear when the emergency brake cord should be pulled.
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On February 23,2010, Casey Neistat released a six-minute film on Vimeo about the Internet site Chatroulette.
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On June 7,2011, Casey Neistat criticized the New York City Police Department's ticketing of cyclists in New York City for riding outside of the marked bike lanes.
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In 2022, Casey Neistat uploaded a YouTube video titled "NYC BIKE LANE BOUNTY" discussing a proposal in which New York City residents can report cars illegally parked in bike lanes for a percentage of the violator's prospective fine.
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Casey Neistat started to post daily vlogs on YouTube on March 26,2015.
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Casey Neistat has stated that he sees his vlogs more as a forum as opposed to a daily journal.
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On January 19,2016, Casey Neistat posted his 300th vlog, although between November 2016 and March 2017 Casey Neistat stopped making vlogs to focus more on short films.
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On September 6,2016, Casey Neistat won GQ's "New Media Star" Man of the Year Award.
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In October 2017, Casey Neistat met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
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Fast editing of their travels with interludes of inspirational quotes make up the film ultimately ending with Casey Neistat returning to New York City where the story began.
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The next day Casey Neistat launched the video on his official YouTube.
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Casey Neistat's posting went viral, as within the first three days the film garnered over one and a half million views.
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Casey Neistat has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss's book Tools of Titans.
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Casey Neistat has lectured on topics related to filmmaking and his life experiences including giving public lectures, speaking at The Nantucket Project, and giving a TEDx talk at TEDxParkerSchool.
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In 2005, Casey Neistat eloped with Candice Pool in Houston, Texas.
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Casey Neistat later reconciled with Pool and got engaged to her on February 18,2013.
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On October 31,2011, Casey Neistat posted a four-minute short film on YouTube about his grandmother.
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Twenty-two days after the video was posted, Louise died of natural causes at the age of 92; Casey Neistat wrote her obituary and delivered the eulogy.
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On September 14,2022, Casey Neistat uploaded a video stating he was moving back to New York City.
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Casey Neistat supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.
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On September 27,2019, Casey Neistat acknowledged that he should have taken a more "effective" route to making the video as he was "too upset, angry and emotional" when it was made.
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Casey Neistat said the video lacked "diplomacy" and that he still feels the same way about Trump.
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Casey Neistat supported Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election.