Roger Gastman began writing graffiti as a teenager in Bethesda, Maryland. Since then, he has founded and published the pop culture magazines While You Were Sleeping and Swindle, with Shepard Fairey, and authored over a dozen graffiti art books including The History of American Graffiti (with Caleb Neelon; Harper Collins, 2011). In 2011, he curated, with Jeffrey Deitch and Aaron Rose, the exhibition Art in the Streets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. In 2013 Gastman curated Pump Me Up at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC to record breaking attendance. Gastman’s film production credits include Banksy’s Exit through the Gift Shop, the graffiti documentary Wall Writers narrated by John Waters, The Legend of Cool “Disco” Dan narrated by Henry Rollins and he is currently directing a documentary for Sanrio/ Hello Kitty on the history of the brand and its fans. #sreetpizza