Travis Winn was born in Washington State and he spent most of his formative years in Seattle. Graduating from the University of Washington cum laude with a degree in International Studies, Winn went on to work as a photographer for The Stranger, a user interface designer at Getty Images, and contracted at Microsoft as an html programmer/visual designer.

An avid traveler, Winn has traveled to 35 countries, sometimes staying long stints at a time, including Europe, South America, Central America, India, Russia, Greece, Turkey, and extensively in Mexico. Winn purchased one of the first ultra tiny Mini-DV cameras in 1997 to document the spiritual places, people, movements and dance he saw around the world and by now has filmed in 21 countries.

His digital obsession started long before that though. In 1989 he purchased his first computer - a Commodore Amiga. Fast forward to 1998, Winn began VJing using mostly his own footage - shot and remixed. He has done visuals in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris and Mexico. He’s also had several video exhibits starting in 2000 at different art galleries around Seattle. In 2004, his short-form documentary Do You Believe? Another World Is Possible was shot at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India. It played at a symposium at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and then premiered at the Artivist Film Festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California in 2005.