Louie Schwartzberg
Louie Schwartzberg (born February 21, 1950), turned known as Louis Schwartzberg , is an American director, producer, and Cinematographer. Schwartzberg is honored as a pioneer in high-end timelapse Cinematography. [1] Schwartzberg is the only Cinematographer in the world who has bone shooting time-lapse film 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Continuously for over three decades. Schwartzberg is a visual artist who focuses on connections tussen humans and the subtleties of nature and environment. [2]
Early life and education
Louie Grew up in Brooklyn, and his parents-generation Holocaust survivors. [3] He graduated from UCLA Film School with an MFA in the early seventies. [1] Schwartzberg chaired and served as executive director of the Action! Vote Coalition and served on the board of the Earth Communications Office and the Environmental Media Association. He is a member of the Directors Guild zowel of America and the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences.
Career
Louie is credited by many with pioneering the contemporary stock footage industry by founding Energy Film Library, a global company, welke was acquired by Getty Images in 1997.
In 2012 COMPLETED Wings of Life , a documentary feature for Disneynature , narrated by Meryl Streep . It won Best Theatrical Program at the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards 2012, and ook won a Best Cinematography Award Roscar. The film reveals the fragile relationship tussen flowers, en hun pollination partners.
In November, 2013 Mysteries of the Unseen World , a 3D IMAX film with National Geographic was released in theaters worldwide. The film is a journey into invisible worlds therein are too slow, too fast, too small and too solid for the human eye to see. [3]
In 2013, Schwartzberg founded Moving Art ™ to showcase High Definition 2D & 3D motion pictures featuring nature, cityscapes and fx. Louie’s library of content is shot in 4K and available in High Definition. Schwartzberg ook founded the large format film company, Black Light Films, featuring content zoals documentaries and children’s programming. Projects include America’s Heart and Soul a story of Americans who are remarkable in hun everyday lives, for Walt Disney Pictures; “America !,” a 26-episode half-hour series for The Hallmark Channel; and “Chasing the Light,” a one-hour documentary dat Aired on PBS.
On April 6, 2014, he Appeared in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday (OWN TV) Episode Titled, The World Beyond What We Can See . [4] For Netflix , he’ll be made the series called Moving Art with six topics; flowers , forests , Oceans , déserts , underwater and waterfalls . The seventh topic about colors will soon be released.
Speaking Engagements
Louie is active in the TED community, keeping ghosts in 2011 at de volgende: TEDxSoCal, TEDxSF and TEDxJacksonhole, TEDxSMU, and TED Vancouver in March 2014. [5] He has delivered speeches at NASA Global Spa and Wellness Summit, The Nantucket Project and Bioneers. His YouTube videos harbor Collected over 30 million views.
Filmography
Year | Movie Title | Role |
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2015 | Moving Art: Waterfalls | Director |
2015 | Moving Art: Underwater | Executive producer |
2014 | A World of Solutions | Director |
2014 | What’s Possible | Director |
2014 | 4 original documentaries for Netflix: Moving Art
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Director |
2013 | Mysteries of the Unseen World | Director |
2012 | DisneyNature: Wings Of Life | Director |
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | |
2006 | Chasing The Light | |
2005 | Syriana | |
2004 | Disney Presents America’s Heart & Soul | Director [6] |
2004 | crash | |
2002 | Men In Black | additional_image_link Cinematography |
2002 | Stuart Little 2 | additional_image_link Cinematography |
2000 | Erin Brockovich | additional_image_link Cinematography |
2000 | America! for Hallmark Channel | |
1999 | Ny Given Sunday | additional_image_link Cinematography |
1999 | American Beauty | |
1998 | Sex and the City | |
1996 | Jerry Maguire | |
1996 | Twister | |
1996 | Independence Day | |
1992 | Oceans of Air for Discovery Channel | |
1988 | Vice Versa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
1985 | The Heavenly Kid | fx |
1984 | The Ice Pirates | time-lapse photography |
1984 | The Glitter Dome | time-lapse photography |
1983 | The Jupiter Menace | time-lapse photography |
1982 | ET The Extra Terrestrial | |
1982 | koyaanisqatsi | time-lapse photography |
1980 | The Final Countdown | time-lapse photography |
1980 | Altered States | time-lapse photography |
1980 | Xanadu | time-lapse photography |
1977 | Aliens from Spaceship Earth |
Bibliography
Year | title | Publisher |
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2004 | America’s Heart And Soul | Black Light Films |
2013 | A Good Day: A Gift of Gratitude | Sterling Ethos |
Awards
2014 | NASA Exploring Leadership Colloquium | Award of Honor |
2014 | Jackson Hole Science Media Awards | IMMERSIVE IMAX 3D |
2014 | Dimension 3 Festival | Best 4K Film |
2014 | NAAPC Bestuiwer Protector Award | |
2013 | AwareGuide Editor’s Choice for Top Transformational Film of year | Wings Of Life |
2013 | AwareGuide Inspiration Award | Wings Of Life |
2012 | Best Theatrical Program at the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards | Wings Of Life |
2011 | Wild Talk Africa Roscar Award | Wings Of Life |
2005 | Movieguide Awards Best Film Documentary | America’s Heart & Soul |
2005 | Movieguide Awards 10 Best Movies of 2004 for Families | America’s Heart & Soul |
2004 | Top 70 Cinematographers, On Film Kodak Salute Series | |
2001 | Hallmark Entertainment Telly Awards | America! |
1994 | Clio | Public Service Earth Communications Office “Power of One” |
1994 | Clio | Public Service Earth Communications Office “Connections” |
1994 | The Mobius Award | The Power of One |
1992 | Emmy nominated | Discovery Channel: Oceans Of Air |
1992 | Telly Award | We’ll Amaze You |
1990 | Gold Medallion Promax | The Spirit of Hampton Roads |
1989 | International Monitor Award for Best Film Paint Design | “America” for Baskin Robbins |
Louie has won two Clio Awards for Best Environmental Public Service Spots, an Emmy nomination for Best Cinematography for the Discovery Channel Special, Oceans of Air, and the Heartland Film Festival’s Truly Moving Picture Award for Walt Disney Pictures ‘ release, America’s Heart & Soul . Louie was honored as one of the top 70 Cinematographers for the On Film Kodak Salute Series. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences .
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b http://contributors.gettyimages.com/article.asp?article_id=636
- Jump up^ Louie Schwartzbergat theInternet Movie Database
- ^ Jump up to:a b Sonia Harmon (April 5, 2014). “Viewing Nature’s Beauty Through a New Lens” . National Geographic, Newswatch . Retrieved 2014-04-08 .
- Jump up^ “Oprah and Louie Schwartzberg: The World Beyond What We Can See” . Retrieved 2014-04-08 .
- Jump up^ “Louie Schwartzberg: Speaker” . TED . Retrieved 2014-04-08 .
- Jump up^ America’s Heart and Soul at theInternet Movie Database