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Louie Schwartzberg
Schwartzberg in 2015 at COP 21
Born (1950-02-21) February 21, 1950 (age 74)
Brooklyn, New York
Alma materUCLA Film School
Occupation(s)Film director, cinematographer
Known fortime-lapse cinematography

Louie Schwartzberg (born February 21, 1950) is an American director, producer, and cinematographer. Since 2004, Schwartzberg has worked as a director for films, including the 2019 film, Fantastic Fungi, and the 2014 Netflix series, Moving Art.

Schwartzberg is recognized as a pioneer in high-end time-lapse cinematography.[1] Schwartzberg is a visual artist who focuses on connections between humans and the subtleties of nature and environment.[2]

Early life and education

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Schwartzberg grew up in Brooklyn, and his parents were Jewish 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 both the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences.

Career

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Schwartzberg is credited by many with pioneering the contemporary stock footage industry by founding Energy Film Library, a global company, which 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 also won a Best Cinematography Roscar Award. The film reveals the fragile relationship between flowers and their 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 that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see.[3]

In 2013, Schwartzberg founded the company Moving Art, which produces High Definition 2D and 3D movies featuring nature, cityscapes, and visual effects. He also founded the large format film company, BlackLight Films, featuring content such as documentaries and children's programming. Projects include America's Heart and Soul a story of Americans who are remarkable in their 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 that 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 also made the series called Moving Art with six topics; flowers, forests, oceans, deserts, underwater and waterfalls. The seventh topic, about mushrooms, is the film Fantastic Fungi, released in 2019. Netflix has an additional six topics lined up: Koh Samui, Iceland, Africa, Angkor Wat, whales and dolphins, Big Sur and the Galapagos.

Speaking engagements

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Schwartzberg is active in the TED community, having spoken in 2011 at the following: 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 have collected over 60 million views.

Filmography

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Year Movie Title Role Notes
2019 Fantastic Fungi Director[6]
2019 Moving Art Director Season 3
2015 Moving Art: Waterfalls Director
2015 Moving Art: Underwater Executive producer Mostly focuses on sea animals
2014 A World of Solutions Director
2014 What's Possible Director
2014 4 original documentaries for Netflix: Moving Art
  • Flowers
  • Forests
  • Oceans
  • Deserts
 Director
2013 Mysteries of the Unseen World Director
2012 DisneyNature: Wings of Life Director
2006 Chasing the Light
2004 Disney presents America's Heart and Soul Director[7]
2002 Men in Black II additional cinematography
2002 Stuart Little 2 additional cinematography
2000 Erin Brockovich additional cinematography
2000 America! for Hallmark Channel
1999 Any Given Sunday additional cinematography
1992 Oceans of Air for Discovery Channel
1988 Vice Versa Visual Effects Supervisor
1985 The Heavenly Kid visual effects
1984 The Ice Pirates time lapse photography
1984 The Glitter Dome time lapse photography
1983 The Jupiter Menace time lapse photography
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

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Year Title Publisher
2004 America's Heart and Soul Black Light Films
2013 A Good Day: A Gift of Gratitude Sterling Ethos

Awards

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Year Award Nominated work
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 NAPPC Pollinator Protector Award
2013 AwareGuide Editor's Choice for Top Transformational Film of the 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 and Soul
2005 Movieguide Awards 10 Best Movies of 2004 for Families America's Heart and Soul
2004 Top 70 Cinematographers, On Film Kodak Salute Series
2001 Hallmark Entertainment Telly Awards America!
1994 Clio Public Service Earth Communications Office “The 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 Promax Medallion The Spirit of Hampton Roads
1989 International Monitor Award for Best Paint Film Design “America" for Baskin-Robbins

Schwartzberg 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 and Soul. Schwartzberg was recognized 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

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  1. ^ a b "Getty Images Contributor Community". Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  2. ^ Louie Schwartzberg at IMDb
  3. ^ a b Sonia Harmon (April 5, 2014). "Viewing Nature's Beauty Through a New Lens". National Geographic, News Watch. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  4. ^ "Oprah and Louie Schwartzberg: The World Beyond What We Can See". Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  5. ^ "Louie Schwartzberg : Speaker". TED. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  6. ^ "Fantastic Fungi - Movie Trailers - iTunes". trailers.apple.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  7. ^ America's Heart and Soul at IMDb
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