For the launch of Bay FC, the first professional female sports franchise in the Bay, we created a love letter to the Bay Area and to soccer in general. We featured real people from all 9 Bay Area counties, showing off their soccer skills, their love for the Bay, and their hype for this new franchise.
Agency: Partners in Crime
Production: Revival Film
Director/DP: Luis Peña
EP: Mike Begovich
Editor: Chris Kursel
Music: 321Go by the Mondays x LiTTie
Every year at the Charles Schwab Challenge, the winner is awarded an epic prize - a fully refurbished classic car. This spot introduced the 2023 Schwab Bronco, which Emiliano Grillo took home after the tournament.
Agency & Production: Episode Four
Director: Teddy Lynn
Editor: Friendshop
The big question: how to talk about AI in a way that doesn’t evoke robots and the apocalypse? This video for Microsoft showed the power of AI through a more human lens.
Agency: G&R Live
Production: Run Riot Films
Director: Josie Swantek
This TV spot ran as part of a series produced by Charles Schwab. “The Challengers” tell stories of people who are pushing boundaries inside the golf world. This spot about Tania Tare was part of a broad campaign that included short films, print ads, and a social campaign.
Agency & Production: Episode Four
Director: Teddy Lynn
We worked with country star Jake Owen to announce the prize car for the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge. Jake re-recorded the hit song “Eastbound and Down” from Smokey and the Bandit as a way to premiere the fully refurbished 1979 Schwab Bandit.
Shooting with kids. In a working hospital. With Lionel Richie on repeat. What could go wrong?
Agency: Eleven
Director: Jesper Hiro, B-Reel
Visa Direct is the invisible infrastructure that helps banks and people move money around the world. Using stock footage and motion graphics, we tried to simplify this complex story for a global audience.
Agency: Episode Four
Production: Flesh & Bones
Director: Tony Benna
This video launched a massive online treasure hunt for Windstar Cruises. We produced 180 videos to serve as clues and gifted the winner an all-expense paid luxury cruise for 10 guests, anywhere that Windstar travels.
Production: Episode Four
Editor: Evan Vetter
Ed-tech company Newsela needed help telling the story of their dynamic product. We created a documentary film demonstrating how using Newsela motivated real students in a real classroom setting.
Agency: Episode Four
Production: Neighborhood Film Co
Director: Michael Medoway
This four-episode series was produced remotely, at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was the pivot to beat all pivots: how to shoot Misty Copeland + 3-celebrity chefs + a Master Sommelier across multiple locations, in multiple countries - with no one in the room?
Agency: Ogilvy
Production: Solis Collective
Director: Evan Vetter
One of a series of web spots for Clarisonic's new Mia Fit. This was a fun one, pixel by pixel!
Agency: Circa Now
Director: Clarice Chen, The Mill
One of a series of films created to introduce the world to BP's employees and their work in the US.
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather
Director: Josie Swantek, Run Riot Films
A hilarious integrated anti-campaign produced by and for Tostitos in response to their "Free the Fun" work. The site is archived here, and still makes me laugh out loud: http://nolaf.mekanism.com/
Agency: Element 79
Director: Tommy Means, Mekanism
When you don't have any money to license footage, you recreate it. Please enjoy my Dignity Health acting debut.
Agency: Eleven, Inc.