Passerby Films was founded by Andrew Robertson with the mission to create positive change in the world, partnering with everyone from nonprofits like the International Rescue Committee to corporate clients like Amazon. Our goal is to amplify their messages across all platforms. We bring experience from working with well-known brands including Nike, Amazon, Land Rover, and many others. We combine our passion for social impact with the skills honed in the commercial world to create emotionally resonant stories.
Selected work
Dreams & Nightmares: Experiments in AI Imagery + Video
"AI: Dreams & Nightmares" - Part 1: Created using Midjourney, KlingAI, ChatGPT & edited it in Premiere Pro.
"AI: Dreams & Nightmares" - Part 2: Created using Midjourney, KlingAI, ChatGPT & edited it in Premiere Pro.
"AI: Dreams & Nightmares" - Part 3: Created using Midjourney, KlingAI, ChatGPT & edited it in Premiere Pro.
"AI: Dreams & Nightmares" - Part 4: Created using Midjourney, KlingAI, ChatGPT & edited it in Premiere Pro.
"AI: Dreams & Nightmares" - Part 5: Created using Midjourney, KlingAI, ChatGPT & edited it in Premiere Pro.
Commercial Editorial
Sportscenter: Spy :30 (2011 One Show Pencil Bronze; Cannes Film Lion Bronze; One Show Top Ten)
Nike: Force Fate
Heinz: We are Ketchup Obsessed
SportsCenter: Watching the Tape :30
ESPN: Fantasy Football, "Tuesdays" :30
Heinz: We're Ketchup Obsessed
SportsCenter: Conditioning Coach :30- SportsCenter: Machine :30
- ESPN Brand: Sign Language :30
- ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Caroline :30
- ESPN: Fantasy Football: Call in :30
- Our team built a modified camera case for Delta that recorded the odyssey of a bag of luggage to promote their Bag Tracker App.
- ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Stealing :30
- SportsCenter: Handshake :30
- World Cup 2010: POV :30
- Sprite Manifesto
- Southern Comfort Manifesto
- SportsCenter: Superman :30
- Tabasco Manifesto
- SportsCenter 3D: Break it, Buy it :30
- ESPN Content: Fanwich v.2
- Laika Animation Studios: The Making of Believe
- ESPN Content: Fanwich v.1
- ESPN Magazine: Behind the Scenes
- Part 3 of a 3 part series for Nike following NHL rookie superstar Steve Stamkos. (Sony EX-1)
- Part 1 of a 3 part series for Nike following NHL rookie superstar Steve Stamkos. (Sony EX-1)
- BTS: (Editor only) Nike: Road to Boom: Segment 2 with Steve Stamkos (Sony EX-1)
- Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy
- Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy NY
- Sportscenter: Spy :30 (2011 One Show Pencil Bronze; Cannes Film Lion Bronze; One Show Top Ten)
Impact Storytelling
Brokering Peace in a City Torn by Violence
Young New Americans Visit Ellis Island
PBS: Peril & Promise
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Arts Center
Bringing Food Security and Urban Farming to Alaska
SEEDS OF PEACE: Non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace.Bringing Green Tech Comes to the Inner City
PBS Kids: Eco-Fashion Show
- Brooklyn-based organization committed to finding climate solutions locally.
- Shot & Edited for WNET, PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/
Urban Gardening in the Bronx
Wilderness Therapy for Kids
- COMMON GROUND: Ending Homelessness in New York - Organization Profile
- NYC Rising is a documentary series on the subject of climate change that I shot and edited in Winter 2018 for PBS. The series focuses on what NYC is doing to combat coming the various threats that climate change poses to the city.
- Canon C100 Mark ii
Filmed & Edited - Per Scholas: Manifesto Film
- Directed, Shot & Edited for HELEN-OWEN-CAREY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
- PS 321: PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN
Client Content
Amazon: Ambient Intelligence
(Editor)
Produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-cola.
(Edited)
Edited for the NFL & Fatherly.com
GE Digital
- Shot & edited for Amazon
Amazon: Just Walk Out
- Edited for Land Rover & Y&R
Amazon: Accessibility Smart Home
- MoMA: Kinematics 3D Printed Dress
- A short documentary with GE Renewable Energy. Shot for GE Reports on the Sony FX9.
- GE Hitachi: A short documentary about the BWRX-300 small modular nuclear reactor.
- Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
- (Edited)
Branded content piece produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-Cola. - Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
- Parenting Unfiltered: Work/Life Balance
- Fatherly & Plum Organics: Parenting Unfiltered
- Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
Travel & Food
PBS series: Directed, shot & edited by Passerby Films. Shot on the Canon C100
Directed, shot & edited in South Africa. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Directed, shot & edited in Alaska. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
Park City, Utah with the Booze Traveller, Jack Maxwell
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Alaskan King Crab Legs & Killer Whales!- Directed, shot & edited in Vietnam. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
- Directed, shot & edited in Iceland. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
- Seattle, WA with Jack Maxwell
- Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
- Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
- Directed, shot & edited in South Africa. Shot in the Panasonic GH5
- Directed, shot & edited in Vietnam. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
- Directed, shot & edited in Iceland. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
- Directed, shot & edited in Alaska. Shot on the Panasonic GH5
- Directed, shot & edited in New Zealand.
- Directed, shot & edited in New Zealand
- Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
- Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
- :30 Commercial
- Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Thriving Micro-Distilleries of Utah
- Jacked With Spirits: A 5-episode tour of some of America's most innovative micro-distilleries with Travel Channel host Jack Maxwell.
Shot with the Canon C300
TV & FILM
James Beard Award nominated series for PBS. Directed, co-shot & edited. Shot on the C100.
Directed, shot & edited for Travel Channel. Shot on the Canon C300.
HGTV Series: Co-Directed, Shot & Edit for HGTV
Documentary: Bach: A Passionate Life - BBC: We shot and directed the Princeton, NJ segment
Directed, Shot & Edited for HGTV
The Battle for Georgia: Election 2008- Our first feature film. A post-apocalyptic thriller about a family struggling to survive in the wake of a catastrophic plague that has brought civilization to its knees. Available on Amazon Prime: retitled "American Apocalypse" https://www.amazon.com/American-Apocalypse-Sebasti...
- PBS series: Directed, shot & edited by Passerby Films. Shot on the Canon C100
- BTS: Laika Studios produces ESPN's first stop-motion animation spot. (Pan DVX-100)
Profiles, Case Studies & Ethnographies
MTV World commissioned this profile of sneaker artist Keiji Ando (Panasonic HVX-200)
KELLNER: FASHION
FATHERLY.COM
Ossabaw Island Pork: Dedicated to the preservation and propagation of this special, heritage breed.
Shot
VR
The New Museum, Exhibit: "Grief & Grievance, Part 1"
shot with the Insta360 PRO 2, 2021
FieldCore (A GE company) brings together the field services expertise and people from both Granite Services and GE's Power Services into one organization focused on World-Class Execution.
FieldCore Poland - This VR experience takes to a GE steam plant in Poland.
TripAdvisor / Viator: Trotternish Ridge, Scotland. Deep in the highlands, this VR experience takes you one of the most beautiful spots in all of Scotland.
TripAdvisor / Viator: Senator Square, Helsinki, Finland.
TripAdvisor / Viator: This VR experience takes you on a tour of New Zealand. Shot with the Samsung 360.- TripAdvisor / Viator: Edinburgh Bagpiper.
- TripAdvisor / Viator: Times Square 360. This VR experience takes you right to the heart of NYC.
- Tripadvisor / Viator: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn Christmas Lights.
- By Faith Farm: Nashville, TN. This VR experience tours a farm in Tennessee that grows food for charitable organizations such as Food Bank, while also offering farm stays to those seeking a true farm getaway experience.
Personal Projects & Documentaries
New York Musicians Series: Jake, Klezmer in the 21st Century
Directed & shot (in an hour) on location at PS321 in Park Slope, Brooklyn with the wonderful 5th grade class of 5-337
Documentary about the championship game of an 8-year-old's basketball team.
Sofia Painting at 6
Trainwreck w/ special guest Discoczech
BTS: My daughter Sofia painting at age 6 (Canon Mark 3)- Shot & Edited for KELLNER
- My son Isky's Rain Forest school project :) Shot with my iphone. Edited with love.
- Music Video: Interpol's Daniel Kessler & Joseph Fraioli - Album "Big Noble"; Track "Stay Gold"
Educational
Shot & edited for Vista Higher Learning. Shot on the Sony FX9
Shot & edited for Vista Higher Learning. Shot on the Sony FX9
Shot & edit for Vista Higher Learning on the RED Dragon.