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We collaborate with corporates partners, non-profits, networks, individuals, universities, elementary schools and just about anyone that wants to tell their story. Our clients have included Nike, the BBC, ESPN, Vox Media, Complex Networks, GE, PBS, MTV, Travel Channel, MoMA, Food Network, PS321, Vista Higher Learning, Trip Advisor, Legal Aid, Elizabeth Seton Children's Hospital and many more. Passerby Films is an award-winning production & post-production company based in Brooklyn.
Selected work
Short Documentaries
Young New Americans Visit Ellis Island
Bringing Food Security and Urban Farming to Alaska
Bringing Green Tech Comes to the Inner City
Thriving Micro-Distilleries of Utah
Brokering Peace in a City Torn by Violence
Urban Gardening in the Bronx
PBS Kids: Eco-Fashion Show
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Wilderness Therapy for Kids
Client Content
Amazon: Ambient Intelligence
Amazon: Just Walk Out
GE Digital
PBS: Peril & Promise
Edited for the NFL & Fatherly.com
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.
Amazon: Accessibility Smart Home
(Edited)
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.
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
Canon C100 Mark ii
Filmed & Edited
Shot & Edited for WNET, PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/
Bloomberg: Cities of Service
Branded
Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
Fatherly & Plum Organics: Parenting Unfiltered
Ossabaw Island Pork: Dedicated to the preservation and propagation of this special, heritage breed.
(Editor)
Produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-cola.
(Edited)
Branded content piece produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-Cola.
Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy NY
Per Scholas: Manifesto Film
Shot & edited for Amazon
Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
Parenting Unfiltered: Work/Life Balance
Shot
MTV World commissioned this profile of sneaker artist Keiji Ando (Panasonic HVX-200)
BTS: Laika Studios produces ESPN's first stop-motion animation spot. (Pan DVX-100)
Travel & Food
PBS series: Directed, shot & edited by Passerby Films. Shot on the Canon C100
A Day at Ellis Island w/ TripAdvisor & IRC
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
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...
Commercial Editing
Sportscenter: Spy :30 (2011 One Show Pencil Bronze; Cannes Film Lion Bronze; One Show Top Ten)
Nike: Force Fate
SportsCenter: Conditioning Coach :30
ESPN: Fantasy Football, "Tuesdays" :30
ESPN Brand: Sign Language :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.
SportsCenter: Handshake :30
World Cup 2010: POV :30
Sprite Manifesto
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Caroline :30
Southern Comfort Manifesto
SportsCenter: Superman :30
SportsCenter: Machine :30
SportsCenter: Watching the Tape :30
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Stealing :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
Profiles, Case Studies & Ethnographies
Brooklyn-based organization committed to finding climate solutions locally.
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Arts Center
Edited for Land Rover & Y&R
SEEDS OF PEACE: Non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace.
Directed, Shot & Edited for WNET & Barclays
Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
KELLNER: FASHION
COMMON GROUND: Ending Homelessness in New York - Organization Profile
Directed, Shot & Edited for HELEN-OWEN-CAREY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PS 321: PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN
FATHERLY.COM
Music Video: Interpol's Daniel Kessler & Joseph Fraioli - Album "Big Noble"; Track "Stay Gold"
My son Isky's Rain Forest school project :) Shot with my iphone. Edited with love.
Seeds of Peace
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Art Center
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
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.