Palm Springs

February 2010: Another sun soaked week was spent documenting TEDActive in the California desert. The short video can be viewed here.

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Welcome

After much redesign and tinkering in HTML code, I’m finally pleased to announce that the new site is officially launched!

Please take a moment to explore the video galleries and stay tuned to this space for updates on my future projects.

Thanks for visiting,

Michael

Charter for Compassion TEDTalks

October 2009:  As part of an event in-conjunction with Karen Armstrong’s 2008 TED Prize Wish, two salon-style TEDTalks were recorded in front of a small audience in New York City.  The shoots I directed can be seen here.

Malawi: Moving Windmills Documentary

Most of the summer was spent in the small country of Malawi in Sub-Saharan Africa, continuing principal photography for the on-going Moving Windmills Project.  We’re currently still in production on the feature film, with plans to have it complete by 2011.


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William Kamkwamba’s book, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, is available now.  It’s an excellent read!  And if you haven’t yet, check out his appearance on The Daily Show…

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Oxford

July 2009:  I spent a week working with m ss ng p eces, documenting the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford, England.  The short video is now available to view here.

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iPhone Music Video

I collaborated with Ari Kuschnir and Reyna Perez to create the first music video shot entirely on the iPhone 3GS.

Free Energy Music Video

June 2008: I traveled down to Philadelphia to direct 2nd unit photography on the debut music video for DFA’s Free Energy.

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and created the pilot episode of “Wood Talk”.

“Peace on Earth” wins Silver Egg!

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The Bjorn Borg short I directed won a Silver Egg in the digital category of Guldägget (Sweden’s largest advertising awards)!   The “Peace On Earth” campaign was created with Swedish interactive agency Farfar and m ss ng p eces.


Istanbul

April 2009:  A week was spent in Turkey shooting viral spots for Cisco’s new Dialogue Cafe project at the Alliance of Civilizations.

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TEDActive

February 2009:  I spent the week in Palm Springs, California, documenting the very first TEDActive simulcast event from the desert oasis.

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