Louis Schwartzberg
Louis Schwartzberg, also known as Louie Schwartzberg, is an American director, producer, and cinematographer. He is the founder of stock footage firm 'Energy' and a contributor to Getty Images.[1]
Career
Louie graduated from UCLA Film School with an MFA in the early seventies.[2] In 1982 he provided additional cinematography for the film Koyaanisqatsi [1]
During his 30 years as a filmmaker, Louie Schwartzberg has won many awards. He is also recognized as a pioneer in high-end time-lapse cinematography.[2]
Louie 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. Motion picture clients of his cinematic artistry include Sex and the City, The Bourne Ultimatum, Syriana, Crash, Men in Black, American Beauty, and E.T. among others.
In 2004 Schwartzberg directed America's Heart and Soul released by Walt Disney Pictures.[3]
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.
Also in Winter 2013, Netflix launched an original series of four documentaries, Forests, Oceans, Flowers, Deserts that quickly appeared in the Popular suggestions and have received countless stellar reviews.
Louie is active in the TED community, having spoken in 2011 at the following: TEDxSoCal, TEDxSF and TEDxJacksonhole, and at TEDxSMU in December 2012. His YouTube videos have collected over 30 million views.
Louie 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 & Soul. Louie 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.