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Photo Agent: Polaris Images & Getty

A short doc-style piece for Google about how their AI work on species distribution modeling is helping to protect endangered species in Australia — and all over the world.

A 30-sec broadcast ad for Lighthouse Gin, along with a doc-style companion piece about the brand.

For Shawn Hayes, the ancient practice of falconry is more than a deep connection with raptors. It’s his life’s work. As an American falconry ambassador, he’s carved a space for himself where people of color haven’t always been welcome.

Commissioned by Patagonia Films.

Director: Brett Marty & Josh Izenberg
Cinematography: Owen Bissell, Niki Waltl, Jason Joseffer, Josh Izenberg, Brett Marty, Ben Ditto, Eric Bissell, Kesten Migdal
Editor: Traci Loth

An unconventional field biologist wages a high-tech war against ravens in the Mojave — think laser cannons, exploding tortoises, autonomous drones — in a last-ditch effort to save the last of the desert tortoise from extinction.

Director: Brett Marty & Josh Izenberg
Cinematography: Phil Briggs
Editor: Jen Bradwell

A series of launch and demo videos for Anthropic’s newest version of Claude.

A brand film for Alembic — and the launch of its new supercomputer to solve the big enterprise intelligence questions: The Science behind Why.

A traditional customer testimonial about the partnership between Snowflake & CapitalOne.

Client: Snowflake
Agency: Glass & Marker

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A short doc-style piece for Google Research highlighting their AI work in genomics.

A doc-style series for Clover Sonoma about The Fight for Sustainable Family Farms in Northern California.

A 30-sec broadcast ad for Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc, along with a doc-style companion piece about the brand.

A short doc, commissioned by KIPP Bay Area, interweaving the stories of students, teachers, and parents working to “Be the Change” in their communities.

An animated product introduction for Brex — the first corporate credit card for startups.

FINDING MEANING IN MUSIC: How a tech pioneer, faced with a deadly illness, prepared for his unexpected final act.

Commissioned by The New Yorker.
Also a Vimeo Staff Pick.

Director: Brett Marty
Cinematography: Phillip Briggs, Jason Joseffer, Wynn Padula
Editor: Traci Loth

A 30-sec broadcast ad for El Mexicano Tequila, along with a doc-style companion piece about the brand.

A short animation for AT&T.

This is the trailer for YOUTH (2016), my directorial debut and first large-scale film. We're currently in the final stages of post-production, and the film is set to premiere in the spring of 2016.

IMDb Page: Youth (2016)

Director: Brett Marty
Cinematography: James Laxton
Producer: Joshua Izenberg
Written by Amelia Whitcomb, Brett Marty & Joshua Izenberg
Starring: Jessica Stroup & George Maguire

An animated product introduction for Box.

A 30-minute documentary following Memory Care expert Scott Tarde as he sets out to build Town Square — a replica 1950s “Main Street” complete with vintage Thunderbirds, a soda fountain, and classic movies playing in the theater. It’ll seem real down to the last brick. Except, to its Alzheimer’s-suffering inhabitants, it won’t feel like a re-creation at all. They’ll feel like they’re home.

A short doc on humanity's search for the first potentially habitable exoplanet, by my team at Speculative Films.

The film appeared on National Geographic, Scientific American, The Atlantic, Wired, Vice, The Verge, Astronomy Magazine, and was a Vimeo Staff Pick.

Two rural families in India, each with children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease, set off on a long journey toward a hospital that promises free treatment.

Directed by: Brett Marty & Josh Izenberg
Cinematography: Phillip Briggs
Editor: Stef Sequeira
Assistant Editor: Kee Heywood
Graphics: Colin Gill
Sound Design: Andrew Haak
Re-Recording Mix: Jeremiah Moore
Color: Robert Arnold
Produced by Brett Marty & Josh Izenberg

A mini-doc and company story video series for the brilliant AI company RunLLM.

A few of my favorites (right) from the 2012 & 2016 presidential campaign trails.

During the past few presidential elections, I have been on the campaign trail as a photojournalist. In 2008, I worked for the political blog FiveThirtyEight, which was later acquired by The New York Times (and more recently, ESPN). In 2012, I partnered with TalkingPointsMemo & Corbis Images as a freelance photojournalist. In 2016, I was back home with FiveThirtyEight.

Photo Agents: Polaris Images & Getty

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A commissioned doc about the once-in-a-century shift happening in the way companies do business — and the end of ownership itself.

Client: Zuora
Agency: Glass & Marker

A short animation for the launch of Salesforce Chatter.

Without a doubt, Gusto (formerly ZenPayroll) is one of the nicest companies I've worked with.

They wanted something where the product was the hero — and a series celebrating the small business owners who their products help.

A launch video for Augment Code’s new Remote AI Agents product.

A doc-style series for Better Therapeutics — a wonderful company that helps people reverse diseases (like Type 2 Diabetes) by changing the behaviors that cause them.

A launch video for Augment Code’s new Remote AI Agents product.

A series of 30s & 15s spots for Traditional Medicinal's new line of Stress Ease teas.

A series of videos for HackerOne, a company that connects companies with trust hackers to get ahead of security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.