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.

Click here for the YOUTH website.
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

Game Hawker (Doc)

Game Hawker (trailer) — 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

Eco-Hack!

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

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Political Photography

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 & G etty

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Save the Hearts (Doc)

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

Earth Proxima (Doc)

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.

M1/2 Collection (Photography)

A photo series commissioned by M1/2.

Rest (Film)

REST is the story of a young American soldier who dies in WW1 and ninety years later unearths himself from a grave in the European countryside.

Shot over the course of a week in Mendocino County, Morongo Valley, and New York City, the film is a dark, but beautiful meditation on a wayward soul’s pursuit of peace.

Views: 819k

Portraiture (Photography)

A dozen of my favorites portraits from over the years.

San Francisco to Argentina

Five days after I graduated from college, I packed a cheap DSLR camera and a few essentials into my rusty '95 Buick Regal and headed south with a couple buddies. We thought the car might make it to Mexico City – though, that seemed like a tall order.

But, she never died. We made it all the way to the end of the road: the bottom tip of Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia. And then, all the way back up to Rio de Janeiro.

After about 22,500 miles and three quarters of a year, I had taught myself to use a camera. Looking back, these photos are a little rough around the edges. But, so was the adventure.