Louie Schwartzberg

An award-winning producer, director and cinematographer, Schwartzberg’s notable career spans more than three decades, providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials. As the only filmmaker in the world who has been shooting time-lapse 24/7 continuously for more than four decades, Schwartzberg is a visual artist breaking barriers, connecting with audiences, and telling stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

He is credited by many with pioneering the contemporary stock footage industry by founding Energy Film Library, a global company acquired by Getty Images in 1997. Some theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, “Mysteries of the Unseen World” with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and “Wings of Life,” a feature-length documentary for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep.

In addition to feature films, Schwartzberg curates Moving Art™, the world’s first collection of 2D and 3D moving images created as fine art for digital screens, from nature to cityscapes to visual effects. Designed to inspire, educate and perhaps even evolve our perspective on the world, Moving Art™ is now available on IPTV devices such as Roku, mobile devices via the iOS and Android platforms, and as an Original Series on Netflix—the first 4K content to appear on that channel.

Several Moving Art™ film shorts have gone viral—including the hits “Gratitude” and “Beauty of Pollination” with 44MM+ YouTube views—which have spawned successful related projects such as books (Hay House, Sterling) and webinar series (MentorsChannel, John Templeton Foundation). Custom 4K resolution Moving Art™ pieces created by Schwartzberg can also be found in high-end hospitality venues around the world.

Schwartzberg’s stunning nature, aerial and slice-of-life imagery has transformed films by directors like Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Haggis and Ridley Scott, including “American Beauty,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “Crash,” “Erin Brockovich,” “E.T.,” “Independence Day,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Koyaanisqatsi,” “Men in Black,” “Twister” and countless others.

Award-Winning Producer, Director & Cinematographer