Documentary

Berkeley News: Tilden Turtles

Documentary, nature, science

Hi everyone — here is a piece I produced alongside Roxanne Makasdjian about Tilden Park’s Jewel Lake and their community of Western pond turtles — a native species that is facing a variety of threats, including climate change, habitat loss, and competition from red-eared slider turtles. 

The good news is that folks like former #UCBerkeley postdoctoral scholar Max Lambert and a team of wildlife experts are out to help support the vulnerable shelled cuties.

Hope you enjoy. Link to the full article is in the YouTube description.

Berkeley News: Biodegradable Plastics

Documentary, nature, Promo, science

Photo by Adam Lau

Here are two additional installments to my work with Professor Ting Xu’s lab at UC Berkeley. The videos below go into the unique process they discovered to generate biodegradable plastics and why these new formulas can be such a strong alternative to common biodegradable plastics on the market today.

Also if you haven’t seen the PBS “Out of Our Elements” piece that used some of my lab footage, feel free to check it out as well. Enjoy!

PBS Terra – Out of Our Elements

Documentary, nature, science

Recently I was lucky enough to contribute to the PBS Terra channel and their new series “Out of Our Elements” which explores science-related videos for a more diverse, younger audience.

I shot this footage at Professor Ting Xu’s lab at UC Berkeley, where I got to see these innovate biodegradable plastics be developed and decomposed and also extruded into wonderful spaghetti-like forms.

I also shot some other content at Ting’s lab which I’ll be releasing soon for Berkeley News. Enjoy!

Squirrels & Robotics

Commercial, Documentary, Promo

Recently I made a video for Berkeley News about a paper (published by Science Magazine) which examines the leaping skills of squirrels using high speed cameras.

The information gathered in this research could help built better robots that have more nimble control of their environment, and can do maneuvers such as search through the rubble of a collapsed building for survivors. The data collected could also help create a better understanding of movement problems associated with aging — also watching squirrels leap in slow mo like ninjas is damn cute.

The photos I helped light and capture of our furry friends were also used for the August cover of Science Magazine! If curious, you can find the issue here.

NowThis: UnCommon Law

Documentary, Non Profit, Shorts

Really proud of this little piece that came out for “NowThis” News that features some footage that fellow videographer Justin Bench and I shot for the organization UnCommon Law. Check out the story here, and follow this link to keep this important work going — thanks!

UnCommon Law Fundraiser

Documentary, Promo, Shorts

Above photo: Justin Bench

‘m happy to announce a partnership I’ve started with UnCommon Law alongside my friend and mentor Justin Bench. This organization is an incredible non-profit legal team that saves those wronged by the criminal justice system and brings families together through prison reform. Seeing firsthand people get a second chance within our unjust system is a beautiful and inspiring thing.

If you’d like to help support their work, and attend one of their future fundraisers, check them out here: http://uncommonlaw.org/contact-us/

Enjoy and thanks for watching!

Eugene Tssui and The Yao People

Documentary, Promo, Shorts

Here is the first episode in a mini-series I have been working on with my friend Justin Bench. The series is about Eugene Tssui and his influence and solutions on sustainable architecture. This series lies within the larger scope of our series Upside. The mission of Upside is to profile change-makers in sectors of energy, architecture and education that are providing us with real world solutions, not just overwhelming data, which so many documentaries seem to give us.

Please share end enjoy! Thanks!