David A. Smith is a traditional sign-writer/designer specialising in high-quality ornamental hand-crafted reverse glass signs and decorative silvered and gilded mirrors. David recently produced a wonderful turn-of-the-century, trade-card styled album cover for popular American singer/songwriter John Mayer.

This film captures the 'Behind The Scenes' creation of the 'Born & Raised' and 'Queen of California' artwork, as well as 2 unique reverse glass panels, hand-crafted in England by David A. Smith.

Music by John Mayer johnmayer.com
A Film by Danny Cooke dannycooke.co.uk
Featuring David A. Smith davidadriansmith.com
Special Thanks to Sony Music and Columbia Records

To watch David's original documentary, vimeo.com/14985356

This is 2013's Ted Conference opening video. I made it with Oliver Jeffers. Other folks that made this even remotely possible are Pete Treiber, Connie Bree, Suzanne Mulholland, Katie Mulholland, Gary Breslin, with music awesomeness by Graham Fisk and John McGrew.

An elderly gentleman attempts to retrieve forgotten memories while battling the progression and regression of the cycles of life.
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A week prior to his passing, my grandfather shared with me his former aspirations of becoming a filmmaker. After numerous hardships, a narrow escape from the Nazis and an immigration to the US, the dream slowly, but surely, faded away. After his passing, I uncovered an archival trove of dust-covered 8mm film that had seemingly not been viewed by anyone for at least a generation. Mesmerized, what unfolded before me was something most people, myself included, have never witnessed before: the development and utter decline of the human body and mind. Motivated by my grandfather's unfulfilled dreams of filmmaking, I decided to piece together a film that he had already unwittingly made.

quicksand is not only a personal tribute to my grandfather or father, but to anyone that has ever experienced loss. Whether it be a loss of a loved one, or a loss of memories, quicksand embodies the enigma of life and death.
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Nationally Televised: Slated to be distributed via PBS nationwide
Official Selection: Las Vegas Film Festival
Official Selection: Lovvet Film Festival
Honorable Mention: Los Angeles Movie Awards
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imdb.com/title/tt2807940/
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Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Lance Oppenheim
Producer: The Opp-Guide
Featuring: Roy Oppenheim & Walter Oppenheim
Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sigur Rós & Maxence Cyrin
Post-Production Design: J.D. Aronson & Melissa Oppenheim
Special Thanks: The Oppenheim & Pilelsky Families, and GenerationOn
Released: 2/27/13
Shot on the Canon T3i

A film to promote the ethos and inspirational thinking that drives the people at Google. Moonshots live in the gray area between audacious technology and pure science fiction. Instead of a mere 10% gain, a moonshot aims for a 10x improvement over what currently exists. The combination of a huge problem, a radical solution to that problem, and the breakthrough technology that just might make that solution possible, is the essence of a moonshot.

Producer - Aaron Hutchinson
Director - Blake Claridge - blakeclaridge.com
DOP - John Behrens - johnbehrens.com
Editor - Flaura Atkinson
Asst. Producer - Anna Brent

Music - Radium - radium-audio.com

Production Company - atp.tv

Client - Google - solveforx.com

Date - January 2013