Flight being (Bernward Koch), song courtesy of Reflexibiza.

Video footage edited by Louie Schwartzberg.

Louie
Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and
producer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing
breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries
and commercials.

As a visual artist, Louie has created some of the most
iconic and memorable film moments of our time. He is an innovator in
the world of time-lapse, nature, aerial and "slice-of-life" photography -
the only cinematographer in the world who has literally been shooting
24 hours a day, 7 days a week continuously for more than 30
years.

Louie was recognized as one of the top 70 Cinematographers for
the On Film Kodak Salute Series. He is a member of the Directors Guild
of America and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Louie
is credited by many with pioneering the contemporary stock footage
industry by founding Energy Film Library, a global company with a
network of 12 foreign offices, which was acquired by Getty Images in
1997. Motion picture clients of his cinematic artistry include Sex in
the City, The Bourne Ultimatum, Die Hard 4, Syriana, Crash, Men in Black
and classics such as American Beauty, Koyaanisqatsi and E.T. among
others. 

Louie went on to found BlackLight Films, a creative production
company specializing in producing original theatrical feature, large
format films, HD and TV programming.

In 2004, BlackLight Films
completed production of the theatrical feature film, America's Heart
&Soul, distributed theatrically by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006,
BlackLight Films completed a series of HD shorts, Louie Films, for the
launch of Buena Vista Home Entertainment's Blu-Ray DVD releases. In
2007, the company produced a 1-hour special, Chasing the Light, which
aired nationally on PBS.

Past projects include the 35mm film Seasons of
the Vine for Disney's California Adventure Theme Park and a 26-half
hour series, America!, for The Hallmark Channel.

Louie has won two Clio
Awards for Best Environmental Broadcast Spot, an Emmy nomination for
Best Cinematography for the Discovery Channel Special, Oceans of Air,
and the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award for Walt
Disney Pictures' feature film release America's Heart & Soul.



Louie completed production on a feature length nature documentary,
Wings of Life, to be theatrically released worldwide, under Walt Disney
Pictures' new production banner, Disneynature. The film was released in
France (March 2011) under the title Pollen and won the Roscar Award for
Best Cinematography at the 2011 Wild Talk Africa Film Festival. 

Louie
spoke at the TED 2011 conference in Long Beach, CA and has been a
regular presenter at the annual Bioneers Conference in San Francisco.
Currently, Louie is in production with National Geographic to produce
Hidden Worlds, a 3D Imax film.