Gratitude: Louie Schwartzberg at TEDxSF

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.

This piece includes his short film on Gratitude and Happiness. Brother David Steindl-Rast's spoken words, Gary Malkin's musical compositions and Louie's cinematography make this a stunningly beautiful piece, reminding us of the precious gift of life, and the beauty all around us.

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.

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[Djylan Schweitzer]

"You think this is just another day in your life, it's not just another day, it's the one day that is given to you, today, it's given to you, it's a gift, it's the only gift that you have right now." Beautiful, this stuff is a lot of thinking..

[S Myers]

There are no words to describe the impact this magnificent video has on me, visually and spiritually. I have shared it with many of my friends. It is saved and will be viewed and LISTENED to often. This moment, now, is all we have. Let's not waste one of these precious moments. They will never come again. May God richly bless you Louie!

[Anri vanToor]

Thanks Louie, this touched my heart and makes me whole

[kaileric]

I like the comments asking how one could dislike this video. Perhaps some people don't see themselves in it.

[Nikki McGuinness]

Amazing and thank you for sharing x

[Patricia O'Brien]

Heart and soul felt...words fail me...

[Sunita Gopalan]

Thank  You so much . Amazing !!!!

[Mick J]

for some reason the 370 dislikes didnt show up when i wrote that comment awkward



[alnemer425]

world are full of unthankful people, my boss is an example and he surely pressed that dislike button !!

[thoughtadventure]

We protect what we fall in love with

[Mick J]

not one dislike. who is gonna be that guy?

[Dave Kavanagh]

Most of us take things for granted,this video puts things in perspective.