
Louie Schwartzberg
Directing
Biography
Louie Schwartzberg (born February 21, 1950) is an American director, producer, and cinematographer. Since 2004, Louie has worked as a director for films, including Fantastic Fungi (2019) and the Netflix series, Moving Art. Schwartzberg is recognized as a pioneer in high-end time-lapse cinematography. Schwartzberg is a visual artist who focuses on connections between humans and the subtleties of nature and environment.
Known For

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Vice Versa

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
Koyaanisqatsi

A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting vast systems of roots from plants and trees all over the planet, like an underground Internet. Through the eyes of renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, professor of forest ecology Suzanne Simard, best selling author Michael Pollan, food naturalist Eugenia Bone and others, we experience the power, beauty and complexity of the fungi kingdom.
Fantastic Fungi

After dying in a car crash, Bobby Fantana is forced to pay for his misdeeds by becoming someone's guardian angel. He reluctantly agrees to watch over awkward high schooler Lenny Barnes, teaching him how to be cool and confident. As Bobby teaches Lenny, the two form a close bond.
The Heavenly Kid

A beautiful love story in danger. Our future depends on an amazing love story between the flowers and fauna consisting of bees, butterflies, birds and bats, which allow these species to reproduce. Delicate and graceful, the flowers are not content to be the ultimate symbol of beauty. On the contrary, their vibrant colors and their exotic flavors are so many wonders that attract pollinators and drunk with desire. All these animals are involved in a complex dance of seduction on which one third of our crops, a dance without which we could survive ... Pollen presents the unsung heroes of the global food chain. Their fantastic worlds are full of stories, drama and beauty. While a fragile and threatened, essential for the balance of the planet, it should now actively protect ...
Wings of Life

Experience nature's art as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg highlights the beauty that lurks in oceans, forests, deserts and flowers.
Moving Art

Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. Viewers experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception
Mysteries of the Unseen World

An epic journey forty years in the making, acclaimed filmmaker, Louie Schwartzberg, the director of Fantastic Fungi, takes us on a transformational, cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of Gratitude through his intimate conversations with everyday people, thought leaders, and personalities such as Norman Lear, Jack Kornfield, Luisah Teish, Alex Grey and other luminaries.
Gratitude Revealed

Take flight on a breezy, airborne adventure as you hang glide above the breathtaking wonders of the world.
Soarin' Around the World

Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg hits the road to capture America's people and its natural beauty. sea to shining sea, from amber waves of grain to purple mountain majesties, it's not merely the land that makes America beautiful -- it's her people. Captured with stunning cinematography, AMERICA'S HEART & SOUL takes you on a journey that weaves across this great nation, revealing a rich tapestry of ordinary people living extraordinary lives as they follow their dreams with the freedom of spirit that's uniquely American. From the Vermont dairy farmer, to the blind mountain climber, to the father and son marathon runners, their inspiring stories are as different as can be -- passionate, colorful, courageous, funny, touching.
America's Heart & Soul

A filmmaker adventures through the Scottish wilderness uncovering the astonishing lessons wild places can teach about the secrets of the human mind and our place in the universe.
The Subtle Art of Losing Yourself
Celebrated filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg takes viewers on an enchanting journey, unveiling the mysteries and wonders of the natural world as elegant flowers come to life through his stunning time-lapse cinematography.
Moving Art: Flowers
A high definition short film by award-winning filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg
Grave Spirits
In "Origins", journey through fantastic and varied environments - from tropical rainforests, jungles and savannahs, to vast deserts and harsh mountainsides, and foreboding swamps and marshes. Full of the rich natural stereo sounds of each setting to ensure that you impressively feel the difference between the extremes. There is no narration necessary.
Origins
Renowned filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg takes viewers on an inspiring journey, unveiling the mysteries and marvels of the Four Corners region of America -- a scenic wonderland where the night stars shine as brightly as the day's sun.
Moving Art: Deserts
Celebrates the annual Port-of-Spain carnival in Trinidad and Tobago which culminates in a frenzied night of wild dance, ritual stick fights, songs of social consciousness, and sheer Bacchanalian joy lasting until dawn. A colorful and lively film which celebrates the Carnival festivities in Trinidad and Tobago. Interviews with participants reveal the months of preparation involved in making the elaborate costumes of religious, cultural, and historical significance. The annual Port-of-Spain event culminates in a frenzied night of dance, spirited Calypso and steel drum music, ritual stick fights, songs of social consciousness and sheer bacchanalian joy. 16mm originally
Carnival T.N.T.
This collection of short nature films from Louie Schwartzberg depicts the world's most dazzlingly beautiful waterfalls.
Moving Art: Waterfalls
Viewers will experience the power of ocean waves and the sea's underwater splendor as celebrated filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg takes his camera into the deep to unveil the mysteries and wonders of the natural world.
Moving Art: Oceans

Viewers will marvel at the majesty of nature's gentle giants through the seasons as famed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg journeys to California's Redwood Coast, Washington's Olympic National Park and Telluride, Colo.