Passerby Films is an award-winning production & post-production company based in Brooklyn. Our projects have aired on PBS, Travel Channel, Food Network, ESPN, MTV and the BBC.
Our PBS series The Food Flirts has been nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Location Food Series. Our first feature film REFUGE is currently available on Amazon Prime and Showtime. Our recent doc series, Jacked With Spirits was nominated for a 2016 Webby for best Travel & Adventure series.
Selected work
Documentary Series
(Filmed & Edited)
Cities of Service is a nonprofit organization that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing the way local government and citizens work together.
(Filmed & Edited)
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Canon C100 Mark ii
Filmed & Edited
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
(Co-Filmed & Edited)
Cities of Service is a nonprofit organization that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing the way local government and citizens work together.
NYC Rising is a documentary series on the subject of climate change that I shot and edited in Winter 2018 for PBS. The series focuses on what NYC is doing to combat coming the various threats that climate change poses to the city.
(Filmed & Edited)
(Directed, Filmed & Edited)
(Co-Filmed)
Cities of Service is a nonprofit organization that helps mayors build stronger cities by changing the way local government and citizens work together.
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for HGTV
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Directed, Shot & Edited for Travel Channel
Branded Films + Profiles
(Editor)
Produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-cola.
Edited for the NFL & Fatherly.com
Per Scholas: Manifesto Film
(Edited)
Branded content piece produced in conjunction with Thrillist & Coca-Cola.
Shot & Edited for MoMA & Shapeways
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Art Center
Ossabaw Island Pork: Dedicated to the preservation and propagation of this special, heritage breed.
Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy NY
Shot & Edited for ESPN & Wieden+Kennedy
Jacked With Spirits: Travel Channel Original
Shot & Edited for KELLNER
Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
Edited for State Farm & AOL Studios
Fatherly & Plum Organics: Parenting Unfiltered
Parenting Unfiltered: Work/Life Balance
Shot
MTV World commissioned this profile of sneaker artist Keiji Ando (Panasonic HVX-200)
BTS: Laika Studios produces ESPN's first stop-motion animation spot. (Pan DVX-100)
BTS: My daughter Sofia painting at age 6 (Canon Mark 3)
Film & Television
James Beard Award nominated series for PBS celebrating the blending of food across cultures. I directed, co-shot & edited this 6 episode half-hour series.
:30 Commercial
HGTV Series: Co-Directed, Shot & Edit for HGTV
Documentary: Bach: A Passionate Life - BBC: Shot the Princeton, NJ segment
Shot & Edited for WNET, PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/
Directed & Edited - Available on Showtime http://www.sho.com/titles/3428236/refuge
REFUGE: Trailer
360 Content
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
AeroFarms: The Future of Farming at AeroFarms (over 2 million pounds of greens a year without sunlight, soil or pesticides, making it the world’s largest indoor vertical farm)
Newark, NJ
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
The Canals of Venice, Italy
Explore the winding canals with a 4th generation gondolier, and get inside a shop that has been making them by hand since 1884
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
The Spirit of Mongolia: Family Traditions
On the plains of Western Mongolia, this family is continuing a way of life that dates back 4000 years.
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
Alpacas of the Andes Mountains in Peru
In the Peruvian town of Chincerro, women’s collectives create natural dyes for alpaca fur. Follow these adorable alpacas on a 360° journey as their wool goes from haircut to locally produced goods.
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
Cruisin' in Cuba: Classic Convertible Cars
Take a 360° cruise through the streets of Havana with a group of classic car mechanics.
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
Mimi Choi Creates Optical Illusions with Makeup
Mimi Choi uses everyday makeup to transform her subjects into surreal works of art.
Executive Producer: w/ NowThis
Baby Spa Madrid
Babies at this day spa in Spain get pampered with relaxing massages, hydrotherapy soaks, and an adorable pool party that will melt your heart.
Documentary
Bloomberg: Cities of Service
MoMA: Kinematics 3D Printed Dress
(Directed, Filmed & Edited)
Hamthropology is a family owned farm. The farm has the largest, registered conservation herd of non-hybridized Ossabaw Island Pigs in the world.
New York Musicians Series: Jake, Klezmer in the 21st Century
Seeds of Peace
The Battle for Georgia: Election 2008
Sofia Painting at 6
Commercial Editing
Sportscenter: Spy :30 (2011 One Show Pencil Bronze; Cannes Film Lion Bronze; One Show Top Ten)
Nike: Force Fate
SportsCenter: Conditioning Coach :30
ESPN: Fantasy Football, "Tuesdays" :30
ESPN Brand: Sign Language :30
ESPN: Fantasy Football: Call in :30
Our team built a modified camera case for Delta that recorded the odyssey of a bag of luggage to promote their Bag Tracker App.
SportsCenter: Handshake :30
World Cup 2010: POV :30
Sprite Manifesto
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Caroline :30
Southern Comfort Manifesto
SportsCenter: Superman :30
SportsCenter: Machine :30
SportsCenter: Watching the Tape :30
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Stealing :30
Tabasco Manifesto
SportsCenter 3D: Break it, Buy it :30
ESPN Content: Fanwich v.2
Laika Animation Studios: The Making of Believe
ESPN Content: Fanwich v.1
ESPN Magazine: Behind the Scenes
Part 3 of a 3 part series for Nike following NHL rookie superstar Steve Stamkos. (Sony EX-1)
Part 1 of a 3 part series for Nike following NHL rookie superstar Steve Stamkos. (Sony EX-1)
BTS: (Editor only) Nike: Road to Boom: Segment 2 with Steve Stamkos (Sony EX-1)
Profiles, Case Studies & Ethnographies
Directed, Shot & Edited for Storm King Arts Center
Edited for Land Rover & Y&R
SEEDS OF PEACE: Non-profit, non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace.
Directed, Shot & Edited for WNET & Barclays
Shot & Edited for Fatherly.com
KELLNER: FASHION
COMMON GROUND: Ending Homelessness in New York - Organization Profile
Directed, Shot & Edited for HELEN-OWEN-CAREY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PS 321: PARK SLOPE BROOKLYN
FATHERLY.COM
Music Video: Interpol's Daniel Kessler & Joseph Fraioli - Album "Big Noble"; Track "Stay Gold"