David Swope
CREATIVE DIRECTOR | DIRECTOR | EDITORDavid Swope is a hybrid. An award-winning advertising creative director for San Francisco agencies and clients, he also crafts brand stories as a filmmaker. David strives to deliver innovative, emotionally resonant and effective content and advertising. Over 20 years of creating commercials and social videos has given him the ability to concisely tell any brand story.
Client experience includes tech to automotive, lifestyle to B2B. An eternal optimist, David sees the big picture, loves strategy, gets budgets and deadlines—and finds solutions. Aside from that, he plays jazz piano, hikes all over Marin, and is not a dog person but got one anyway.
RECOGNITION
Clio, Cannes, Emmy, Telly, Addy, Mill Valley Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, California Film Awards, Communciation Arts
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
TECH — Hitachi, HP, Janssen, Microsoft, ST Micro
BEER, WINE & SPIRITS — Deutsch Winery, Firstleaf, Fieldwork, Fernet-Branca
ENTERTAINMENT — TiVo, XBOX
TRAVEL — Marin Tourism
EDUCATION — USC
HEALTH — VSP, USC Keck Medicine & Norris Cancer, Wider Circle
SPORTS — FOX Sports
FOODS — McDonald's, Jelly Belly
ENERGY — Flex Your Power
FINANCIAL — Assure, Mach49
PRO BONO — Cool The World, Long Now, Coral Reef Alliance, Red Cross
AGENCY EXPERIENCE
McCann Worldgroup
H&L Partners
BBDO
Publicis & Hal Riney
Digitas
Curtis Myers
CINEMATOGRAPHERCurtis Myers is a filmmaker and photographer, named one of the “200 Best Advertising Photographers In The World” by Lurzer’s Archive Magazine. He has partnered with David Swope on over 50 productions.
Curtis enjoys creating and collaborating, as well as the unique challenges of each assignment. His work defines and supports established and emerging brands. He presents real people in their best light—naturally and comfortable for some of the biggest brands and ad agencies.
Curtis travels often for work and has filmed and photographed people of all walks of life—celebrities, kids, senior citizens, athletes and even a United States President (Obama).
Whether he likes it or not, clients have labelled Curtis a “nice guy.”
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
TECH — Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Logitech, UPS, TiVo
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
BEER — Fieldwork
LEISURE — Marin Tourism
CLIMATE CHANGE — Flex Your Power
SPORTS — Adidas
Rachelle Berman Lara
STRATEGIST | PRODUCERThroughout her 20-year marketing career, Rachelle has always been drawn to the art of storytelling through film. With 10 years of account management experience at national advertising agencies like Young & Rubicam and Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners under her belt, she launched her own consulting firm in 2010 for a go at brand strategy and content writing services for healthcare and tech start-ups.
Rachelle thrives in fast-paced environments where she becomes a natural extension of innovative company cultures, rolling up her sleeves to launch brands and work closely with creative teams to produce quality work very quickly.
Outside the "office," Rachelle can be found on her Peleton, hiking around the San Francisco Bay Area, trying out new wineries in Napa Valley, and plotting her next dream vacation.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
TECH — Telarus, Bay Alarm, Fitbit
HEALTH — McKesson, Wider Circle, Cedar Inc, Flatiron Health
FINANCIAL — Wells Fargo
FOODS — Subway Sandwiches, Sovos Brands
CHOPS
Brand Strategy & Messaging
Content Writing (short- and long-form)
Copy Editing
Video Producer
Project Management
Ethan Swope
CINEMATOGRAPHEREthan Swope is an award-winning cinematographer attending UCLA’s film school. He is passionate about documentary and branded narrative, and he has shot for clients such as Toyota, Marin Tourism, and NGOs. Ethan worked on documentaries in Ukraine, Lebanon, and Mexico, and extensively covered California wildfires. When not on set he is a photojournalist for national and international agencies including the Associated Press and Getty Images.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
LEISURE — Marin Tourism
HEALTH — Wider Circle
BEER — Fieldwork
REAL ESTATE — Sotheby's
NGO — Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
MEDIA — Associated Press, Bloomberg, Getty Images, San Francisco Chronicle