Our Team

Portrait of Director and Creative Director David Swope.

David Swope 

CREATIVE DIRECTOR  |  DIRECTOR  |  EDITOR

David Swope is a hybrid. An award-winning advertising creative director for San Francisco agencies and clients, he now crafts brand stories as a filmmaker. David strives to deliver innovative, emotionally resonant and effective content and advertising. 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 piano and hikes all over Marin.

RECOGNITION
Clio, Cannes, Emmy, Telly, Addy, Mill Valley Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, California Film Awards, Communication Arts

CLIENT EXPERIENCE
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
TECHNOLOGY — GE, ST Micro, Hitachi, HP, Microsoft
BEER, WINE & SPIRITS — Fieldwork Brewing, Heidrun Meadery, Deutsch Winery, Firstleaf, Fernet-Branca
ENTERTAINMENT — TiVo, XBOX
TRAVEL + TOURISM — Marin Convention & Visitors Bureau
AIRLINES — Slate Aviation
GOVERNMENT + PUBLIC AFFAIRS — California Forever, CA Dept of Water Resources
EDUCATION — USC
HEALTH — GE Healthcare, VSP Vision, USC Keck Medicine & Norris Cancer, Janssen
SPORTS — FOX Sports
FOODS — Marin Tourism, McDonald's, Jelly Belly
ENERGY + CLIMATE — PG&E, Flex Your Power
FINANCIAL — Assure, Mach49
NONPROFIT — YES Youth Sports, Cool The World, Coral Reef Alliance, Red Cross

AGENCY EXPERIENCE
McCann Worldgroup
H&L Partners
BBDO
Publicis & Hal Riney
Digitas

Portrait of Cinematographer Ethan Swope.

Ethan Swope

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Ethan Swope is an award-winning cinematographer and photographer in Los Angeles. He is passionate about documentary and branded narrative, and he has shot for clients such as GE, Toyota, Marin Tourism, Slate Aviation and NGOs. Ethan worked on documentaries in Ukraine, Libya, 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. He leads photojournalism workshops in Iraq, Cuba and other locales. Ethan is a graduate of the UCLA film program.

CLIENT EXPERIENCE
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
LEISURE & TRAVEL — Slate Aviation, Marin Tourism
TECH — GE
HEALTH — Wider Circle
BEER & WINE — Fieldwork Brewing, Heidrun Meadery
REAL ESTATE — Sotheby's
NGO — Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
MEDIA — Associated Press, Bloomberg, Getty Images, San Francisco Chronicle
PRO-BONO — Archangel Ancient Tree Archive