ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

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Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination

Louie Schwartzberg: La bellesa amagada de la pol.linització.

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Polinització: és vital per a la vida a la Terra, però majoritàriament no vista per l'ull humà. El cineasta Louie Schwartsberg ens mostra l'intrincat món del pol.len i la pol.linització amb unes imatges maravelloses a gran velocitat de la seva pel.lícula "Wings of Life" ("Ales de vida"), inpirada per la desaparició d'un dels principals pol.linitzadors de la natura, l'abella.
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It's great beingser here at TEDTED.
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És fantàstic ser aquí a TED.
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You know, I think there mightpotser be some presentationspresentacions
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that will go over my headcap,
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que em sobrepasen,
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but the mostla majoria amazingsorprenent conceptsconceptes
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però els conceptes més increïbles
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are the onesuns that go right undersota my feetpeus.
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són els que passen per davant del meu nas.
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The little things in life,
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Les petites coses de la vida,
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sometimesde vegades that we forgetoblida't about,
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que de vegades oblidem,
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like pollinationpol·linització, that we take for grantedconcedit.
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com la pol.linització, que donem per fetes.
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And you can't tell the storyhistòria about pollinatorspol·linitzadors --
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No pots explicar la història dels pol.linitzadors,
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beesabelles, batsratpenats, hummingbirdscolibrís, butterfliespapallones --
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abelles, ratpenats, colibrís, papallones,
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withoutsense tellingdient the storyhistòria about the inventioninvenció of flowersflors
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sense explicar la història de la invenció de les flors
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and how they co-evolvedco-evolucionat
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i com han coevolucionat
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over 50 millionmilions yearsanys.
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durant 50 milions d'anys.
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I've been filmingrodatge time-lapselapse de temps flowersflors
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He estat filmant flors en lapses de temps
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24 hourshores a day, sevende set daysdies a weeksetmana,
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24 hores al dia, 7 dies per setmana,
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for over 35 yearsanys.
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durant 35 anys.
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To watch them movemoure's
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Veure-les moure
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is a dancedansa I'm never going to get tiredcansat of.
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és una dança de la qual no me'n canso mai.
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It fillsomple me with wondermeravella, and it openss'obre my heartcor.
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M'omple de meravella, i m'obre el cor.
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BeautyBellesa and seductionseducció, I believe,
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Bellesa i seducció, crec,
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is nature'snaturalesa tooleina for survivalsupervivència,
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són les eines de la natura per a sobreviure,
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because we will protectprotegir what we fallcaure in love with.
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ja que protegim el que ens enamora.
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TheirSeva relationshiprelació
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La seva relació
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is a love storyhistòria that feedsalimenta the EarthTerra.
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és una història d'amor que alimenta la Terra.
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It remindsrecorda us that we are a partpart of naturenaturalesa,
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Ens recorda que som part de la natura,
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and we're not separateseparat from it.
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que no n'estem separats.
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When I heardescoltat about the vanishingdesaparegut beesabelles, ColonyColònia CollapseCol·lapse DisorderTrastorn,
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En saber de les abelles desaparegudes, el problema del col.lapse de colònies,
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it motivatedmotivat me to take actionacció.
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va fer-me reaccionar.
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We dependdepenen on pollinatorspol·linitzadors
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Depenem dels pol.linitzadors
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for over a thirdtercer of the fruitsfruites and vegetablesverdures we eatmenjar.
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per a més d'una tercera part de la fruita i vegetals que mengem.
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And manymolts scientistscientífics believe
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I molts científics creuen
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it's the mostla majoria seriousgreu issueassumpte facingenfrontant-se mankindhumanitat.
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que és el tema més serios al que l'humanitat s'enfronta.
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It's like the canarycanari in the coalmineCoalmine.
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És com el canari a la mina de carbó.
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If they disappeardesaparèixer, so do we.
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Si desapareixen, nosaltres també.
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It remindsrecorda us that we are a partpart of naturenaturalesa
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Ens recorda que som part de la natura
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and we need to take carecura of it.
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i necessitem cuidar-la.
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What motivatedmotivat me to filmpel·lícula theirels seus behaviorcomportament
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El que em va motivar a filmar el seu comportament
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was something that I askedpreguntat my scientificcientífic advisersAssessors:
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és quelcom que vaig preguntr als meus consellers científics:
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"What motivatesmotiva the pollinatorspol·linitzadors?"
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Què motiva als pol.linitzadors?
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Well, theirels seus answerresposta was,
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Doncs la resposta va ser,
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"It's all about riskrisc and rewardrecompensa."
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"Es tracta del risc i la recompensa."
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Like a wide-eyedels kidnoi, I'd say, "Why is that?"
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Ben astorat vaig dir, "I per què?"
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And they'dho farien say, "Well, because they want to survivesobreviure."
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I van dir, "Doncs, perquè volen sobreviure."
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I go, "Why?"
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Vaig dir, "Per què?"
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"Well, in orderordre to reproducereproduir."
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"Doncs, per a reproduir-se."
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"Well, why?"
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"Doncs, per què?"
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And I thought that they'dho farien probablyProbablement say, "Well, it's all about sexsexe."
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I pensava que probablement dirien, "Doncs, es tracta de sexe."
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And ChipXip TaylorTaylor, our monarchmonarca butterflypapallona expertexpert,
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I en Chip Taylor, el nostre expert en papallones Monarca,
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he repliedva respondre, "Nothing lastsdurant foreverper sempre.
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va respodre, "Res dura per sempre.
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Everything in the universeunivers wearsporta out."
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Tot a l'univers s'acaba."
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And that blewbufa my mindment.
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I això em va al.lucinar.
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Because I realizedadonar-se'n
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Perquè me'n vaig adonar
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that naturenaturalesa had inventedinventat reproductionreproducció
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que la natura va inventar la reproducció
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as a mechanismmecanisme for life to movemoure's forwardendavant,
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com a mecanisme per a que la vida continuï endavant,
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as a life forceforça that passespassa right througha través us
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com una força vital que ens atravessa
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and makesfa us a linkenllaç in the evolutionevolució of life.
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i ens uneix a l'evolució de la vida.
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RarelyPoques vegades seenvist by the nakednu eyeull,
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Poques vegades vista per l'ull nu
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this intersectionintersecció
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aquesta intersecció
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betweenentre the animalanimal worldmón and the plantplanta worldmón
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entre el món animal i el món vegetal
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is trulyveritablement a magicmàgia momentmoment.
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és un moment realment màgic.
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It's the mysticalmística momentmoment
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where life regeneratesregenera itselfella mateixa,
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quan la vida es regenera,
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over and over again.
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una i altra vegada.
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So here is some nectarnèctar from my filmpel·lícula.
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Aquí hi ha nèctar per a la meva pel.lícula.
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I hopeesperança you'llho faràs drinkbeure, tweettweeter
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Espero que bebeu, piuleu
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and plantplanta some seedsllavors
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i planteu algunes llavors
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to pollinatepolinització a friendlyamable gardenjardí.
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per pol.linitzar un bonic jardí.
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And always take time to smellolor the flowersflors,
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I sempre tingueu temps d'olorar les flors
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and let it fillomplir you with beautybellesa,
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i us deixeu omplir per la bellesa,
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and rediscoverredescobrir that sensesentit of wondermeravella.
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i redescobrir la capacitat de sorprendre's.
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Here are some imagesimatges from the filmpel·lícula.
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Aquí teniu algunes imatges de la pel.lícula.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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Thank you very much.
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Moltes gràcies.
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Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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Translated by Noemi Casadesus Viola
Reviewed by David Monreal

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Louie Schwartzberg - Filmmaker
Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life -- revealing connections, universal rhythms, patterns and beauty.

Why you should listen

Louie Schwartzberg is a cinematographer, director and producer whose career spans more than four decades of providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people and places.

Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Mysteries of the Unseen World is a journey into invisible worlds that are too slow, too fast, too small and too vast for the human eye to see, while Wings of Life focuses on pollination and the web of life. Schwartzberg also directed Soarin' Around the World, an international update to the original Soarin' ride now showing at Disney Parks in Anaheim, Orlando and Shanghai.

Designed to inspire, educate and evolve our perspective on the world, Schwartzberg creates and curates Moving Art videos, which can be found on your smart phone and Netflix. The Moving Art series will be expanded from six to thirteen videos in early 2017.

Schwartzberg's Gratitude Revealed series of shorts were launched on Oprah.com. Supported by the Templeton Foundation, with science and analytics by the Greater Good Center at UC Berkeley, the series explores the multifaceted virtues of gratitude. Schwartzberg is the first filmmaker to be inducted into the Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation’s Invention Ambassadors Program.

For Schwartzberg, the greatest satisfaction is creating works that can have a positive effect on the future of the planet. "I hope my films inspire and open people's hearts," he says. "Beauty is nature's tool for survival -- we protect what we love. Nature's beauty can open hearts, and the shift in consciousness we need to sustain and celebrate life."

More profile about the speaker
Louie Schwartzberg | Speaker | TED.com