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: Ang natatagong ganda ng polinasyon

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Polinasyon: kailangan ito ng buhay sa mundo, ngunit hindi gaanong nakikita ng ating mga mata. Ipinakita sa atin ni Louie Schwartzberg, isang direktor, ang kakaibang mundo ng mga bulaklak at insekto sa pamamagitan ng mga kahali-halinang litratong high-speed mula sa kanyang pelikulang "Wings of Life," na kanyang ginawa dahil sa pagkaubos ng pangunahing insekto sa polinasyon, ang honeybee.
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It's great being here at TED.
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Nakakatuwa dito sa TED.
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You know, I think there might be some presentations
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Alam niyo, sa tingin ko may mga pagtatanghal
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that will go over my head,
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na hindi ko lubusang maiintindihan,
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but the most amazing concepts
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ngunit ang mga pinakamahuhusay na konsepto
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are the ones that go right under my feet.
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ay yaong mga tumatagos hanggang talampakan.
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The little things in life,
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Ang maliliit na bagay sa buhay,
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sometimes that we forget about,
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na madalas nating nalilimutan,
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like pollination, that we take for granted.
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katulad ng polinasyon, na ating winawalang-bahala.
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And you can't tell the story about pollinators --
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Walang kwento tungkol sa mga pollinators --
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bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --
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mga bubuyog, paniki, hummingbirds, paru-paro --
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without telling the story about the invention of flowers
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nang hindi kinukwento ang istorya ng pagkakaroon ng mga bulaklak
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and how they co-evolved
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at kung paano sila nagkasabay sa ebolusyon
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over 50 million years.
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sa loob ng 50 milyong taon.
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I've been filming time-lapse flowers
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Kinukunan ko ang mga bulaklak gamit ang time-lapse
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24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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24 oras sa isang araw, 7 araw sa isang linggo,
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for over 35 years.
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sa loob ng 35 taon.
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To watch them move
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Ang mapanood silang gumalaw
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is a dance I'm never going to get tired of.
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na parang isang sayaw ay hindi ko pagsasawaan.
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It fills me with wonder, and it opens my heart.
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Napupuno ako ng pagkamangha at binubuksan nito ang aking puso.
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Beauty and seduction, I believe,
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Ang kagandahan at panghahalina, sa aking paniniwala,
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is nature's tool for survival,
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ay gamit ng kalikasan upang ito'y magtagal,
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because we will protect what we fall in love with.
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dahil napapangalagaan natin ang mga bagay na napapamahal sa atin.
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Their relationship
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Ang kanilang ugnayan
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is a love story that feeds the Earth.
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ay isang kwento ng pag-ibig na bumubuhay sa mundo.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature,
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Pinapaalala nito sa atin na kabahagi din tayo ng kalikasan,
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and we're not separate from it.
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at hindi tayo nakahiwalay dito.
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When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder,
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Nang narinig ko ang tungkol sa mga naglahong bubuyog, at sa Colony Collapse Disorder,
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it motivated me to take action.
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ito ang nag-udyok sa akin na kumilos.
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We depend on pollinators
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Umaasa tayo sa mga pollinators
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for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat.
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sa halos ikatlo ng lahat ng prutas at gulay na ating kinakain.
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And many scientists believe
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At maraming siyentipiko ang naniniwala
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it's the most serious issue facing mankind.
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na ito ang pinakaseryosong suliranin na kinakaharap ng sangkatauhan.
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It's like the canary in the coalmine.
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Dapat itong magsilbing babala.
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If they disappear, so do we.
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Kapag sila'y naglaho, tayo din ay maglalaho.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature
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Pinapaalala nito na kabahagi tayo ng kalikasan
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and we need to take care of it.
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at kailangan natin itong alagaan.
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What motivated me to film their behavior
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Ang nag-udyok sa'kin na kunan ang kanilang gawain
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was something that I asked my scientific advisers:
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ay noong nagtanong ako sa aking mga tagapayo sa agham:
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"What motivates the pollinators?"
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"Ano ang nagpapagalaw sa mga pollinators?"
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Well, their answer was,
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Sagot nila,
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"It's all about risk and reward."
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"Iyon ay ang pagtataya sa mga panganib at gantimpala."
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Like a wide-eyed kid, I'd say, "Why is that?"
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Gaya ng isang mausisang bata, nagtanong pa ako, "Bakit ganoon?"
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And they'd say, "Well, because they want to survive."
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Sagot nila, "Marahil, dahil gusto nilang magtagal."
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I go, "Why?"
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Nagpatuloy pa ako, "Bakit?"
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"Well, in order to reproduce."
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"Marahil, para magparami."
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"Well, why?"
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"Bakit naman?"
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And I thought that they'd probably say, "Well, it's all about sex."
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At akala ko ang isasagot nila, "Marahil, dahil gusto nilang makipagtalik."
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And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,
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Sagot naman ni Chip Taylor, ang aming experto sa monarch butterfly,
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he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.
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"Walang nagtatagal ng panghabambuhay.
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Everything in the universe wears out."
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Ang lahat ng nasa kalawakan ay mawawala."
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And that blew my mind.
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At doon ako nawindang.
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Because I realized
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Dahil naunawaan ko
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that nature had invented reproduction
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na inimbento ng kalikasan ang pagpaparami
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as a mechanism for life to move forward,
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bilang mekanismo upang magpatuloy ang buhay,
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as a life force that passes right through us
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bilang puwersa sa bawat isa sa atin
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and makes us a link in the evolution of life.
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na nagdudugtong sa kabuuang ebolusyon.
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Rarely seen by the naked eye,
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Dahil bihirang nakikita ng ating payak na mata,
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this intersection
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ang ugnayang ito
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between the animal world and the plant world
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na pumapagitna sa mundo ng mga hayop at halaman
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is truly a magic moment.
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ay tunay na kahanga-hanga.
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It's the mystical moment
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Ito'y isang mahiwagang sandali
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where life regenerates itself,
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kung saan nililikha ng buhay ang kanyang sarili,
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over and over again.
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nang paulit-ulit.
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So here is some nectar from my film.
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Kaya heto ang mumunting dagta mula sa aking mga kuha.
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I hope you'll drink, tweet
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Umaasa ako na kayo'y sisimsim, huhuni
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and plant some seeds
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at magtatanim ng ilang buto
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to pollinate a friendly garden.
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upang makapagbunga ng isang maaliwas na hardin.
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And always take time to smell the flowers,
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At lagi kayong maglaan ng oras upang amuyin ang mga bulaklak,
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and let it fill you with beauty,
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at hayaan niyo na punuin kayo nito ng pagkahalina,
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and rediscover that sense of wonder.
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at maalala ang pakiramdam ng pagkamangha.
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Here are some images from the film.
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Heto ang ilan sa mga imahe mula sa aking kuha.
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(Music)
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(Musika)
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(Palakpakan)
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Thank you.
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Salamat.
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Thank you very much.
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Maraming salamat.
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(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
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Thank you.
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Salamat.
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(Applause)
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(Palakpakan)
Translated by Juzel Danganan
Reviewed by Schubert Malbas

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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