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FilmsFestival narratives, brand films, and original cinematic worlds.
PhotographyPortraits, light-painting, and beauty found in imperfection.
MusicTedDrops DJ sets and original scores made to move you.
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A Cinematic Archive
Films
Stories that dare you to think differently.
Film is the gravitational center of Ted Saunders’ universe — from cinematic brand campaigns and Burning Man narratives to experimental shorts, music videos, philosophical essays, and original sci-fi worlds.
Some projects are polished commercial productions. Others are deeply personal explorations of meaning, identity, imagination, and consciousness.
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Two minutes to feel the whole universe. The live-action reel for fire and faces; the motion-graphics reel for light and geometry in motion.
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Full-screen, one film flowing into the next — no menus, no choosing, just the work. Lean back and let it run.
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Films skip forward freely. With shuffle on, the next film is random; with it off, they follow the order. The full playlist will be delivered by Ted.
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Showing 208 films
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Written and directed by Ted, Lucy meets a dream traveler that shows her a path to salvation.
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Join Teddy as he puts final touches on his latest film.
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HR practitioners gather at an intimate summit to swap real stories and reignite their passion
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HR leaders gather at an intimate Sonoma summit to swap ideas and rethink engagement together
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Attendees share why the GLINT Summit Monterey connects their people, sparks ideas, and inspires lasting change
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Behind the scenes of a poetic experimental film on trauma healing, ancestry, and personal transformation
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A spoken-word call to lay down fear and weapons, awakening a united global human heart
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How HCA's Glint employee listening tool turned skepticism into real-time feedback and faster culture change
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How Ancestry listens to employees with Glint to fuel innovation and the customer experience
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How Varian put employees first to fuel its mission of a world without fear of cancer
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How Mimecast turned employee feedback into engagement, connection, and a culture of legendary customer success
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How Spectrum Health listens to 30,000 employees and turns their feedback into real action
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Friends gather in a sunlit backyard before drawing close around a glowing evening firepit
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A video about the release of Mitchell Evan's new menswear collection.
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Shot and Edited by Infinit Studios, this video focuses on the textures of the clothing as we use top secret tequniques to shoot.
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Product overview of Glint, the real-time platform turning employee engagement data into action
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How Glint's Driver Impact Report reveals what truly drives engagement and where to invest
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How Glint's AI-driven smart alerts turn weeks of HR data analysis into instant, actionable insight
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How Glint's AI turns employee engagement insights into tailored, manager-led action plans
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Smiles and warm encounters across a school hallway, city bridge, office desk and medical clinic
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A montage of people at work and study, from healthcare to classrooms to engineering graduates
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Real faces, real workplaces — a vertical portrait of the people behind the work
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Everyday people light up with warmth, from school hallways to city skylines to clinic desks
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A mysterious scroll, three Doritos flavors, and a snack-induced disappearing act gone hilariously wrong
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Zombie Attack & Zombie Pet Written directed and edited by Teddy Saunders.
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A mysterious attic scroll, three Dorito flavors, and a transformation nobody saw coming
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A Thank you letter and recap of Burning Man 2024
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A Burning Man journey set to Dr. Seuss's timeless ode to adventure, triumph, and resilience
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Fortmatic's Arthur Jen on building Web3 infrastructure and fast-tracking security compliance with Aptible
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Justin Kan on why Atrium relies on Aptible to scale security and compliance affordably
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Aptible's CEO on building a platform that makes world-class security and compliance accessible to every team
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QuadPay's Ian Yamey on building a scalable, best-practice security culture with Aptible Comply
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A playful, dessert-soaked music video bursting with sweet flavors, summer cruising vibes, and craving
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Fatima is one of four heroes in this Salesforce Series showing why its great to have a career in Sales at Salesforce.
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A Salesforce manager on purpose, Ohana culture, and a career built on giving back
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Lena is one of four heroes in this Salesforce Series showing why its great to have a career in Sales at Salesforce.
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A Salesforce sales leader on people-first culture, hiring for heart, and building a team that feels like family
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Evernote on why frequent, actionable engagement data with Glint makes work better for everyone
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Glassdoor leaders on how Glint's engagement data empowers managers and sharpens the employee experience
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How LinkedIn uses Glint to turn employee survey data into fast, manager-owned action
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Upwork on how Glint turns employee feedback into culture, career growth, and lasting talent
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A chorus of dreamers shares their hopes—from world peace and ending hunger to love and community
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A chorus of dreamers shares their hopes—from love and family to saving the planet
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Strangers share their dreams—from ending homelessness to changing music, art, and the world
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Strangers share their dreams—from saving the planet to love, art, and becoming a really good sandwich
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A dreamlike anthem about chasing escape, where every dream becomes its own beautiful lie
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Set in 1960's New Jersey, this is the story of four brothers and their struggle to make it as Doo Wop superstars.
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A music-driven portrait of the people who bring the Coachella crowd to life
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A portrait series capturing the people and atmosphere behind Snow Globe
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A vibrant portrait of the people and energy behind Pacific Festival
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250 faces of the Lightning in a Bottle 2011
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Inside Aptible's mission-driven, remote-first culture, where trust, growth, and commitment to each other come first
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Salesforce voices on civil rights, representation, and what it means to show up as an ally
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How Glint's People Science team turns employee data into insights that make leaders—and workplaces—better
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A people-centric vision for work where honest conversations unlock engagement, growth, and success
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Glint's People Science team on their shared mission to bring more humanity to work
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An MBA intern shares how Salesforce blends real product marketing work with culture and giving back
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A Salesforce software engineer on how careers are built through relationships, experiences, and constant learning
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An intern's inside look at culture, mentorship, and community within Salesforce's program
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A whimsical escape from cubicle conformity into a festival world of music, connection, and self-discovery
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A film about a dog and his owner playing hide and seek across America.
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A spy thriller of stolen chips, false identities, and a high-stakes mission gone covert
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Commercial spot for Advance.org, Australia's Global Community.
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Members share how Advance.org connected them to careers, collaborators, community and even love
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Faint glints of light pierce the dark in a stealthy, shadow-drenched comedic short
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A cheeky commercial spec for Axe and Trojan, combined.
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Everything in this was directed, shot and edited by Teddy Saunders.
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How Torch scales coaching and mentoring to make professional growth inclusive, integrated, and measurable
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A veteran and insurance agent finds a debt-free path into tech through the Pathfinder program
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From odd jobs to Salesforce developer—Wyley's Pathfinder journey to a new career and passion
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A rallying call for diversity in tech and the courage to be agents of change
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Having been lost for years, Waldo arrives at Burning man only to find himself.
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This is a test scene for my next film, JUICED, an incredible true story about white fragility and the black experience.
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Inside Salesforce Research, where cutting-edge AI science meets responsible, real-world impact across industries
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A hyperlapse demo reel weaving voices on workplace culture, purpose, and the drive to give back
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How Salesforce confronts a crisis of trust by building ethics into technology's future
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Salesforce leaders reframe what leadership demands now: trust, collaboration, and a long-term plan over brute force
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Salesforce leaders rethink the future of leadership—trust, vulnerability, empathy and giving up control
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A shift in perspective of an intimate live performance of Minni Jo and Eddie Izm
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A confident dental implant commercial restoring smiles with same-day, natural-feeling permanent teeth
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A 30-second spot selling confidence through same-day dental implants and advanced, patient-safe technology
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Shot, edited and colored by Teddy Saunders on summer solstice June 21 2016.
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An animated career guide mapping the many adventurous paths to growth at Salesforce
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A poetic call to awaken, reject division, and consciously create a unified, flourishing human destiny
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A high-energy night at The District's Coachella pre-party, where music, drinks and good company collide
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A flowing Steadicam capture of Kaminanda's immersive instrumental performance, driven by sound and movement
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Inside LA's first Body Fine Art competition, where the human figure becomes a canvas for meaning
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Testing a new concept of camera movement at the Ignight fire festival in California.
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Shot and edited this promo for the Heavenly Resort in Tahoe for their annual New Years Eve celebration.
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IgNight your passions at this fire and flow festival in Joshua Tree National Park on June 6-9.
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From the deserts of Joshua Tree, CA comes a fire festival where the worlds top spinners come together to teach and play.
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A bluesy breakup anthem about learning from heartbreak and vowing the next love won't repeat the past
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A short film about growing up, living your dreams and always remaining a child.
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A meditative reminder to stay present, steady your heart, and trust the strength within
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This video is an experiment made up of still photographs of my buddy Carlos at Burning Man.
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A rhyming recruitment pitch inviting coders to join Salesforce and build the software of tomorrow
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Dr. Seuss's timeless ode to life's triumphs, slumps and the courage to keep going
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Coming Soon: A Short film of the entire Dr.
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On-the-ground chaos as Red Sox celebrations turn into a tear-gas standoff in Kenmore Square
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On-the-ground footage as jubilant fans flood the streets and clash with police after the Red Sox win
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A playful Match.com spot proving every kind of guy can find his match online
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I had one day to create a thirty second spot for Ridley Scott's new TV Reality: SHOOTERS.
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This video highlights a few of the hundreds of performers that travel to Austin Texas for the 2010 SXSW Music Festival.
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My senior thesis project at Boston University 2007.
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A homecoming dinner unravels into chaos when everyone's secret romantic histories collide at one table
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A short film written, directed and edited by Ted in 2006 for a class at Boston University.
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Salesforce's next generation introduces themselves as the passionate, ambitious FutureForce shaping the company's future
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Interns and grads find empowerment, mentorship and real ownership inside Salesforce's collaborative Future Force program
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A sleek product story for Gatsby, the modern website framework built for speed, security, and scale
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A Mexican seafood chef on turning delivery from a cost center into profit with Sauce
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A spoken-word meditation on shared humanity, connection, and love that always wins
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How a Santa Barbara pizzeria reclaimed its margins and customers with a partner that feels like family
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A slick promo for TravelWits, the all-in-one booking platform that bundles transport and stays
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TravelWits bundles flights, transport, and lodging into one transparent, budget-friendly package
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I Tried Vipassana Meditation… Here’s the Truth.
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The story of my week-long journey to propose to his now-fiancée Zoe.
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A product showcase for Act-On's email marketing platform, from AI composition to deliverability
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A musical meditation on love's cycles, fleeting moments, and the quiet ache of goodbye
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The intimate story about how my last ayahuasca journey scared me nearly to "death," and then revealed nirvana
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Animated explainer showing how Berbix verifies identity instantly to deter fraud and drive growth
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How AI turns thousands of open-ended employee comments into clear themes leaders can act on
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Many people don't know that I run a creative agency called Infinit Studios.
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Why real power demands discomfort, and the grit to stand firm when the current pushes back
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A reflection on the trade-off between holding power and surrendering into freedom
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A poetic escape from corporate monotony into the freedom, connection, and transformation of festival life
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How Salesforce's Be Well Together webinar series helped people build healthy habits through the pandemic and beyond
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A raw, unscripted reflection on how the power of choice frees us to be who we want
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A bold call to trade victimhood for radical responsibility and reclaim your power
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Young interns discover empowerment, trust, and purpose inside Salesforce's culture-driven Futureforce program
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Salesforce new grads share honest advice and hard-won wisdom from their first year on the job
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Salesforce's next generation introduces FutureForce — young, ambitious talent shaping the company's global future
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A Navy veteran on translating military skills, leadership, and serving customers in her Comcast career
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A self-aware ad for an ad-blocker that swaps spam for the people you actually follow
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Animated marketing explainer turning website visitors, leads, and prospect scores into a bright, upward story
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A 360 immersive trip through Lightning in a Bottle, celebrating creativity, divinity and the art of living
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Video background for Josh's website
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A rallying call to phone bank for Bernie and turn one voice into real political influence
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An internal Salesforce hub helping employees find answers, info, and support—fast and personally
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A party video we made to showcase H Event Productions and the 30th birthday party of this fine gentleman.
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A vision of Toyota's connected, personalized car-buying journey across every device and touchpoint
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A product walkthrough of Pantheon for Enterprise, the platform that streamlines WordPress and Drupal site management
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A collective of directors, musicians and artists uniting many voices to tell one story
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A bright thirteen-year-old picks up the camera under the Kenyan sun in this story teaser
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Salesforce employees share how diversity, inclusion and affinity groups let them bring their whole selves to work
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Shot by Ted Produced by Justin Gunn, We flew a Sony A7sII on a Ronin-M Steadicam to get these shots.
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A breezy anthem of wanderlust and living for the moment, wherever the road leads
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Animated infographic charting the #IAM_ campaign's reach, partners, and impact in clean bold type
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How Pantheon helps digital agencies ditch infrastructure headaches and ship beautiful sites faster
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Sun-drenched portraits and rainbow color from a jubilant city Pride parade
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How Salesforce's V2MOM framework aligns every employee around vision, values, methods, obstacles and measures
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How Wrap's storytelling platform turns mobile interactions into engaging, app-like conversations that convert
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A pink-lit night of shared plates, hand drums and uninhibited dancing inside a candlelit lounge
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A platform demo for managing entire portfolios of websites from one cloud dashboard
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Salesforce employees confess what makes their work a true dream job—culture, growth, and purpose
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Dreambox dreams captured at Burning Man 2013
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An onboarding welcome guide unpacking the benefits, pay, equity and growth perks behind Salesforce's employee success culture
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A weekend party kickoff—soft opening, wild nights and a pool party countdown set to driving beats
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Just a little video that I shot in two hours and edited in two hours for John to remember his graduation by.
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An animated guide to Salesforce's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and how it helps employees grow savings
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Inside Salesforce tech ops: how pods, custom apps, and Chatter scale data and drive innovation
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An TV pilot about the world rock band Sonic Ashtanga and their journey to winning the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
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Sonic Ashtanga fuses Sufi devotion and rock at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards
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Animated explainer breaking down Salesforce's stock rewards and the payoff of employee equity ownership
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An acting reel spanning raunchy comedy and high-stakes political thriller, showing Teddy's range across registers
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An onboarding guide to Salesforce's travel and expense tools, with a spend-it-like-it's-yours mindset
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This video came in 16th place in the 2007 Doritos crash the superbowl competition.
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In 2010 I was asked to travel to Bangkok to help Eric Roberts prepare for his role as a lead in an action film.
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Ted was hired to produce all of the media content for the fourth annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
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I made this behind the scenes video to show how important set design is when shooting high budget TV shows.
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Mary J. Blige revisits her My Life classics live, reworking the songs that defined her
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True love is put in jeopardy when a kid pretends to be someone he's not.
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Shot and Edited by Teddy Saunders for Interscope Records.
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A relentless count toward the goal—proof that persistence is the only thing standing between effort and triumph
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A student film I made in 2006.
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A remake of Outcast's So Fresh So Clean, created by Ted in High School
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Jack Osbourne's production company, Schweet Entertainment, hired me to edit this interview for his documentary.
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This music video is being animated in Packistan at the moment.
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This was a test shoot that we improvised in 2006.
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Shot in 2002 for my high school TV production class, this video won first place in the New England High School video…
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Set in 1960's New Jersey, this is the story of four brothers and their struggle to make it as Doo Wop superstars.
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A tribute to a legend that we lost
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A hyperlapse video made for the Abundance Spongle event
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Inside Salesforce Research's mission to build fair, transparent AI by embedding ethics from the start
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A frenetic, playful burst of game-speak chaos powered by relentless jump-and-drop energy
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How AssetForce automates asset tracking and keeps teams informed in real time through the social enterprise
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Glossy haircare spot blending waterfall product hero shots with radiant, sunlit beauty and bubble-bath moments
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Experimenting with motion tracking
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Shot in Africa, A video for a nonprofit called Give energy that got pulled because they went bankrupt during the shoot. Super sad.
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A feisty granny realizes she's stuck inside an ad and absolutely refuses to play along
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A homecoming dinner detonates when a boyfriend learns his girlfriend already knows his parents—intimately
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Why employee engagement belongs to managers, not just HR—and how leaders drive performance through it
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How SmartSource powers growing businesses with computer, AV, and event technology rentals nationwide
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An anthem for living now—embracing who you are before someday slips away
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Participants reflect on a transcendent yoga workshop that blends movement, sound, breath, and human connection
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Costumed performers command a fog-soaked stage washed in fiery reds and electric blues
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An SUV stands alone on a cracked desert flat as the sun sinks behind distant mountains
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Made in High School, a wintry holiday standard collides with heartbreak, turning cozy nostalgia into a slow-burning farewell
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A surreal political reckoning that wrestles with ancestral trauma, karmic loops, and inherited history
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Fire dancers spin and tumble across the desert night beneath a glowing illuminated sculpture
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A defiant holdout finally caves to the irresistible pull of the Nod
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Micro documentary about a secret island with a three story treehouse
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A product tour of Uncountable, the R&D platform unifying lab experiments, data, and analysis in one home
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In memory of artist-fabricator Tomas Verde. The fastest edit Ted has ever done for a video this size (three days).
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How speech recognition turns spoken words into text—and makes technology accessible to everyone
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Experimenting for a Poetic Film concept
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Shot in middle school, an over dub film of post-apocalyptic war saga waged entirely by foul-mouthed kids armed with guns, gangs and grudges
Original IP in Development
THE WORLDS
YET TO BE SEEN
Four original scripts. Each one a universe waiting to exist.
Sociological Indie
Juiced
DramaComing-of-AgeTrue Story
Based on a true story: A kidnapped college kid is forced to sell fruit juice in the ghetto, and awoken to the realities of race, class, and culture.
Psychological Thriller
Prosopagnosia
ThrillerSci-FiMystery
A man who loses the ability to recognize faces must find his kidnapped fiancée, aided only by an elixir that bends time.
Global Adventure Fantasy
The Fated
FantasyEpicAction
A man who released a dark god to end a war must now lead rebels to save the world — and his wife — from the corrupt order he unknowingly served.
Futurist Sci-Fi
Inevitable
Sci-FiCyberpunkPhilosophical
The first human consciousness inside a cyborg body understands everything — except where we came from. So he ushers existence toward the singularity.