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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Ted’s Showreels

Watch the Reels

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.

Live-Action Reel
1:59
The Director's Reel

Live-Action Reel

Three minutes of fire, faces, and feeling, the moving image at full voltage.

Motion Graphics Reel
2:12
Frames in Motion

Motion Graphics Reel

Design that breathes, type, light, and geometry choreographed to a pulse.

Festival & Narrative

Film for The People

The films made for the dark of a theater, narratives, documentaries, and experiments that have travelled the festival circuit.

Oh, The Places You'll Go at Burning Man!

Oh, The Places You'll Go at Burning Man!

Fiction ·
ESCAPE

ESCAPE

Experimental ·
Magic Moments

Magic Moments

Narrative ·
Commercial Clients

Film for Brands

Campaign films for the brands brave enough to tell the truth, Salesforce, Ancestry, Varian, and Comcast among them.

Varian - People Success

Varian - People Success

Documentary · 2020
Futureforce 2018

Futureforce 2018

Documentary · 2018
Fever Dreams

Experimental & Music Video

Where the rules come off, music videos and experimental work made to bypass the intellect and hit you somewhere older.

Destiny Now

Destiny Now

Fiction ·

A cinematic playlist to sit back and enjoy.

Full-screen, one film flowing into the next, no menus, no choosing, just the work. Lean back and let it run.

Shuffle all films

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.

A Lifetime Legacy

The Full Library

Every film, organized by category. Filter the archive, hover a card to preview, and click to open the film in full.

Showing 12 of 208 films
The Great Synthesis - Act 1 Editing Case Study
Loop
6:51

The Great Synthesis - Act 1 Editing Case Study

Narrative

One nightmare scene, three radically different edits, a hands-on case study in how post-production shapes story

The Great Synthesis
Loop
8:00

The Great Synthesis

Narrative

Written and directed by Ted, Lucy meets a dream traveler that shows her a path to salvation.

Live Film Editing Session (The Great Synthesis)
Loop
93:56

Live Film Editing Session (The Great Synthesis)

Narrative

Join Teddy as he puts final touches on his latest film.

Glint Summit - Berkeley
Loop
2:20

Glint Summit - Berkeley

Nonfiction

HR practitioners gather at an intimate summit to swap real stories and reignite their passion

Glint Summit - Sonoma
Loop
2:58

Glint Summit - Sonoma

Nonfiction

HR leaders gather at an intimate Sonoma summit to swap ideas and rethink engagement together

Glint Summit - Monterey
Loop
2:00

Glint Summit - Monterey

Nonfiction

Attendees share why the GLINT Summit Monterey connects their people, sparks ideas, and inspires lasting change

Destiny Now - Behind the Scenes
Loop
2:25

Destiny Now - Behind the Scenes

Fiction

Behind the scenes of a poetic experimental film on trauma healing, ancestry, and personal transformation

Destiny Now
Loop
3:21

Destiny Now

Fiction

A spoken-word call to lay down fear and weapons, awakening a united global human heart

HCA - People Success
Loop
2:45

HCA - People Success

Documentary

How HCA's Glint employee listening tool turned skepticism into real-time feedback and faster culture change

Ancestry - People Success
Loop
2:36

Ancestry - People Success

Documentary

How Ancestry listens to employees with Glint to fuel innovation and the customer experience

Varian - People Success
Loop
2:27

Varian - People Success

Documentary

How Varian put employees first to fuel its mission of a world without fear of cancer

Mimecast - People Success
Loop
2:35

Mimecast - People Success

Documentary

How Mimecast turned employee feedback into engagement, connection, and a culture of legendary customer success

Original IP in Development

THE WORLDS
YET TO BE SEEN

Four original scripts. Each one a universe waiting to exist.

Juiced
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.

Prosopagnosia
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.

The Fated
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.

Inevitable
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.

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