Featured Projects

Once Within A Time

ONCE WITHIN A TIME is a new film from legendary director Godfrey Reggio, composer Philip Glass, executive producer Steven Soderbergh, and filmmaker Jon Kane. It is a bardic fairy tale about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, tinged with apocalyptic comedy, rapturous cinematography, unforgettable vistas, and the innocence and hopes of a new generation.

The Making of Godfrey Reggio's Once Within A Time

Witness the unconventional methods employed by film legend Godfrey Reggio and his team in the making of Once Within A time. If you have questions, this will answer them...

National Museum of Qatar

Over a five year period beginning in 2014, opticnerve™ created seven films and provided creative direction for all 17 of the large-scale immersive films inside the National Museum of Qatar. Watch this short teaser for an overview.

Visitors

Visitors is our second collaboration with Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass after Naqoyqatsi in 2001. Presented by Steven Soderbergh and photographed in stunning black and white, Visitors reveals humanity's trancelike relationship with technology.

Hearts & Science

When Omnicom Media Group launched their new agency Hearts and Science, they asked us to make a film explaining how the new marketing realities of the "Post Media World" inform their data-driven marketing approach.

Bringing Comfort

opticnerve™ teamed with McAllister Towing (New York Harbor's largest tugboat operation) to document the arrival of the U.S.N. Comfort Hospital ship to NYC.

Nafas

Mira Nair’s film Nafas was the first film created for The National Museum of Qatar in 2014. This film tells the story of the grueling and personal journey endured by Qatari pearl divers in the early part of the 20th century.

Technion

We were asked by the agency Phil & Co. to shoot and edit the film honoring former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts to build the new Cornell/Technion University on Roosevelt Island.

Arts Brookfield

Arts Brookfield presents free, world-class cultural experiences to the public. In this spot, one in a series featuring noted artists, renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones speaks on how “art sets you free."

Beautiful

opticnerve™ partnered with Serino Coyne to produce and edit the TV spot for the Broadway musical Beautiful about Carol King's iconic life as a singer and songwriter.

Aquatique

When renowned photographer Brian Oglesbee was asked by the Hubei Jiahe Modern Arts Museum in China to make a gallery film to accompany a show of prints from his mesmerizing series Aquatique, he asked his former student Jon Kane if he might be interested. He was.

Carnegie

The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy seeks to inspire a culture of giving by recognizing outstanding philanthropists who reflect the values of Andrew Carnegie and his philosophy of giving—that the surplus wealth of the few should be administered “for the good of the people.”

Rodarte

This film celebrates acclaimed designers Laura and Kate Mullevy of Rodarte who won the National Design Award at the Cooper Hewitt Museum

Cointreau - MargaDita

Dita Von Teese x Cointreau collaboration.

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