David Swope
CREATIVE DIRECTOR | DIRECTOR | EDITORDavid Swope is a hybrid. An award-winning advertising creative director for San Francisco agencies and clients, he now crafts brand stories as a filmmaker. David strives to deliver innovative, emotionally resonant and effective content and advertising. Over 25 years of creating commercials and social videos has given him the ability to concisely tell any brand story.
Client experience includes tech to automotive, lifestyle to B2B. An eternal optimist, David sees the big picture, loves strategy, gets budgets and deadlines—and finds solutions. Aside from that, he plays jazz piano, hikes all over Marin, and is not a dog person but got one anyway.
RECOGNITION
Clio, Cannes, Emmy, Telly, Addy, Mill Valley Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, California Film Awards, Communciation Arts
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
TECH — Hitachi, HP, Janssen, Microsoft, ST Micro
BEER, WINE & SPIRITS — Deutsch Winery, Firstleaf, Fieldwork, Fernet-Branca
ENTERTAINMENT — TiVo, XBOX
TRAVEL — Marin Tourism
AIRLINES — Slate Aviation
POLITICAL — California Forever / EastSolanoPlan.com
EDUCATION — USC
HEALTH — VSP, USC Keck Medicine & Norris Cancer, Wider Circle
SPORTS — FOX Sports
FOODS — McDonald's, Jelly Belly
ENERGY — Flex Your Power
FINANCIAL — Assure, Mach49
PRO BONO — Cool The World, Long Now, Coral Reef Alliance, Red Cross
AGENCY EXPERIENCE
McCann Worldgroup
H&L Partners
BBDO
Publicis & Hal Riney
Digitas
Ethan Swope
CINEMATOGRAPHEREthan Swope is an award-winning cinematographer attending UCLA’s film school. He is passionate about documentary and branded narrative, and he has shot for clients such as Toyota, Marin Tourism, and NGOs. Ethan worked on documentaries in Ukraine, Lebanon, and Mexico, and extensively covered California wildfires. When not on set he is a photojournalist for national and international agencies including the Associated Press and Getty Images.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
AUTOMOTIVE — Toyota
LEISURE & TRAVEL — Slate Aviation, Marin Tourism
HEALTH — Wider Circle
BEER — Fieldwork
REAL ESTATE — Sotheby's
NGO — Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
MEDIA — Associated Press, Bloomberg, Getty Images, San Francisco Chronicle