Biography
Steve Ellington is an independent filmmaker, photographer and expert in visual media production.
Why "the automatic filmmaker"?
the name comes from the surrealist technique called "automatic writing" -- the process of writing with out thinking to let your subconcious flow freely. I believe that the best human creation comes from the subconscious and so I strive to make my filmmaking as 'automatic' as possible. Almost every artist talks about this phenomenon -- when your art seems to take on a life of its own.
History
2011 Editor/Co-producer - ZiBBZ Season 2 (Reality TV show for Joiz AG)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Sulzer Pumps Core Values 2 (Coporate Communications Video)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Sulzer Pumps/Cardo Flow Solutions Day One (Coporate Communcations Video)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Johanna Tagada Has Monstrous Friends (Short Portrait Documentary)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Goodnight Company (Music Video)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Sulzer Pumps in China (Corporate Communications Video)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Songwriting and Solitude (Short Portrait Documentary)
2011 Director/Cameraman - Live Performance Video Series (Various Artists, Ongoing)
2010 Director/Cameraman - Matthew Anderson Wedding Photography (Promo Video)
2010 Director - Jailcard (Music Video)
2010 Director/Cameraman - Pimpinone oder Die Ungleiche Heirat (Promo video for the Swiss Chamber Opera)
2010 Director - Cafe Henrici Live Music Video Series (Ongoing)
2009 Director/Cameraman - BasFolies (Live Event and Promo Video)
2009 Director/Cameraman - Sulzer Pumps Core Values (Corporate Communications Video)
2009 DOP, Editor - Aus.Lauf (Swiss Short Film)
2009 Director, Editor - Legacy of the Great Aletsch (Documentary)
2008 Director/Cameraman - BasVegas (Short film produced for Mode Atelier Basman)
2008 Director/Cameraman - Subterranean iPhone Blues (Web Short)
2008 Director, Editor - Machbo [das Versteck] (Short film produced for Mode Atelier Basman)
2007 Director/Cameraman - Libra Armor (Music Video)
2007 Director, Editor - H.R. Giger's Sanctuary (Documentary)
2007 Director/Cameraman - Switzerland Travel Series for Geobeats.com
2006 Motion Graphics Design - BOFFO! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (HBO Documentary)
2005 Director - Freddie Goodtime (Music Video)
2005 Producer, Editor - Mikasa Soccer Highlands Commercial
2004 Motion Graphics Design - Mighty Times: The Childrens March (Academy Award 2005, Best Short Doc)