Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning Cinematographer, Director and Producer who has spent his notable career providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg is a visual artist who breaks barriers, connects with audiences, and tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people, and places.
Mushrooms can heal the earth, your body, and your mind. If you look at the earth, they are critical for bioremediation — they can break down toxins and poisons, so have remarkable potential for cleaning up our environment. Then penicillin, which is a mold, has saved more human lives than any other medicine on the planet. And now there’s great research happening with psychedelics, and psilocybin being used to treat patients with end of life anxiety, stress, and other mental health challenges.
Louie Schwartzberg has spent four decades capturing the brilliance of the natural world — now he hopes his findings could heal humankind.