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Isle Box - Manifesto

A manifesto to finding your own adventure outside. Islebox helps you create that adventure with monthly and quarterly boxes full of specifically curated outdoor gear to take your journey to the next level. Our Director Ben Derico headed out to Oregon with the guys from Isle Box to film this spot to launch their direct-to-your-door service.

Roam Magazine - Toma Cafe

Roam Magazine was created to find the creative heart of Madrid. Through dozens of hangouts, documented on their digital pages, with some of the city's best well-known and hidden creatives, ROAM strives to understand the city’s true identity. We were asked to travel to Madrid, our home away from home, to create about a dozen mini-documentaries including this one about TOMA Cafe

• Video Editor - Documentary

Advance Auto Parts - Cars and Culture

Advance Auto Parts Presents, Car + Culture. A series about cars and the cultures that surround them. At Sidekick Video we were asked to join the AAP crew to document 4 car subcultures and the people that surround them New Mexico 4-Wheelers has been active in the Albuquerque area since 1958. Respecting the land, enjoying the challenge, helping others. That's what they're about.

Oliver's Apparel - Training

In the summer of 2016, Oliver's Apparel sent us on a week-long train trip from Chicago to San Francisco to test out their new Movement Kit. Our Director, Ben Derico, took his camera along for the trip and created this cross-continental video.

No Porto o São João não teve fogo, mas houve festa e futebol

The Sao Joao festival is usually the biggest festival of the year in Porto, Portugal. Although the party was more normal than 2020, in 2021 people in Porto had differing opinions of the smaller return of the festival.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

San Francisco's got driverless robo-taxis

Driverless taxis, or “robotaxis”, have been rolled out on the streets of San Francisco, and BBC technology show Click has been to see how they work. The vehicles are capable of getting passengers from A to B across the city, but there is one major difference to a traditional taxi or rideshare – they have no driver. Instead, the cars use self-driving technology to navigate the city streets, with sensors keeping an eye out for other vehicles and pedestrians. While many have embraced the new technology, some remain cautious about the safety of driverless vehicles.

• TV News Producer