Wednesday, 26 June 2013 12:07

Keef, my directing buddy on The Cigar Shop created a moving and introspective film about a bike maker, Ezra, who suffers from cancer. I was honored to do 2nd unit cinematography on this one, supplementing the work of Adam McDaid .

Made by Hand / No 5 The Bike Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo.

And here's the Cigar Shop for your viewing pleasure:

Made by Hand / No 4 The Cigar Shop from Made by Hand on Vimeo.

Thursday, 02 May 2013 17:52

Here are a few stills I took in between takes on a recent shoot with New York Knicks JR Smith (6th Man of the Year Award winner 2013). The short spot will be up soon as well.

Enjoy!

Monday, 04 March 2013 05:28

We just finished post production on a commercial for legendary Swiss bed and mattress company Bico. Have fun with it:

Bico - La vie autour du lit from Elias Ressegatti on Vimeo.

Agency: Streuplan AG

Production Company: Elefant Studios

DoP: Daryl Hefti

Music: Great Garbo

Friday, 15 February 2013 14:24

Late last year we shot 2 TV Commercials for hunting apparel company GastonGlock in upstate NY.

All the gun controversy aside, here you go:

GastonGlockStyle "Sunlight" TVC 30 Sec from Elias Ressegatti on Vimeo.

GastonGlockStyle "Email" TVC 30 Sec from Elias Ressegatti on Vimeo.

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 13:13

Earlier this year we shot 2 spots for NYC non-profit organization Resilience Advocacy Project. The no/lo budget shoot was challenging yet inspiring, so enjoy the two spots just right here:

Resilience Advocacy Project - Pregnancy - Commercial from elias ressegatti on Vimeo.

Resilience Advocacy Project - Poverty - Commercial from elias ressegatti on Vimeo.

Monday, 26 November 2012 20:42

We recently did a project for NYC-based AvantGardeDiaries with Michaela DePrince, a ballet dancer with a rather unique story.

Dossier Journal premiered the film exclusively, along with some photographs by Fridolin Schöpper and yours truly.

Enjoy it here!

Michaela DePrince - Ballet Dancer from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo.

Tuesday, 09 October 2012 12:36

I'm proud to announce my new home for Swiss commercial representation: Condor Commercials.

Here's to many beautiful projects!

Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:53

Over the weekend we shot 2 spots for the Resilience Advocacy Project - a non-profit organization based in NYC empowering young people from low-income areas to overcome everyday struggles - all over Brooklyn. Thanks for the fantastic crew, we'll be able to post these spots soon.

As a tease, here's some screen tests we did later that day on Broadway in Brooklyn.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 19:34

My dear friend and awesomely talented Keef - creative mastermind and collaborator on the infamous Made By Hand series - co-directed this short promo for Swiss Miss Tina Roth Eisenbergs Tattly, a company creating stick-on tattoos created by well-known designers.

Shooting roughly 50 people in one day - 25 of them kids - proved to be quite the challenge. But, we survived...

Prod-Co: Bureau of Common Goods

Directed by: Keef & Elias Ressegatti

Cinematography: Josh Kraszewski

Sound: Nathan Rosenberg

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 19:23

Apparently, and to my surprise, the commercial for Zurich Zoo I shot last spring was shortlisted for the Eurobest Festival.

We didn't win anything, but it's nice to get some recognition for ones' work.

To the article

Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:07

We recently released the music video for me.man.machine and their first single "Make It Rain". me.man.machine is a newly formed Swiss band with members of an old favorite of mine: Swandive.

Enjoy!

Monday, 23 January 2012 15:56

GoSee Creative News Services did a little portrait of me:

Go To Article

Monday, 13 June 2011 14:24

The highly celebrated and Gold awarded "Slow down, take it easy" campaign for the Swiss Offices for Road Safety (BfU), created by über-talent Marc Wilkins, continues...

ROD Communications awarded Shining Pictures and Elias Ressegatti with 4 Webisodes, shot in April in Switzerland. Franky, the guardian angel, continued his travels through Switzerland to spread the word "Slow down, take it easy".

The webisodes will air over the course of 4 months in spring/summer 2011.

Two are online by now:

Webisode 01:

Webisode 02:

Sunday, 22 February 2009 22:59

IDEAS - FRAGMENTS - WISHES - FEARS - WORRIES - TRIALS - ERRORS - SUCCESS

August 2010

I just finished a TV Commercial for Swiss bed and mattress brand "Sirona". It turned out lovely and it'll be up here soon.

The Swiss Life Boxer motivational movie we shot December 09 was awarded with a "Silberne Victoria" at the economymovie festival in Vienna, Austria and with a "Golden Award" at the World Media Festivals in Hamburg, Germany.

08/11/06 The AET-clip won Gold in the category "Clips&Trailers" at the Swiss Awards for Contract and Commercial Filmfestival.

Let's celebrate!