Film. Music. Photography.
I was born in Dallas, Texas, and began my creative career in music as a guitarist. Between 2010 and 2017, I was fortunate to perform over 300+ shows, tour, share the stage with global rock bands, and record studio albums with Grammy-winning music producers. Although I am a musician, this turned out to be my entry point into film.
Over those seven years, I started to visually document the intersection of human emotion and music. My passion for telling a visual story, rather than a melodic one, turned out to be my creative medium.
I graduated with a BA in Cinema Art and Science from Columbia College, while working full-time as a director, director of photography, photographer, and colorist. Over the past several years, my credits included commercial work for Nike, Ulta Beauty, Whataburger, and Lids, along with music videos for multi-platinum-selling artists, including Post Malone, Chance The Rapper, Mac Miller, Juice WRLD, Wiz Khalifa and others. The videos I directed or dp'd have garnered almost 2 billion views.
My "North Star" has always been to (over) deliver a great work product while being easy to work with and positive. I enjoy collaborating with all types of people, working in face-paced environments, and solving/interpreting a story through film.
What to know more about me? Feel free to check out the links below, or shoot me an email at coledavidschwartz@gmail.com
~ Cole
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Instagram: @coledschwartz
IMDb: Coleschwartz
Google: Billboard Magazine, Yahoo! Music, Complex Magazine, Chicago Reader, DMagazine, The Dallas Morning News, and several other online publications.