Andrew Sobey

Award Winning Nonfiction Video Producer, Writer, YouTube & Social Video Strategist, Science Communicator, Animator, Nonprofit Arts Administrator & Other Duties as Needed.

Some Stuff I’ve Made

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Some Stuff I’ve Made

The first in our liquid marbles series, which now includes half a dozen shorts and a pending co-authorship of a scientific paper.

I produced, script edited, directed, edited, and animated this one.

One of our later liquid marble shorts, a researcher in Japan collaborated with us on this one and sent us materials to experiment with.

I produced, script edited, and edited.

Reactions’ all time most viewed episode, and Webby Award nominated as one of the internet’s best science videos of 2025.

I produced, shot, script edited, directed, edited, and animated.

Part collaboration with friends, part photographic experiment, this astrophotography timelapse dance film screened at Aesthetica Film Festival in York, UK, Oaxaca FF, and others, and won Best Short Film at the 2019 Ellensburg Film Festival.

I produced, directed, and edited.

An environmental film about making an environmental film, this passion project was a blunt plea to reconsider how we tell climate and sustainability stories. Selected for Big Muddy Film Festival and won the Humboldt-Del Norte Award for Best Film Celebrating Environmental Sustainability at the 2016 Humboldt Film Festival.

I produced, directed, wrote, animated, shot, and did the voice over.

It’s been a long time since I’ve made a demo reel, but I still like a lot of what’s in my most recent one from 2019.

I edited and created animation/motion graphics for everything here, and also produced and directed most of it.

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Bumbershoot (2013–2017)

The first Bumbershoot Music Lineup video I created back in 2013.

I drove all over Seattle shooting this one, then did all editing and motion graphics.

For the 2014 music lineup announcement, I once again drove all over Seattle, this time slapping stickers on anything and everything. Most of these were actually printed with the band name, but some were blanks that I added names to in post.

I shot, edited and created all motion graphics.

We made festival promo videos throughout the summer of 2014, featuring local artists performing in iconic locations. For this one Tomo Nakayama performed on a private Seattle Monorail ride.

I directed, shot, and edited..

In addition to promo materials, I also created the interstitial videos to play on stage IMAG screens between performances. Aiming to create a festival brochure in digital signage form, I mixed schedules, maps, sponsor shoutouts, and festival artwork.

I did all the motion graphics for these and also created automated Raspberry-Pi based plug and play media players for each stage. These would automatically update based on the time of day and could be easily edited remotely.

In 2015 a new organization took the helm for most of Bumbershoot’s planning and operation. They wanted to signal a new beginning with a retrofuturist look at Seattle Center. I cut this together largely using public domain footage from the 1962 World’s Fair.

I did the studio shots here and all editing and motion graphics.

For the 2016 lineup announcement the programming director wanted a comic book. To create this I worked with comic artist David Lasky, animating his illustrations and mixing in live footage to tell the story of Bumbershoot.

I edited and animated.

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About

I’m a Washington, DC based filmmaker. My nonfiction and experimental work has screened at film festivals around the world, some of which are listed above in my Resume. I’ve also done consulting and workshops on creative collaboration, giving & receiving feedback, and optimizing video storytelling for online audiences.

Currently a Supervising Producer at American Chemical Society, working on the PBS Digital Studios series Reactions along with other ACS video products. I’m involved in every step of the production process, from ideation and pitching through production and post. Previously done a lot of different things, most of which revolved around video production, science, the arts, and paying off student loans.

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This was just an animation I made for fun way back in 2010, but I still like it. It also led to some animation and motion graphics work on a 2020 environmental documentary called Spawning Grounds.

I illustrated and animated.

As Editor & Animator at Laundry Service, I worked on almost every T-Mobile social media video for about a year. This was an Instagram series called “Phone Feels”.

I did all the editing and motion graphics, and also served as a production generalist on studio shoots.

Speaking of T-Mobile, this was a series I created for LinkedIn called #BizWords.

I edited and animated.

In NW Washington state near Mt. Baker there’s a small stand of old growth that people drive by all the time without noticing. Park on the pullout along the highway, walk 20 feet into the forest, and you’re suddenly in another world. This video was purely an excuse to slow down and spend more time there.

I did all of it.

A personal ad (but not like that) to announce I was freelancing again in 2017. I did this on my first day back home as a freelancer and was surprised how much attention it got. Also serves as a helpful guide to making a solid cup of French press.

I did everything here, including brewing the coffee.

My neighbor was on a personal nature photography quest and challenged me to do the same, so I created this short natural history film 10 feet from my front door. I have a soft spot for handheld macro footage that I’ve never been able to explain.

I did every step of this one, too.