Google Research vs. ______

Machine learning experts tackling the world’s toughest problems

Branded Documentary Series
Client: Google Research
Agency: Across the Pond
Role: Series Creative Lead / Director

This series that we developed for Google Research’s YouTube page chronicles the many ways the team is taking on the toughest challenges of our times, from genomic bias to the biodiversity crisis, to climate inequity, to the unsolved mysteries of the human brain.

I was the Creative Lead across the series and directed the first two episodes.

Credits

Creative Directors:
Laura Mulloy Ault
Alexandra Hill
Creative Lead: Kath Tolentino
Directors:
Kath Tolentino (eps 1 & 2)
Erik Proulx (ep 3)
Hunter Holcombe (ep 4)
Producer: Lucas Hasselfeld
Directors of Photography:
Peter Lindsey
Paul Raila
Daniel Contaldo
Editors:
Julien de Benedictis
Nathaniel Calnin
Art Direction:
Dion Lee
Philip Robibero
Animator: Philip Robibero
Post Finishing: Roast n' Post

ABOUT KATH

Kath Tolentino’s films have screened and won awards at Palm Springs International Shortfest, Short of the Week, Hamptons International Film Festival, and Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, among many others. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from Brooklyn College and is currently a Senior Creative and Film Director at Across the Pond, a branded content agency in San Francisco.

AWARDS

2022 AVA Platinum Award - Hauling with Hydrogen
2020 University Short Film Award, HIFF - Parachute
2020 Best Writing, Femme Filmmakers Festival - Parachute
2019 Best Latino Short Film, CAIFFLA - Ahora que te has ido

FELLOWSHIPS

2021 Sundance Producers Intensive Finalist
2021 Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute Fellow
2019 Netflix Director’s Shadow - Tales of the City
2019 AISF Women in Screen Workshop Fellow

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