Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.

How Christmas Lights Get Recycled

How Christmas Lights Get Recycled

Adam Minter's video from a recycling plant in Shijiao, China, sheds light on what happens after the holiday festivities die down More »

The Republican 'Superhero Primary'

The Republican 'Superhero Primary'

Nine-year-old Ari tracks down most of the republican candidates to ask, "If you could be any superhero, who would you be and why?" More »

When Christmas Presents Attack

When Christmas Presents Attack

The Happy Holidays video genre gets a morbid, but hilarious, twist  More »

Girl Walk // All Day: Creepin'

Girl Walk // All Day: Creepin'

In chapter six of the dance film Girl Walk // All Day, the character known simply as the "creep" takes center stage in his skeleton jumpsuit More »

The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club

The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club

How exactly does one decide to open a bar in Baghdad at the height of the Iraq war? Here Joshuah Bearman's nonfiction tale comes to life through animation by Colleen Cox and sound design by Pat Walters More »

A Tiny 'Snow Globe' Time-Lapse of Los Angeles

A Tiny 'Snow Globe' Time-Lapse of Los Angeles

Colin Mika used a variety of tricks to film the sprawling vistas of Los Angeles as if they were inside a tiny snow globe (which is actually a light bulb filled with water) More »

An Imaginary Friend With Benefits

An Imaginary Friend With Benefits

Creepy and hilarious, Mister Handsome explores what happens when a woman reconnects with a childhood imaginary friend and romance blossoms More »

Extreme Weather: Episode 3

Extreme Weather: Episode 3

Extreme Weather looks at the weather-related disasters that seem to be plaguing the planet with increasing frequency due to global warming. This episode covers drought in Mexico and floods in Australia More »

The Surreal Fanfare of a North Korean Military Parade

The Surreal Fanfare of a North Korean Military Parade

In 2010, Dan Chung captured one of North Korea's largest military parades in mesmerizing slow motion More »

Electric Literature: 'Byzantium'

Electric Literature: 'Byzantium'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, artist Peter Lundgren brings a single sentence from Ben Stroud's "Byzantium" to life More »

A Beautiful Time-Lapse of Washington D.C.'s Sights at Night

A Beautiful Time-Lapse of Washington D.C.'s Sights at Night

For District Nights, Andrew Geraci spent two years composing time-lapse shots of Washington's historic monuments at dusk More »

Fauna: Baby Sloth Sanctuary

Fauna: Baby Sloth Sanctuary

A teaser for Lucy Cooke's full-length documentary Too Cute! Baby Sloths for Animal Planet More »

Cindy Gallop's Black Apartment

Cindy Gallop's Black Apartment

Former ad executive Cindy Gallop is an infinitely quotable speaker on business, innovation, and sex -- and she also happens to have a very cool apartment More »

A 360° Music Video for Alan Wilkis's 'Come and Go'

A 360° Music Video for Alan Wilkis's 'Come and Go'

This panoramic music video is actually a full 360º image, shot with a special HD camera developed by Kogeto More »

A Winter Wonderland of Messed-Up Snowmen From 'Calvin and Hobbes'

A Winter Wonderland of Messed-Up Snowmen From 'Calvin and Hobbes'

A brilliant tribute to Bill Watterson's classic comic strip brings Calvin's twisted snow creations to life More »

Electric Literature: 'Three Figures and a Dog'

Electric Literature: 'Three Figures and a Dog'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, Andre da Loba brings a single sentence from Roberto Ransom's "Three Figures and a Dog" to life. More »

Girl Walk // All Day: Mopeds and Dance Offs

Girl Walk // All Day: Mopeds and Dance Offs

Chapter five of the dance film Girl Walk // All Day takes you on a breathless tour of N.Y.C. on a bright red moped  More »

Lyle Owerko's Photographs of Giant, Old-School Boomboxes

Lyle Owerko's Photographs of Giant, Old-School Boomboxes

In The Boombox Project, a short documentary by Paul Stone, photographer Lyle Owerko reflects on his creative process and his photo tribute to the genesis of hip hop More »

The Year in Movies: 250 Films Edited Into 1 Trailer

The Year in Movies: 250 Films Edited Into 1 Trailer

2011: Cinescape is one of the best movie mashups this year, blending a staggering 250 films into a cohesive whole More »

How the 'Spielberg Face' Makes Everything Look Awesome

How the 'Spielberg Face' Makes Everything Look Awesome

A video exposes the hilarious prevalence of that speechless expression of wonder in the director's films More »

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