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.

Death to Pennies

Death to Pennies

A snappy YouTube video explains why pennies are bad for the economy and should be discontinued More »

A Gorgeous Time-Lapse of Oregon's Most Spectacular Landscapes

A Gorgeous Time-Lapse of Oregon's Most Spectacular Landscapes

The team behind Finding Oregon spent six months traveling across Oregon, including Mt. Hood, Crater Lake, and the Columbia River Gorge, to shoot over 6,000 images for this video More »

A Crowd-Funded Dance Extravaganza of Epic Proportions

A Crowd-Funded Dance Extravaganza of Epic Proportions

Girl Walk // All Day is a 70-minute testament to the power of remix culture and the joy of dancing like a crazy person in public. Here is the trailer More »

A Beautifully Cinematic Vision of Afghanistan

A Beautifully Cinematic Vision of Afghanistan

This simply gorgeous documentary reveals another side of the culture and landscape of Afghanistan More »

Beautiful Helicam Footage of a Montana Wind Farm

Beautiful Helicam Footage of a Montana Wind Farm

This aerial video of Glacier Wind Farm was shot with a remote control helicopter for a unique perspective More »

Trashy to Classy: B Movies Get a Makeover

Trashy to Classy: B Movies Get a Makeover

Top submissions from the first annual Fake Criterions DVD package design contest More »

Kids Make 3OH!3's 'We Are Young' Music Video

Kids Make 3OH!3's 'We Are Young' Music Video

The pop duo teamed up with actual kids to create their new video during the OMG! Everywhere! music video summer camp More »

Bon Iver's Latest Album Released as a YouTube Video Playlist

Bon Iver's Latest Album Released as a YouTube Video Playlist

The new release of Bon Iver's self-titled album now has a gorgeous YouTube video for each track More »

So You Want to Be a Journalist—70 Years Ago

So You Want to Be a Journalist—70 Years Ago

A career guidance film touts the thrills of working for a newspaper in 1940 More »

A Tilt-Shift Tour of Cannes, France

A Tilt-Shift Tour of Cannes, France

Joerg Daiber's sun-drenched, miniaturized vacation destinations never get old! More »

The Origins of Wind Energy in America

The Origins of Wind Energy in America

The Department of Energy's 1980 documentary, Wind: An Energy Alternative, is a handy overview of the history of wind technology in the U.S. More »

Fancy Cocktails Exploding in Ultra Slow Motion

Fancy Cocktails Exploding in Ultra Slow Motion

A series of alcoholic beverages exploding in slow motion, shot with a Phantom camera at 5,000 frames per second More »

Electric Literature: 'Love'

Electric Literature: 'Love'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, artist Jonathan Ashley brings a single sentence from Stephen O'Connor's "Love" to life More »

Behind the Scenes of NASA's Mars Rover Launch

Behind the Scenes of NASA's Mars Rover Launch

Rocket and Rover Ready for Flight, a quick video from NASA, shows preparations for the launch of the newest Mars rover, Curiosity More »

Bryan John Appleby's 'Honey Jars,' Created by OMG! Everywhere!

Bryan John Appleby's 'Honey Jars,' Created by OMG! Everywhere!

Shelby, a talking whale, stars in this imaginative music video for Bryan John Appleby's "Honey Jars," created by 12 kids during the OMG! Everywhere! music video summer camp More »

OMG! Cameras Everywhere! Music Video Summer Camp

OMG! Cameras Everywhere! Music Video Summer Camp

What happens when established music video directors team up with 12 kids for a weeklong summer camp about making music videos? Check out their "trailer" to find out ... More »

Correatown's 'Play,' Created by the Kids of OMG! Everywhere!

Correatown's 'Play,' Created by the Kids of OMG! Everywhere!

This awesome house party-inspired music video for Correatown's "Play" was created by 12 kids working together with established music video directors during the one-week OMG! Everywhere! summer camp More »

Celebrating Food, Work, and the Best Sea Urchin Ever

Celebrating Food, Work, and the Best Sea Urchin Ever

The Perennial Plate, a web series about sustainable food, shares a "day in the life" on the road More »

Electric Literature: 'The Cows'

Electric Literature: 'The Cows'

Electric Literature embraces digital media in publishing and produces web videos inspired by the short stories in its magazine. Here, artist Donna K. brings a single sentence from Lydia Davis's "The Cows" to life More »

The Best Jim Henson Movie You've Never Seen

The Best Jim Henson Movie You've Never Seen

In which Henson paints an elephant pink, jumps off a diving board in a top hat and tails, and rides a pogo stick in a gorilla suit More »

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