Meet the team
The mission of StreetFilms is to document livable streets best practices throughout the world and enlighten the general public that their streets can be safer for pedestrians and bicycles. The ultimate goal is to encourage more human-friendly cities and rethink the way our streets are allocated.
Streetfilms does this by making sometimes complex traffic and transportation concepts simpler by using video, animations, and language that the public can understand. They can also be frequently humorous. Our productions are used as Creative Commons tools the world over by communities and advocacy organizations to fight for better conditions in their neighborhoods.
Streetfilms is part of the Livable Streets Network which includes our sister sites Streetsblog and StreetsWiki. There are two full time filmmakers on staff, who usually shoot and edit their own videos independently as one-person productions.
Clarence became emeshed in the bike and pedestrian scene after riding the Transportation Alternatives (T.A.) Century in 1994. After serving three years as chair of the Brooklyn T.A. Committee, he yielded to his true passion and started bikeTV, a cable show dedicated to showcasing bicycle phenomenons and bike advocacy in the NYC area and beyond. He joined the TOPP team in 2004 after meeting Mark Gorton at a screening of a short film about Car-Free Central Park he produced. Clarence has nearly one hundred Streetfilms to his credit and has been called "the hardest working man in transportation show biz" for his years of dedication to create videos that are both enlightening, entertaining and inspiring.
Elizabeth Press joined Streetfilms in October after four years as a producer for the independent TV/Radio program, Democracy Now! She received her MFA in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a focus in community media. Her videos have screened in festivals all over the world, including a grassroots organized tour with her most recent documentary, Still We Ride.
You can see a list of her Streetfilms here, by clicking on this link.
In addition, we have a number of former videographers including Nick Whitaker and Sean Clifford who worked at Streetfilms. And from time to time we also enlist the help of freelancers. Click below on the names to see the slate of films each has produced.
