Below are examples of my film editing, directing, motion graphics and title design, as well as publicity design, including posters, press releases and packaging.

BURY ME
Eric Anders & Mark O'Bitz music video

Bury Me is from Eric Anders’ and Mark O’Bitz’s album from 2020, American Bardo,
a collection of songs inspired by George Saunder’s novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.

Directed, edited, designed, and animated
by Daniel Tesser
Director of Photography: Eric Ivey

BURY ME
Motion Gaphic Extras

DREAMING AGAINST THE WORLD
A documentary feature film about Mu Xin, renown Chinese dissident artist and writer

Written, produced and directed by Francisco Bello and Tim Sternberg,
Acadamy Award-nominated filmmakers

I designed titles, credits and publicity for this project that screened
at the Teluride Film Festival

Film title design:

Publicity design:

Website design: https://www.datw.info

RICOCHET is a documentary film that tells the story of the historic trial following the tragic incident at Pier 14 in San Francisco when a young woman named Kate Steinle was killed by the ricochet of a bullet accidentally fired by an undocumented immigrant. The incident sparked a political and media firestorm–spearheaded by the anti-immigrant rhetoric of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump–that rattled the nation, exploited the tragedy of a family, and demonized an innocent man in the process

Ricochet screened at over fifty festivals around the world is now streaming on Apple TV, Amazon Prime and Tubi

Produced and directed by late San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi
and Chihiro Wimbush

I designed titles and publicity and worked as an associate producer.

DVD packaging:

Study Guide:

MURMURATION

MURUMURATION is a film about creativity, grief, and the uncanny. The story concerns a scruffy photographer who is couch-surfing at his eccentric, composer-uncle’s apartment. With a nod to both Cocteau’s "Orpheus" and Jarmusch’s "Stranger Than Paradise," the film offers a wry, deadpan depiction of our digitally intermediated lives while portraying the two characters’ attempts to bond over shared grief. It asks a number of questions, including, What is a murmuration? and, Can a film be one?

Written, directed, edited, by Daniel Tesser
Director of Photography: Eric Ivey

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