Artist Bio
Overview
Prepare to be amazed by this movie, created from 80,000 submissions and 4500 hours of footage from 192 countries, all shot on the same day on Earth.Oscar-winning film director Kevin Macdonald's Life in a Day was born out of a unique partnership between Ridley Scott's Scott Free UK and YouTube. The film is a user-generated, feature-length documentary shot on a single day—July 24, 2010.Enlisted to capture a moment of the day on camera, the global community responded by submitting more than 80,000 videos to YouTube. The videos contained over 4,500 hours of deeply personal, powerful moments shot by contributors from Australia to Zambia, and from the heart of bustling major cities to some of the most remote places on Earth.Life in a Day brings together the most compelling footage from YouTube to create a 90-minute film crafted by Macdonald, executive producer Ridley Scott, producer Liza Marshall, and their teams. The film offers a unique experience that shows—with beauty, humor, and joyful honesty—what it's like to be alive on Earth today.
REVIEWS
"Life in a Day is an experimental project driven by the Internet at its best, where connectivity among the planet's population has become a reality." - The Hollywood Reporter"At once ambitious in its global reach and modest in its simplicity." - San Francisco Chronicle"Life in a Day" has an earthy and at times euphoric appeal." - Los Angeles Times
