Daniel Del Carmen

Daniel Del Carmen — Video Portfolio

Films & stories

A vintage television showing Steve Jobs in the Lightyear Residency film thumbnail.Watch here

Lightyear Residency

Cohort launch film2026

A cohort launch announcement video. This is a piece I directed, wrote, and worked with our creative team to build out.

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180k
follows
1200
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16.1k
A founder with curly hair using flight-simulator joysticks at a laptop in an ornate mansion office, with whiteboards behind him.Watch here

San Francisco: A Builder's Home

2026

This is a video that highlights why Lightyear Residency is based in San Francisco. This piece also serves to showcase snippets of what founders do in the mansion in the 30 days they are in the program.

A wide view of the Lightyear Residency workspace, with desks beneath a chandelier.Watch here

Building in public: LY

Mini documentary2026

This is a video on documenting the building process of the Lightyear residency. It's a snippet from one of the days out shooting that we clipped and turned into a mini documentary piece to help shape the narrative of Lightyear's digital presence.

Ryuichi, CEO and co-founder of Craif, speaking in a lab, with his name and title on screen.Watch here

Craif (Portco) Launch Video

2026

Craif is a Bio-AI company detecting cancer from a single urine sample. Its miSignal test reads microRNAs, the molecular signals that regulate how cancer starts and spreads and applies AI to surface those signals early, often before symptoms appear.

Mike Posner on stage in a white T-shirt with his arms spread wide under colored stage lights.Watch here

Mike Posner Story

2026

This video is a simple but powerful video that shares the journey of Mike Posner's story. It's one of a batch of viral pieces we've crafted together from my previous time of being his Creative Director.

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22M
followers
281k
likes
1.8M
Hannah Godwin smiling while sitting in the open trunk of a white Hyundai with a picnic basket.Watch here

Hyundai Ad Campaign

2026

A commercial ad I directed, shot and edited in collaboration with Hannah Godwin.

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575k
likes
54k
comments
295
Two people working at desktop computers beside tall windows.Watch here

Lightyear Applications Open

2026

This video builds off of an iconic cohort photo. This is a piece I directed, wrote, and guided the creative team to execute on.

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1.7M
follows
10,972
likes
139k