Cameo
Co-Founder
Acquired by
Sep 2010 – Mar 2014
Mobile video creation platform and community. Inspired by the cinematic feel of strolling through New York City. Apple Editor’s Pick and Best Apps of 2013.
Cameo
Co-Founder
Sep 2010 – Mar 2014
A movie studio in your pocket
Cameo let people turn clips shot on their phones into short films, complete with themes and soundtracks. Rendering in the cloud made effects possible that phones couldn’t handle yet, and friends could contribute clips to the same film.
Welcome to Cameo: How it works
An introduction to Cameo: shooting clips, choosing a theme, and sharing the finished film.
An early Cameo demo
An early demo of Cameo, with a look behind the scenes at the team building it.
Editors’ Choice on the front page of the App Store
When we launched Cameo in October 2013, Apple featured it front and center on the App Store as its Editors’ Choice. More than half a million people downloaded it in the first week.
Best of 2013
Apple included Cameo in its Best of 2013 collection, alongside Spark Camera, Instagram, and other standout video apps.
My favorite Cameos
A few of my favorite films made with Cameo, including some I shot and examples of the themes we designed.
The year of video
Cameo designers Pat White and Mitchell Hart directed and produced this film from videos made by our community. It’s still one of my favorite expressions of what people could make with Cameo.
Cinematic themes
Our themes combined motion graphics, color treatments, and typography to give each film a distinct look. Cloud rendering let us build effects beyond what phones could process at the time.
Behind the scenes with Miley
Miley Cyrus and her band used Cameo to share moments from the road and behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live.
Tony Hawk’s favorite new app
Tony Hawk named Cameo his favorite new app in an interview with Kevin Rose at Web Summit.
The Cameo founders
Celebrating more than half a million downloads in our first week.
Joining Vimeo
Vimeo acquired Cameo in 2014. Our team joined Vimeo, where I became VP of Cameo and led our work on mobile video creation.
The Vimeo beer cart
On Fridays, teams took turns pushing a beer cart around the Vimeo office. This was our introduction to the tradition—and a good way to meet our new coworkers.
Cameo by Vimeo
A walkthrough of Cameo 2.0, the version we built at Vimeo.
One Month at Vimeo
A highlight reel from Cameo’s first month as a Vimeo app, featuring films made and shared by our community after the acquisition.
Camp Vimeo
Vimeo took the whole company to camp each year. We recorded the last night with Cameo.
