John Semerad

Founder and creative director of the New York studio QuietMan, with a long career in live-action and animated commercials. Made A Tree Once Grew Here with Dara Semerad.

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2023

September 2023

A Tree Once Grew Here

John Semerad & Dara Semerad

Animation · Experimental

A wordless environmental fable that mixes animation with AI imagery and asks the viewer to care for the planet "because we can no longer afford not to." The…