About Stark Insider

A WEST COAST ADVENTURE
A LIFETIME IN THE MAKING

Since 2005, Stark Insider has been sharing its West Coast adventure from the San Francisco Bay Area. We explore how AI meets creativity, make original short films for Atelier Stark (our creative lab for Art & Film), and publish hands-on reviews and guides for curious filmmakers and espresso lovers.

Today we focus on three hubs — AI & Tech, Atelier Stark, and Espresso — all infused with our love for the arts and Bay Area culture. Stark Insider is A West Coast Adventure, A Lifetime in the Making.

Ray-Bans on: Stark Insider YouTube Channel. Loni and Clinton Stark’s short films and experimental videos can also be streamed on Vimeo.

You can watch the Stark’s latest film project and learn more about the production here: 3 DAYS IN ICELAND.

STARK INSIDER IN THE BAJA

STARK INSIDER WITH NICOLE KIDMAN

STARK INSIDER ON TOP OF THE CN TOWER (EDGEWALK)

STARK INSIDER “GLAMPING”

STARK INSIDER WITH DAVID LYNCH

DISTRIBUTION AND INFLUENCE

Founded in 2005 by Clinton and Loni Stark, Stark Insider is known for its arthouse videos and short documentaries about travel, theater, and the arts.

Distribution includes Google, Vimeo and the Stark Insider YouTube Channel.

SI is an official arts, travel and tech source for Google News. And Stark Insider film reviews are indexed on IMDB.com.

• Cirque du Soleil behind-the-scenes series
• James Franco (actor)
• Danny Boyle (director, 127 Hours / Slumdog Millionaire)
• Tom Hooper (director, The Kings Speech)
• Profile of Duckhorn Vineyards, Napa
• Minnie Driver (actress)

• Vincent Kartheiser (actor, “Pete Campbell” – Mad Men)
• Glenn Close (actress)
• James Carpenter (actor)
• Julia Brothers (stage actor)
• Janelle Monáe (singer)
• Edward Norton (actor)
• Cinequest Film Festival
• Mill Valley Film Festival
• Napa Valley Film Festival
• Broadway Backstage: Shrek the Musical
• Steve Wozniak (“Woz” – Apple co-founder)
• Backstage: Opera San Jose Life as a Diva
• San Francisco Playhouse
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert at SHN San Francisco
• Chef David Kinch (Manresa, Los Gatos)
• Chef Josiah Slone (Sent Sovi, Saratoga)
• Chef Charles Phan (Slanted Door, San Francisco)
• Chef Ken Frank (La Toque, Napa)

• Radio City Rockettes
• Meals on Wheals San Francisco
• Pebble Beach Food & Wine
• Star Chefs and Vintners Benefit Gala
• Heroes & Hearts San Francisco
• Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
• America’s Cup Napa Wine Tasting
• Oxbow Market Downtown Napa
• Morimoto Yellow Chair Experience
• Tribute to the Papaya Gods
• Truffles in America
• Christopher Titus (comedian)
• Cast of Grease (touring Broadway)
• Jan Shrem (Founder Clos Pegase)
• The Art (and Coyotes) of Stags’ Leap Winery
• T.J. Rodgers (Clos de la Tech)
• Winemaker Cathy Corison (Corison Winery)
• Winemaker Jeff Smith (Hourglass)
• “A Wine Dream” in Santa Lucia Highlands (Mer Soleil Winery)
• Disney on Ice
• Premiere Napa Valley (wine auction)
• Lotfi Mansouri (opera legend/inventor of opera supertitles)
• Brian McKnight (singer/songwriter)
• Lady Antebellum (Grammy Award-winners)

• Dana Carvey (comedian)
• Cochon 555 Chef Competition
• Colbie Caillat (singer-songwriter)
• Geoffrey Rush (actor)
• Will Forte (SNL alum, actor)
• Jeff Bridges (actor)
• Ben Stiller (actor)
• Jared Leto (actor/musician)
• Gia Coppola / Palo Alto (director)
• “The King of Tacos” – El Rey del Taco in Loreto, Baja California Sur

A West Coast Adventure.

A Lifetime in the Making.

• BTS: Kurios by Cirque du Soleil
• Matt Nathanson (singer-songwriter)
• Jamie Scott (songwriter “Story of My Life” by One Direction)
• Stark Insider Travel Feature: “Glamping” at Treebones in Big Sur, California
• Jonathan Jackson (actor/musician) and Enation
• MisterWives (indie pop band)
• Melissa Etheridge (singer-songwriter)
• Sarah Silverman (actress/comedian)
• Carey Mulligan (actress)
• Brie Larson (actress)
• Tom Hooper (director, The Danish Girl)
• Tom McCarthy (director, Spotlight)
• Needtobreathe (band)
• Family of the Year (band)
• James Bay (singer-songwriter)
• Rob Thomas (singer-songwriter)
• A Great Big World (pop duo)
• For King & Country (band)
• Backstage: Dirty Dancing (Broadway musical)
• Sean Hayes (actor, Will & Grace)
• Wine pioneer Peter Mondavi
• Broadway BTS: Dirty Dancing the Musical
• Opera! Inside San Francisco Opera’s new theater
• Pentatonix (a capella group) – Live in the Vineyard
• Ben Rector (singer-songwriter)
• Catherine Hardwicke (director, Twilight)

• Emma Stone (actress, Birdman, La La Land)
• Amy Adams (actress, Arrival)
• Nicole Kidman (actress, Eyes Wide Shut, Lion)
• Cirque du Soleil BTS Feature: LUZIA
• Documentary on California artist Bradford Brenner
• Clinton Stark’s short film CRAZY OR DIE featuring Loni Stark
• Edge Walk on the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada)
• Pebble Beach Food & Wine with Food Network Chef Graham Elliot

• Short Film: 3 Days in Sonoma ft. Loni Stark (plus: Director’s Commentary)
• ROME: Waking Up The Vatican
• Short Documentary: The Flintstone House with Florence Fang
• Short Film: Azul (shot on location in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico)
• This is Stark Insider: And It Hurts | loni stark | music by moby
• Festival of Disruption: David Lynch and Twin Peaks collaborators
• Short Film: 3 Days in Paris ft. Loni Stark
• Short Film: 3 Days in Iceland ft. Loni Stark
• Short Film: L’EAU de STARK