Along with his brother , Shiloh Strong , he wrote and directed the short film , '' Irish Twins '' , which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival . It went on to win both the Jury Award and Audience Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival , a Special Jury Prize in the Action/Cut Short Film Competition and Best First-Time Director at DC Shorts . Speaking to Pure Movies in 2010 he expressed that he wanted to expand his writing and directing career : ' Acting is always there and I enjoy it but it ’s kind of got a little unfulfilling lately . You know , I ’m in the low budget horror world … I have a whole lot of other stuff I want to do . ' In April 2008 , Strong , along with his brother Shiloh and his then-girlfriend ( now wife ) actress Alexandra Barreto , co-created a 30-second television ad in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama titled , " It Could Happen to You . " The ad , submitted to MoveOn.org , became one of 15 finalists from a pool of over 1,100 submitted ads , and was chosen as the funniest ad in May 2008 . In August , MoveOn raised $ 200,000 to air the ad on MTV and Comedy Central ; it was the first political commercial to ever appear on Comedy Central . In early 2009 , Strong narrated the audiobook of '' The Obama Revolution '' by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer . In 2010 , Strong starred in the science fiction-thriller film '' The Darkening Sky '' alongside Ezra Buzzington , Charley Rossman , Sally Berman , Daniel Kirschner and LaShan Anderson under the direction of Victor Bornia
Woods Hole Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Rider Strong