He directed the 30 for 30 "There's No Place Like Home," and wrote the corresponding book, The Holy Grail of Hoops: One Fan's Quest to Buy the Original Rules of Basketball. Swade was a producer of the ESPN film, "Arthur and Johnnie," which won the network's first primetime Emmy Award for the series. In 2014, he directed the Rolling Stone Film "Rick Was Here," which follows legendary music producer Rick Rubin as he returns for the first time in three decades to his old New York University dorm room, where he founded the iconic Def Jam Records. The film was nominated for the 2015 ASME, the magazine industry's most prestigious award. He has also produced and directed short films on The Black Keys, Sheryl Crow, Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson and more.