Documentary + Story
Start with what is real.
A person. A place. A question that deserves
more than a quick answer.
What we make
A closer account.
A short documentary, an artist profile, an organizational history, a photographic essay,
or a film about a community in transition.
Commercial commissions belong here, too, when there is room for real people,
context, and an honest account of what they do.
1
Listen first.
Understand the people, the purpose, and what access the story will need.
2
Stay close.
Work with a small footprint and enough room for life to unfold.
3
Shape carefully.
Bring the material together without losing the people or context behind it.
Selected Documentary work
Pastor, Principal
Documentary portrait
A portrait of a small-town pastor and principal, from leading scholarship in public school to preaching gospel at church.
CALEB NOLEN: BLACKSMITH
DOCUMENTARY PORTRAIT
A portrait of a blacksmith at work, from the heat of the forge to the rhythms of the workshop.
Snow White & me
Behind-the-scenes film
Rehearsal, collaboration, construction, and performance around a stage production.
Current Feature Documentary
Finding Harding: Lost at Shore
Andrew B Church, producer/director
A search for a former U.S. Navy shipmate opens into questions of identity, purpose, and belonging after military service.
The current feature documentary from the filmmaker behind Draft 13 Media.
Selective commissions
Tell me about the story.
A person, a place, a production, or an idea.
A few sentences are enough to begin.