Brooklyn, NY · Documentary & Brand Production
Human stories, gathered in the field. We make films that earn attention for campaigns, fundraising, brand trust, recruiting, and agency production support.
Founder portraits, product origin stories, customer films, and recruiting pieces, built on real interviews and real environments rather than staged ad gloss.
Fundraising films, program documentation, and campaign assets for nonprofits, advocacy groups, and mission-driven institutions.
White-label production and post for agencies and in-house creative teams, bringing senior documentary craft to brand work without the overhead.
Editorial commissions and remote field shoots for publishers, magazines, and adventure clients. Travel-ready crew, light footprint.
The studio
Based in Brooklyn, working anywhere there's a story. Derek has spent more than a decade as a director of photography, documentary filmmaker, and editor, shooting on five continents for clients like The New York Times, Target, NYSE, Bumble, Kate Spade New York, NYU Langone, and the Broadway Advocacy Coalition.
The studio is small on purpose. One senior filmmaker leading every project, with trusted collaborators brought in by the shape of the work, not the org chart.
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Whether it's a single founder profile or a year-long campaign, we'll write back within two business days with honest scope, budget, and timeline thinking. No agency upsell.
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