Heart Brand Stories

I've been a freelance Director and Cinematographer for almost 10 years now, and I've done a lot - from massive national commercials with 100+ crew to documentary jobs where it's literally just me and the subject. Out of everything, what gives me the most life is when I see a finished story that I've told, about a person or family that would have never had the opportunity to tell their story, and it moves people. Those moments hit. I frequently joke that I like making people cry. But, there's some truth to that. When someone is moved to tears, it signals empathy. It means that person saw a part of themselves in the story, and they could relate to it. They could put themselves in those shoes and think "what would I have done?" We need more of those moments, because they bring us all closer together. In case you haven't heard, I started a company called Heart Brand Stories. My goal is to become the number one production company in the nation for Non Profits. I want to tell as many of those stories as I can - I want my work to move people to action, to support and grow the work that these mission-driven companies are doing, work that often goes on behind the scenes but holds the very fabric of our society together. Non-Profits matter. And the single most effective way to gain support for a Non-Profit is through empathy, through telling the stories of the people they serve. If that's you, I want to help. heartbrandstories.com