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Newcastle United - Premier League Summer Series
Sports event and fan-culture content around Newcastle United's U.S. Summer Series presence, built for the speed, atmosphere, and recognition a Premier League audience expects.
Jun 2026
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2 videosDocumentary
UGA School of Law - Beyond Sheltering
Institutional storytelling with documentary weight, education context, and mission-driven clarity, shaped to make the University of Georgia School of Law story feel human instead of like a generic campus profile.
Jun 2026
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7 videosDocumentary
Masters of The Game - Season 7
Episodic sports and entertainment work that shows repeatable production structure, brand continuity, and the discipline needed to keep a season visually consistent while each story still has its own energy.
Apr 2026
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2 videosDocumentary
Georgia Heart 2026 Campaign Video
A healthcare advocacy campaign for Georgia HEART, shaped to make the rural hospital tax-credit story feel clear, human, and urgent without burying the viewer in policy language.
Apr 2026
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4 videosDocumentary
Rainbow Six Siege X
Game-community promotional work for Rainbow Six Siege X, built around a live Atlanta reveal, creator-aware coverage, franchise recognition, and social cutdowns that could carry the event beyond the room.
Apr 2026
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3 videosDocumentary
God of War Trilogy Remake Official Reveal Trailer
A trailer-forward gaming promo built around reveal timing, performance capture, fan recognition, motion polish, and the pressure of making a familiar character feel event-worthy again.
Apr 2026
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4 videosDocumentary
Camp Southern Ground
A mission-led brand story for Camp Southern Ground, using Georgia land, sunrise detail, campers, veterans, program moments, and restrained documentary structure to make transformation feel visible.
Apr 2026
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Dutch Masters | Craft Syndicate - T.I.
Dutch Masters | Craft Syndicate - T.I. is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Mar 2022
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UGA SBDC | Southern Press and Packing - Business Highlight
UGA SBDC | Southern Press and Packing - Business Highlight is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2020
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National Vision | Eyeglass World - Made Locally, Given Globally
National Vision | Eyeglass World - Made Locally, Given Globally is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Jul 2020
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Hachette Book Group | Once & Future - Mini-Doc: LGBTQ
Hachette Book Group | Once & Future - Mini-Doc: LGBTQ is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
May 2019
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Sony PlayStation | My Road to Greatness: Mooresville, NC
Sony PlayStation | My Road to Greatness: Mooresville, NC is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Feb 2018
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GA Department of Natural Resources | Hurricane Irma Mini-Doc
GA Department of Natural Resources | Hurricane Irma Mini-Doc is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Jul 2017
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Eater | Cult Following: B’s Cracklin’ BBQ
Eater | Cult Following: B’s Cracklin’ BBQ is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Jun 2017
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ECG Productions | Jason Sirotin Director's Reel 2017
ECG Productions | Jason Sirotin Director's Reel 2017 is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2016
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Resurgens Orthopaedics Success Story | Holly
Resurgens Orthopaedics Success Story | Holly is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2016
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Resurgens Orthopaedics Success Story | Chris
Resurgens Orthopaedics Success Story | Chris is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2016
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Resurgens Orthopaedics Success Story | Rikki
Resurgens Orthopaedics Success Story | Rikki is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2016
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Resurgens | "Reach For More" Commercial
Resurgens | "Reach For More" Commercial is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2016
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Ormco | Insignia™ Advanced Smile Design™
Ormco | Insignia™ Advanced Smile Design™ is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Jul 2016
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Hunt Thompson Media | THE PERFECT HUMAN DIET
Hunt Thompson Media | THE PERFECT HUMAN DIET is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Dec 2015
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Kimberly-Clark | Documentary: 100 Years of R&E
Kimberly-Clark | Documentary: 100 Years of R&E is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Dec 2014
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Dr. Good: A Pet Rescue Mission
Dr. Good: A Pet Rescue Mission is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Nov 2014
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ECG Productions | ECG For A Cause: Benito For Adoption
ECG Productions | ECG For A Cause: Benito For Adoption is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2014
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Documentary: Simple Tasks | Living With Lupus
Documentary: Simple Tasks | Living With Lupus is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Aug 2014
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GSGA | TUP Holmes Documentary
A Georgia State Golf Association documentary profile on Alfred Tup Holmes, shaped around golf history, civil-rights significance, archive context, and the care required to honor a legacy in short form.
Dec 2012
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GSGA | Richard Crawford Doc
Character-led documentary work with a clear editorial point of view, polished finish, and enough structure to make a personal legacy feel specific, watchable, and grounded in real story detail.
Dec 2012
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GEORGIA STATE GOLD ASSOCIATION | GENE SAUERS DOC
GEORGIA STATE GOLD ASSOCIATION | GENE SAUERS DOC is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Dec 2012
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GSGA | Vicki Goetz Doc
A Georgia State Golf Association short-form documentary on Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, shaped around golf legacy, interview restraint, archive context, and the pressure of honoring a real career in a compact runtime.
Dec 2012
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GEORGIA SRTA | I-85 EXPRESS LANE
GEORGIA SRTA | I-85 EXPRESS LANE is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Dec 2012
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GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION | SPORTS FILM DOCUMENTARY
GEORGIA STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION | SPORTS FILM DOCUMENTARY is documentary-leaning work shaped around people, place, issue, or memory. A similar piece needs discovery, interview judgment, editorial structure, edit pacing, sound, color, rights review, and enough restraint to let the real story breathe.
Dec 2011
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