Director · DP · Since 2008
Service · Social Content System

Same shoot days.
Two outputs.

Most production teams shoot for the spot. You also need the social. I build production days designed to feed both. The hero brand asset that runs as the campaign, and the multi-format content layer that runs every week underneath it. One crew. One budget. Two distribution layers.

2014
First built · LifeProof × ESPN
$2M
Product sales · First hour live
5
Disciplines · One shoot system
Millions
Cumulative social views
§ 01 · The Model

One shoot. Two distribution layers.

Pioneered with LifeProof × ESPN in 2014, before Reels and TikTok existed. We ran multi-discipline shoot days across mountain biking, running, surfing, motocross, and snowboarding. The same days fed a social-first content drumbeat AND the eventual national commercial. Two outputs. Same crew. Same budget. The system that drove $2M in product sales the first hour the spot ran.

§ 02 · How it Works

Four phases. One production.

001 · Pre-Production
Build the system.
Strategy, storyboards, talent, locations. We map the hero asset and the social content layer side-by-side, so every shoot day produces both.
002 · Production
Shoot for both.
Director-cinematographer with a full owner-operated rig. RED V-Raptor, custom water housing, drone, wireless transmission. Or DP-only and plug into your team.
003 · Post
Edit hero + cuts.
Hero film for the campaign. Vertical cuts for Reels and TikTok. Square for feed. Stills for press. All from the same negatives.
004 · Distribution
Plan the rollout.
Platform-native delivery. Content calendar planning so the social layer runs every week underneath the hero campaign and keeps the brand alive between flights.
§ 03 · Receipts

The system, tested at scale.

LifeProof × ESPN · 2014
Pioneered before the platforms existed.
First national commercial, start to finish. Five disciplines shot across multi-day production. Hero spot ran on ESPN and drove $2M in product sales in the first hour. The same shoots fed an ongoing social campaign that kept the brand visible between flights.
$2M · 1st hour5 disciplinesNational TV + Social
Puma × Dixie D'Amelio · 2022
Three drops. One campaign system.
When the creator economy met the athletic shoe brief. Three drops, three silhouettes, one production system that delivered hero video, vertical content, and a unified rollout across feed and creator channels.
3-drop campaignHero + verticalBrand · 2022
Kelly Slater × Slater Designs · 2023
Telly Award winner.
Studio brand campaign with the 11-time world champion. Concept, board launches, and a multi-format content rollout designed to live across the brand's website, retail, and social. Telly Award 2023.
Telly · 2023Studio + socialSlater Designs
Multi-Brand · Ongoing
Millions of social views.
Across LifeProof, Hornitos, Puma × Dixie, Asics Tiger, Reef, G-Shock, and others. The system scales: hero films plus social content layers built from the same shoot days, designed to perform for performance.
Multi-platformMulti-formatPerformance
§ 04 · Who it's For

Three kinds of buyer.

Brand teams

You need a hero campaign and an always-on social drumbeat. You don't want to run two production budgets to get them. You want one shoot system, two outputs, one creative voice across both.

Agencies + EPs

You're staffing a campaign that has to land on national broadcast and on creator platforms. You need a director-cinematographer who has lived inside both worlds since 2014.

Athletes + creators

You're a personal brand with sponsor obligations and a feed to feed. We build content systems around your training calendar that make every shoot day work twice as hard.

Build the system.

Brief me on the campaign, the brand, the budget, and the timeline. I'll come back with a production plan that runs both layers from the same shoot days.

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