Documentary
Storytelling
Documentarian
I’m a Los Angeles-based creative code cracker – powered by curiosity, equip with a BS degree in broadcast journalism, and years of experience writing, field producing, directing, interviewing, editing, and supervising documentary-style crews for TV/film production companies, businesses, and private clients.
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My documentary storytelling work has been viewed on TV, online, at charity events, memorials, and on a 40-foot movie screen in an art deco theater with the Secret Service in attendance.
photo credit: Ali Klos
Back Story
My career started in news – I have a broadcast journalism degree from Emerson College, and worked for a local news station in Boston before I was hired at MTV News in Los Angeles.
I learned early on how to interview anyone, anywhere, anytime about anything – and find the story, find the characters, understand the timeline, and discover details that are relatable and will really resonate with audiences.
Then I moved from news into documentary TV and digital content, where I sharpened my storytelling skills – crafting and presenting authentic, first-person profiles and uplifting, meaningful messages + storylines of pain, coping, courage, hope and healing.
“Brandy brings tremendous integrity to her work and every word, every shot, every score, every edit is infused with a deep commitment to
THE STORY.”
Amy McKelvey
Marketing Executive
20+ years experience
In my 20s, I spent years visiting Hollywood film & music video sets as the behind-the-scenes crew for MTV News.
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I've continued documenting people on stage, backstage, and in sacred spaces. I have chronicled life-saving rats in Africa, women giving birth in America, the inner-workings of restaurant kitchens, and I survived spending one month living on a tour bus with 10 crew guys.
Two decades of saying YES to incredible freelance opportunities has led me to profile people all over the planet – A-list entertainers, athletes, politicians, authors, chefs, CEOs, storm chasers, war veterans, hostage negotiators, trauma survivors, grievers, doctors, social workers, newlyweds, expecting families, and The Amish – for outlets like Apple TV+, Discovery+, Nat Geo, Bravo, Oxygen, NBC, CBS, MTV, CMT, and TLC.
Available For Hire
TV – FILM – DIGITAL PROJECTS:
When you need a seasoned documentarian for your podcast, docu-follow, occu-follow, feature, series, campaign, profile, testimonial, casting, research, nonprofit content, birthography or legacy video
GENRES:
Biography, true crime, memoir, mental health, chef/food, music, sports, adventure, lifestyle, celebrity
