: film production company and story consultancy in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles
Every great story needs a spark.
A Pittsburgh and Los Angeles production company and story consultancy. We make films about what breaks us and what remakes us, and help writers find the stories only they can tell.
Storytelling is human connection. We're drawn to characters pushed to the edge, in worlds far beyond our own, who discover who they really are. Because what breaks us doesn't destroy us. It remakes us into something greater than we thought we were.
What we do
Two ways we put story to work
Broken is beautiful.
Every one of us has been broken, and that's the one thread we all share.
What if broken is where the story begins?
15+
Years as a UPM & 1st AD
22
Festival placements & awards
2×
Austin Film Festival second round
1,000+
Readers of The Writer's Table
The Team
The people behind it
Writer · Director · Story Consultant
J. Penberth Rabold
J. Penberth Rabold moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to make movies, and spent fifteen years as a unit production manager and first assistant director learning what a story costs once it has to stand up on a set.
Producer
Shannon Geary
Shannon Geary spent 21 years as a music educator and theater director, teaching young artists how to turn a page into a performance.
Got a story? Let's talk.
Whether you want to make it or make it better, tell us where you are.
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