Our Work

what we do

We don’t just create brand videos. We capture real, authentic moments. The kind that make people stop, feel something and, most importantly, remember. Our visual storytelling has earned accolades from our clients and critics alike. Multiple stories on this page have won regional Emmy awards and Telly awards. Our competitive spirit as film producers means we bring a fiery passion to every story we tell.

Documentary film production

We craft powerful documentary films that reveal the heart of your story with honesty, empathy, and cinematic beauty. Our team specializes in capturing real moments and voices, turning complex subjects into emotionally resonant narratives that connect with audiences. Whether you’re sharing a mission, movement, or personal journey, we help you bring it to life with impact, intention, and artistry.

Advocacy campaign videos

We create advocacy campaign videos that help public affairs, public policy, and mission-driven organizations turn complex issues into clear, human stories. Whether you are building public trust, supporting stakeholder engagement, educating audiences around policy, or strengthening a coalition around a common cause, we craft strategic communications content that helps people understand what is at stake and why they should care. Our approach combines emotionally resonant storytelling with strong visual execution, giving advocacy campaigns, public affairs teams, and issue-focused organizations video assets that can support awareness, engagement, fundraising, and long-term momentum.

Brand story

Your brand has a story worth telling, and we bring it to life with emotion, clarity, and cinematic storytelling. We dig deep to uncover what makes your brand human, then craft a narrative that builds trust, sparks connection, and drives results. With high-end visuals and authentic storytelling, we help you move beyond marketing and into meaningful connection with your audience.

Maximizing your video investment

We pride ourselves on building longform content that can easily be crafted into short, web and social media friendly snippets that reach your audience quickly and rope them in for me. When we worked with AARP on a series of stories, we created a long and short video for each story.

Your success is our success

Ian and team are video vampires- they swoop in quickly and suck the boring out of corporate videos. They are extremely quick, flexible and produce a high-quality product that gets results.

Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield

515 Productions has a unique ability to not only get to the heart of a story, but to find the soul and connection that defines meaningful storytelling. That’s because they genuinely care about the people they work with and are representing. They have been true partners to us throughout our work together – from establishing clear goals and brainstorming creative ideas at the start to helping us maximize the impact of the finished product through strategic distribution. And the exceptional quality of their work speaks for itself: We’ve received an incredible response to our video, including multiple film festival showings and a regional Emmy award. It’s been (and continues to be) a true pleasure to partner with and create impactful stories with the 515 Productions team on behalf of our clients.

Beehive Strategic Communication

My colleagues and I owe much to the 515 Dream Team for their incredible Freshwater production. Their talent, passion, dedication, and professionalism made this project easy for us. The results speak for themselves. They told a unique and important story in a captivating and accurate way.

Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth

Let's work together

Let’s discuss how 515 Productions can work with you to create exactly what you need.