A mini-doc series about the very edge of innovation and technology, in the interest of building a better world.
With so many fields under one roof, GE’s Research Center in Upstate New York is a truly unique place for innovation. In this mini-doc series, we take a tour as described the research scientists themselves.

Director / Editor + Concept: Collin Monda
Client: GE
Agency: VaynerMedia
Producer: Paul Rubin
DP: Rav Carlotti
Music: Matt Boyer w/ Collin Monda
Story Editor: Jessica Simmons
Sound: Jason York

Once exterminated from the lower 48 states, wolves have made a triumphant return to Yellowstone and the surrounding states. Hailed as, ‘the greatest animal conservation success in human history,’ to many others living in the areas affected the story is dramatically different. There is after all, a reason wolves have been, and continue to be, the world’s most controversial predator. But the question remains: Do they deserve a place on this landscape?

From hunters without game and ranchers afraid of losing their family business, to the biologists who personally brought the wolves back and wildlife managers struggling to find the perfect population count,

The Trouble With Wolves is a rich character study revealing what’s really going on in the West, and it probably isn’t what you’ve been told by agenda-driven environmentalists or rabid anti-wolf groups.

Director Collin Monda, followed the truth to the center of divide to create this important story about the iconic wolf. Five years in the making, with the goal of showing a truly balanced point of view, the film connects strongly with audiences across the map. The Trouble With Wolves is Collin’s debut Documentary Feature, and the spark of a deep passion for coexistence in all forms.

For more information, please visit TheTroubleWithWolves.com.

I went on an adventure with Hey Marseilles to the Doe Bay Festival on Orcas Island, and shot sequences of stills and assembled them into this animated photo album as promo for a photo contest.

Easy Street Records Queen Anne location is closing this Friday. If this was just another record store closing in the digital era, I would say, ‘well that’s the way it goes for physical media,’ but it surely is not just another vinyl shop. This is a store that celebrates weekly music releases with vibrant, hand-painted murals of album covers on the side of the building and hosts free in-store performances by musicians who will sign copies of their record afterword. You come to buy a new album and leave with a story to tell.

Director/Producer: Collin Monda
Thanks To: Weber Shandwick Seattle, The Helio Sequence, Sean Jones & Easy Street Records.
Music: The Helio Sequence – Negotiations / SubPop Records 2012