Our Productions

Forty plus years of combined experience. Seven continents. Over 150 productions — from Coca-Cola South Africa and TAG Heuer campaigns to expedition documentaries in Antarctica and the jungles of Haiti. What you see below is just a taste of what we've been up to.

Series

Middle of Nowhere (Opening Sequence)

Documentary

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Documentary

American Dream Trailer

Documentary

Jonathan Lee VS the World

Documentary

The Nomadic Who?

Series

A Family Story

Trailer for a children’s series

Series

Surrendered and Untamed

Documentary series

Series

Where the Wild Things Are

Pilot episode for a children’s series

Short Film

Super

AI

GTS — The Cellist

Book series with Mark Batterson

AI

I Changed the World: David — Part 1

Episodic trailer for a book series

Documentary

Faith — Part 2

Presidential campaign for Senator Tim Scott

Series

Bank of America

Docu-series

Series

Bryan Goes to Antarctica

Comedy series

Series

Mark Batterson

Teaching series

Series

Surrendered and Untamed — Trailer

Docu-series trailer

Documentary

South of 80°

Feature documentary

Series

The Story of Your Life — Matthew West

Docu-series

Series

Awake — Joel Clark

The book you can watch

Series

The Open Table — Donald Miller

Teaching series

Music

Heaven’s Crush — Jason Clark

Music video

Music

Your Eyes — Seth Snyder

Music video

A Family Story Films - Cinematic Production
Award-Winning Production • Washington DC

We Tell the Stories That Stay With You

Award-winning film, documentary, and commercial production. Four decades of combined storytelling across seven continents.

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What We Do
Full-Service Production
From concept to screen. Every story deserves to be told at the highest level.
Documentary
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Documentary

Features and adventure docs for broadcast and streaming. Four decades across UK, African, and American television.

Film
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Film

Short films, series pilots, and feature narratives. Festival-selected and audience-tested storytelling.

Series
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Series

Kid series, adventure series, and episodic content. From concept through full-season production.

Commercial
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Commercial & Corporate

Brand films, corporate storytelling, and marketing content for companies that want to stand apart.

Script Development
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Script & Story Development

From concept to screenplay. Film, television, and web series development by a NYT bestselling writing team.

AI Production
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AI: The Brave New World

Pioneering AI-driven storytelling across every aspect of production. From concept to final cut, we integrate cutting-edge AI tools into our creative process.

Awards & Festival Selections
Our work has been recognized at festivals and competitions worldwide.
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About
The Team Behind the Stories

Our Story

A Family Story Films is an award-winning production company based in Washington, DC, with a studio in Charlotte, North Carolina. We have spent our careers traveling the globe, stepping into extraordinary worlds, earning trust, and telling stories that stay with people.

Our work has taken us from child soldiers in Haiti to an unsupported expedition to the South Pole, from Fortune 500 brand campaigns to independent films that found life on the festival circuit. Across every kind of project, we bring the same level of craft, curiosity, and care. Our founder, Joel N. Clark, is a New York Times bestselling author, a 2025 Blacklist Select, and director whose work has taken him to all seven continents.

We do not believe in one-size-fits-all crews. Every project is built from the ground up with the team it actually needs — the right director of photography, the right editor, and the right creative chemistry to bring the story to life.

Joel N. Clark
Joel N. Clark
Director / Producer / Writer
Mark Yucha
Mark Yucha
Chief Financial Officer
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Producer / Writer
Rick Kain
Rick Kain
Producer
Let's Make Something Extraordinary

Whether you have a story that needs telling, a brand that needs elevating, or a vision that needs a production partner — we'd love to hear from you.

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EXPERTS  IN  TELLING  STORIES

We are experts at telling great stories that reflect brand value and associations, drive engagement and grow customers.

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BRANDED STORYTELLING

A Family Story Films provides the creative and technical talent to make compelling brand-focused films; stories that resonate with an audience; stories that are people-driven, passionate, and fundamentally authentic. 

Equipment is important! From Alexa's to REDs to C300s to Cranes and Jibs, A Family Story utilizes all the best gear that is currently available. With each and every production, we look at the needs of the story, the reality of the budget, and the intended audience before choosing the best possible gear. We pride ourselves on our ability to find the right filmmaking equipment for each and every production.

Our state of the art studios are located in Washington DC and Charlotte NC.

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OUR STORY

We have over 40 years of experience producing and directing television for the UK, African, and American TV industries. We have spent our careers traveling the globe finding interesting people, building relationships and capturing exhilarating, heartwarming and emotional moments on camera

JOEL N CLARK
JOEL N CLARK

PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / WRITER

Joel N. Clark is the director of A Family Story Films. Over the past twenty years, Joel has filmed in the most remote and perilous corners of the earth and has created documentaries, series, and films across all seven continents. Through creative storytelling Joel has illuminated harrowing narratives, from child soldiers in Haiti and forced early marriages in Mozambique to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the treacherous journey of undocumented immigrants, and an intrepid, unsupported expedition to the South Pole and many more.

In addition to film directing, Joel is a New York Times Bestselling author, having penned both fiction and nonfiction works that have been published widely. Alongside his wife of eighteen years, Megan, their daughter Juno, and their son Elah, Joel continues to create and inspire from his home in Washington, DC.

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MARK YUCHA
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MARK YUCHA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Mark Yucha is a seasoned finance and accounting professional who began his career with KPMG and then moved on to management roles at various organizations ranging in size from startups to Fortune 500 companies.  Prior to joining A Family Story he most recently served as the CFO of a national online publisher based in Washington DC.

 

Mark is currently enjoying a stint in Cape Town, South Africa with his wife and two children.

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ESTHER FEDORKEVICH
ESTHER FEDORKEVICH

EXECUTIVE EPRODUCER / DISTRIBUTION

Esther Fedorkevich is the founder of The Fedd Agency, a literary and entertainment agency. Among her clients are Mark Batterson, Tim Tebow, George Barna, Erwin McManus, Jentezen Franklin, and Eva Shockey. After representing fifty-six New York Times bestselling authors and having represented more than a thousand books, Esther knows that publishing is changing. That’s why she has established The Fedd Agency’s unique, 360-degree model, that comprehensively manages the needs of her clients—from traditional publishing to in-house book production, to building personal platforms, to negotiating for film, television, and other derivative products.

 

Esther lives in Austin, TX with her husband, Jimmy, and their two kids, Alexi and Paul. 

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OUR CREW

At A Family Story Films, we meticulously construct our crews to complement the unique demands of each project, rather than attempting to mold projects around preexisting teams. The composition of a crew is of paramount importance, as it distinguishes the exceptional from the merely adequate. We recognize that an intimate, passion-driven piece necessitates a distinct skillset compared to a grandiose, multi-camera spectacle. Consequently, A Family Story Films houses a diverse array of talent, encompassing directors of photography, sound engineers, graphic designers, and editors, each possessing extensive experience in their respective domains. This enables us to selectively assemble our teams, tailoring them to address the specific requirements of each cinematic endeavor.

FILM AND SCREENPLAY AWARDS

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Envision your concept, and we will aid you in its cultivation and introduction to the world.

 

Whether it be for film, television, or a web series, we will work together to refine your idea until it is ripe for global presentation.

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SCRIPT & STORY DEVELOPMENT

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