WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

Our Approach. Dedication, warmth, energy, innovation—these are the qualities that define your organization, and they're what we excel at capturing. Our superpower is blending seamlessly into any setting, helping the people we film feel at ease, allowing us to capture truly authentic moments. From candid, up-close joyful interactions at a school for children with special needs to working in the inner sanctum of the Aspen Institute, we've been there. Our interviews range from candid, on-the-fly style, to handsomely lit formal sit-down interviews for Discovery and PBS.

We don't charge by the day. At Boston Filmworks, we don't measure time by the clock. No day rates. No rate cards. There's no meter running. Every project is different. From the very beginning, we focus on understanding your unique needs and how we can best collaborate with you to fulfill them. We partner with you to define clear deliverables and a fair, affordable project budget. And then we work diligently until we achieve complete satisfaction.

Our financial model is inspired by Newman's Own. One Hundred percent of our net profits are channeled directly into the Boston Filmworks Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization (operating as Ripple of Hope Films, Inc. dba Boston Filmworks). These funds are dedicated to supporting the production of high-quality films that amplify the voices of underfunded community nonprofits.

DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER STEVE LISS

For twenty-three years Steve Liss was a Time magazine photographer, capturing 43 covers—the second-highest in the magazine's history. As a licensed pilot, he flew himself to assignments across the U.S., the Arctic, and Australia's outback.

In 2006, Liss received the World Understanding Award from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, one of many career awards, for writing and photographing No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention (University of Texas Press). The Chicago Tribune called the book, “Journalism of the most moral and galvanizing kind.” 

His television directorial credits include Finding Fatherhood (PBS), a short on estranged fathers seeking reunification; Sacred Cod (Discovery Channel), a feature documentary on the decline of the Gulf of Maine's cod industry; and 16 and Recovering (MTV), a four-part series on a high school for students recovering from substance abuse.

A dedicated educator, Steve Liss taught at Northwestern’s Medill Graduate School oif Journalism, Columbia College Chicago, and was an associate professor of media at Endicott College before founding Boston Filmworks.