Our Team

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Thomas Torrey is our Owner & Creative Director.

He launched Protagonist in 2023 to use his passion for filmmaking to help small businesses make beautiful videos.

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Autumn Harrison is our Producer.

She’s been with Protagonist since the beginning, coordinating all production.

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Rachael Hyman is our Operations Manager

She gets people paid and makes the engine run smoothly.

Daniel Arena is our Director of Post

He oversees our post-production and also really loves race cars.

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Skylar Torrey is our Assistant Editor & Production Assistant.

She travels the world and studies filmmaking when she’s not working for her dad.

Chris Calnin is our lead Cinematographer.

He and Thomas have been making films together for a long, long time.

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Dan Cava is a contributing director & editor.

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Blake Edwards is a contributing director & editor.

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Shea Sizemore is a contributing editor.

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Andrew Bradford is a contributing cinematographer.

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Hunter Buchanan is a contributing cinematographer.

Why We’re Here

We are a film company serving business owners.

Our purpose is to communicate meaning through story.

Our mission is to help businesses and leaders craft and communicate their stories through film.

Our vision is to help businesses inspire their market and staff; to help business leaders know themselves and make themselves known; to make the lives of our partners easier through hospitable and professional service and a beautiful and cinematic product.

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