Our bread and butter comes in the form of interview-based storytelling and a compassionate understanding of the nuanced emotions of our clients. We work with our clients to understand all project elements: genre, messaging, audience, versions, channels, timeline, budget, personnel, resources, regulations, and other complex factors. We approach every project with an open and collaborative approach to individualize each video we produce – no two projects are the same. Our conversational approach in each of our projects elicits the authentic personalities of our interviewees and allows us to gracefully weave those stories together with care to create a narrative that gives the viewer insight into the passion behind these projects.
We have experience producing and directing: documentaries, event coverage, presentation tools, product videos, journalism-style video packages, many outcome-based web videos (recruitment, event promotion, crowd-funding), digital campaign tools, and plenty of other weird projects.
We hope our work speaks for itself, and we pride ourselves on being professional, responsive, and easy to work with. If you’d like to chat about your video idea, please reach out at nick@noumbrella.com.
Nick Callanan
Producer / Founder
Nick C. has a background in journalism and has won multiple Maine Press Association awards. He is a long-suffering Detroit Pistons fan and likes stacking his wood in circles.
nick@noumbrella.com
Adam Thacker
Editor
Adam is an editor, filmmaker, and visual effects artist from Brunswick Maine. He earned his degree from Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications. After a stint on the West Coast he is back in Maine to tell stories closer to home. When not shooting or editing video, Adam is often shooting or editing film photography.
adam@noumbrella.com
Andrew Burgess
Creative Director
Andrew is a Maine native who grew up filming everything he could. He left town to earn his Journalism degree, but is excited to be back home and bringing the stories of his beloved community to life.
andrew@noumbrella.com
Meg Friel
Production and Communications Associate
Meg was born and raised in Biddeford, Maine, where she stayed before leaving Maine to earn her bachelor’s degree in Media Studies, Journalism, and Digital Arts at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. Since returning to Maine, she’s put her roots down in Portland, where she spends her free time writing, reading, and staying curious.
meg@noumbrella.com
Rory Ecker
Senior Editor
Rory is an editor with No Umbrella Media, with editing credits on Plate The State and other productions. He is a recent Department of Communications and Media Studies graduate at the University of Southern Maine.
rory@noumbrella.com
Nicholas Bowie-Haskell
Cinematographer
Nick B. has been telling stories with video for over 20 years. His work has appeared in major motion pictures and family vacation videos. When he’s not working in film, he travels all around North America and the Caribbean with his family of 6. Nick B. is also a certified white water guide, wilderness first responder, and ski patroller.
nickb@noumbrella.com