Decades of professional filmmakingexperience to bring your story to life.
A short film made from your photos and memories, written and edited with you.
Private. Secure. Human-guided.
All files handled by professionals. Every request is read by the Stories We Tell team.
Software helps us work quickly. People read, shape and review every story.
Upload phone photos or scans. Your originals stay with you.
Share your family photos, memories, and traditions. Our creative team reads every story, shapes it with you, and turns it into a beautifully edited film to pass down to your children, grandchildren, and future generations.
Watch How ItComes to Life.
Team
Stories We Tell is a family and friend owned circle of storytellers based in Boston, Massachusetts and Paris, France.
Founders
Matthew F.
A veteran film producer who has worked with Oscar-winning filmmakers, actors and screenwriters. Growing up surrounded by family stories, Matthew always had a passion for family history. Years later, he discovered his grandparents' old photo albums and his great-grandfather's wartime journals. Wanting to preserve these memories and share them with his family members, he started experimenting with turning family stories into films. That's how the idea for Stories We Tell was born.
Pietro C.
Screenwriter, producer
Graduated from the Architectural Association in London with a Bachelor of Architecture, but started writing scripts while still a student. His love for cinema later led him to start his own production company, where he now discovers new talents and helps bring their stories to life.
Victor G.
Behind the scenes
Every film starts with a box: loose photos, a letter, a voice memo from a grandmother who tells the story better than anyone. Victor makes sure none of it gets lost. Based in Paris, he has spent his career in technology, building the systems behind companies in industries as far apart as space and education. At Stories We Tell he built the one that carries a family's memories from the first photo to the final cut, so the storytellers can think about nothing but the story. Off set, he rides his bicycle with Bimbo, his cocker spaniel, her ears floating in the wind.
Creative team
Our Filmmakers who are your Humans in the Loop
Julie F.
Script Producer
Paris based award-winning director, writer, and producer. Studied Cinema at Sorbonne University before moving to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), founded by Walt Disney.
Jack C.
Content and Visual Director
Professional photographer and designer based out of Boston, Massachusetts. When Jack is not on an airplane, he is trying to visit 100 countries before he turns 30.
Pietro F.
Supervising Film Director
A gifted storyteller with over a decade of experience in screenwriting and script editing for major production companies. An award-winning director and video editor, when he is not skiing the Italian Alps Pietro also serves as a leading technology consultant specializing in emerging video models. Based in Turin, Italy.
How It Works.
Original photo
1. You share your memories.
No research needed. Start with the photos and memories you already have: photos, letters, videos, or a family tree.
2. We help shape your story.
Our creative team turns your memories into a narrative. You read and approve the script before the film is made.
3. You receive your legacy film.
Delivered digitally, or optionally on USB/DVD.
Technology we use
Our filmmakers work with today's leading image and video models, and a person on our team reviews every step. During the beta these models are run for us by the providers listed on our Privacy page. Before our public launch we move them to private servers we control.
