Sansom Media has an inextinguishable passion to tell stories and never stop learning. We specialize in documentary and commercial filmmaking.
Sansom Media started because of a passion and has grown because of that original spark. We excel at non-fiction filmmaking. We execute with relentless efficiency. Our team is light and lean with well over 100 years of combined experience at its core. Where needed we add additional resources to projects from our network of creative professionals. We can film, produce, edit and deliver a feature length documentary with a crew of less than ten.
In 2003 Todd, founder of Sansom Media, had a desire to learn about filmmaking and found an opportunity to do research at Combat Films and Research while finishing his degree in Mass Communications–with an emphasis in Public Relations. There he learned and grew with Director Dodge Billingsley and Shane Seggar as his mentors.
In his own words, “There were many turning points for me along the way. One that stands out to me was the first time I was asked to make a rough cut from a paper script. I quickly responded yes! I’ll start first thing next week. I went home and searched “rough cut” on the internet, then purchased Final Cut from the bookstore and began learning how to use the software.”
Combat Films and Research gave Todd a vast opportunity to learn researching, editing, filming and more while working on documentary films. He traveled to Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi, Azerbaijan, throughout Europe and the US filming and documenting stories for Combat Films and Research. Covering warzones, military strategy, historians, ambassadors and everyday people.
We have always sought to be on the leading edge of technology and storytelling. We moved to RED cameras and 4K workflow early on. One of our team was on the RED development team for the RED ONE. We quickly jumped to 8K when that format was introduced, being some of the first to edit, master and deliver 8K to YouTube.
We continue to move forward in our storytelling with new ideas, concepts; things that add to the story and don’t overpower the narrative.
