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Susan's Garden
Tom Patty is not the sort of man to do things by halves. His career as an adman gave him clients like Nike, Nissan and Pizza Hut. When he retired from Chiat/Day Advertising in 1998 he was President and Worldwide Account Director. "My wife wants a large garden in the North West. I reflected on that for a long time," says Tom. "In truth, the whole world is Susan's garden. She cares for a large circle of friends and family just as she would care for her garden. I wanted someone to help me turn that concept into a gift."
Growing Up Mischling
Laguna Woods' senior Inge Papich's difficult story, revealed by us in "Growing Up Mischling", becomes front page news.
That film was an official selection in the Newport Beach Film Festival 2010 and won "Best Short Documentary" in the 10th Annual Lake Arrowhead Film Festival plus a 2009 Telly Award.
Click here to see the opening minutes of that personal history video documentary.
"88 Years" receives wide acclaim
Our video biography of Loraine Barr entitled "88 Years in the Closet" received the audience award for Best Documentary at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival.
It was an official selection in the Women's International Film Festival in Miami as well as the Inside Out Film Festival in Toronto. and was selected to feature at film festivals in Philadelphia, Austin, Santa Fe and Los Angeles. The film is currently playing on PBS channel KOCE-OC Check PBS TV schedule for next broadcast
Orange County Register
Tyler Hammond brushed shoulders with Hollywood royalty as well as LA gangsters as a California Highway patrol man in the 40s and 50s. Our personal history documentary about Tyler Hammond's life was featured in the Orange County Register.
"They use a quote from Mark Twain as their business mantra: "There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Your Story Here, in Mission Viejo, was inspired, in part, by recent dramatic events in their lives: a death in the family and a serious health scare." Read the full story about Your Story Here Video Biography in the Register:
Saddleback Valley News
Most of our subjects have lived through the dramatic events of the 20th century - the Depression, Pearl Harbor, the War and the Atomic Bomb, the Cold War, the 1960s and so much more. Their children are more curious about those times than they realize! And they want their own children to know their history.
National Public Radio
Dorothy Barrett has Alzheimer's. Her short term memory is poor but her long term memory is much better. Her family decided that a video biography would be great way to preserve Dorothy's fading memories.
YouTube
See more of our personal and family history documentary work on our YouTube channel