Creative development and technical execution for filmmakers, artists, and brands.
I work with filmmakers, artists, writers, brands, institutions, and creative teams from all corners to shape the language, structure, references, and visual materials around a project.
Some projects come in as an idea. Some come in as a script, a pile of references, a rough cut, a deck, a trove of found footage, or a problem that has not quite found its shape. Quartermaster helps bring the pieces into focus.
The Spectrum of Creation
Research, image, story, and instinct brought into focus.
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Source Material
Archival research, strategy, source discovery, collection preservation, and rights & clearances: I uncover the long-lost pieces that complete a story, carrying them from discovery to licensing.
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Storytelling
Story development, screenwriting, copywriting, brand storytelling, adaptations, and editorial collaboration.
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Visual Direction
Creative direction, art direction, pitch decks, graphic design, and mixed-media artwork.
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Play
No idea is too big; they usually need to be bigger. Catching the Big Fish is required reading. Rabbit holes must be followed. Paint a terrible still life and list it for $10,000. Write down every idea that arrives while stuck on the 405. Eavesdrop on every conversation possible. Something is gonna kill you, and it might as well be curiosity.
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Production + Post
Roadmaps
Type B meets Type A: Creative producing, production planning, post supervision, delivery strategy, and tailored systems that keep creative work moving. Someone has to remember the drive labels, the delivery specs, and everyone's birthday.
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Building the House
Thoughtful collaboration built on kindness, clarity, trust, and the belief that good work is a team sport. Building relationships that last long after wrap.
The Alchemy of
Collaboration
Quartermaster is not a menu. It is a studio practice and a way of thinking.
People come to Kelli for the conversation, the research, the taste, the eye, and the ability to find the strange little charge inside an idea before shaping it into a world with language, texture, rhythm, and form.