Chronicle Creates

Stories that outlast the moment.

Chronicle Creates is the original content arm of Chronicle Cinema. Quite literally: Chronicle Creates documentary films, narrative features, episodic series, and podcasts. Award-winning work built around identity, belonging, and the power of human connection.

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The Chronicle Creates philosophy

“Storytelling has the power to change the world.”

Chronicle Creates exists for stories that need to be told, not because they’re commercially convenient, but because they matter. Ordinary people with extraordinary stories, characters worth rooting for, moments most cameras miss. These are the stories Chronicle Creates is built to tell, with the cinematic craft and emotional precision they deserve.

The creative voice

Why we create.

Because people deserve to be seen

Every film starts with a person worth following. We create to tell real stories with honesty and dignity. People an audience roots for, not subjects under glass.

Because craft earns attention

A story told well doesn’t have to beg to be watched. We hold every film to a feature-film standard: photography, sound, score, and pace.

Because resilience deserves an audience

Ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things. We film what humans do when the odds are against them, and what it looks like when they prevail anyway.

How Chronicle Creates works

From script to
screen.

Chronicle Creates handles every phase of production, from first treatment through final delivery. We engage at the beginning, not as a last-minute crew-for-hire.

Development

Story development, script, treatment, and creative package. The idea gets its shape and its spine.

Pre-production

Casting, locations, crew, schedule, and Kentucky film tax credit coordination where applicable.

Production

Principal photography with a full cinematic crew: in Louisville, across North America, or internationally.

Post-production

Edit, color, sound design, score, and final deliverables. All handled in-house by Ken and the post team.

Distribution

Festival strategy, streaming placement, broadcast licensing, and audience development for the finished work.

Film in Kentucky · Studio C · Tax incentive

Chronicle Creates
is based in Kentucky.
That’s an advantage.

Productions filming in Kentucky qualify for the Kentucky Entertainment Incentive: a fully refundable tax credit of 30–35% on qualifying expenditures including crew wages, equipment, and facilities. Kentucky processes credits in approximately 4 months, significantly faster than comparable state programs. Chronicle Creates can connect you with the right resources to apply, and Studio C’s LED wall means you can build virtually any environment without leaving Jeffersonville.

30–35%

Refundable KY film tax credit

~4mo

Credit processing time

$75M

Annual program cap, 2025

35%

Kentucky
film tax credit
fully refundable

Commission Chronicle Creates

You bring the story.
We create
the film.

Chronicle Creates is available for commission: brands, foundations, advocacy organizations, and institutions who have a story that deserves a filmmaker’s full attention.

We’re not a crew for hire. We’re a creative team with a point of view, and we bring that to every project we take on. If your story fits what we do, the work will show it.

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Brands & organizationsBranded documentary and long-form content that builds real audience relationships. Turfmutt / Second Nature is the model. Chronicle the mission, not just the product.

Foundations & advocacyImpact-driven storytelling for organizations whose mission deserves a film that lives up to the work. Conversion was built for exactly this kind of partnership.

Institutions & public sectorLong-form content, documentary series, and original programming for universities, cultural institutions, and government organizations with a story worth telling at scale.

Kentucky productionsFilming in Kentucky? Chronicle Creates can help you navigate the 30–35% film tax credit, coordinate Studio C, and build your production team locally.

Let’s make
something iconic.

If you have a story that deserves a film: a documentary, a series, a feature, and you want a creative team that will bring everything to it, let’s talk.

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Stories that outlast the moment.

Chronicle Createsis based in Kentucky.That’s an advantage.

Chronicle Creates
is based in Kentucky.
That’s an advantage.