Honoring Individual Histories To Preserve Our Collective Past

Reel Biography's origin, and still our mission today, is capturing the stories of everyday people in their own words through digital video. Family Reels™ can focus on an individual family member or tell the story of a whole family or family business. Using interviews, archival footage and family photos, we create a 15 - 30 minute biography that captures each family's unique story.

"Insuring the Legacy: A Living History of the Owens Group"
A personal and professional portrait of an immigrant couple who started with nothing and built a successful insurance company.


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"Krawitz"
A moving testament to the resilience of a Holocaust survivor in honor of his 80th birthday

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"How Sweet It Is: The Koppers Chocolate Story"
The story of a family business and the unique man who made it a success

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"Mitchells/Richards"
Reel™ produced for use as a marketing tool, and for screening at the Mitchells/Richards anniversary event.

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"They handled the history of my family and my family's business with sensitivity and compassion...They're doing for our generation digitally what portrait painters did hundreds of years ago."

- Jeff Alexander, Vice President, Koppers Chocolate