The Back Story

Storyteller's owner and principal creative is Richard Jellerson. During the filmmaking process professional dedicated craftsmen are engaged from various disciplines and guilds by Storyteller. Surrounded by talented creative individuals, ideas and input flowing, the films come to life.


After growing up in Southern California Jellerson served two tours in Vietnam as an Army Helicopter Pilot. The first tour was combat with the 116th Assault Helicopter Company. His second tour he served as General Abrams personal pilot. Four Star General Abrams replaced General Westmoreland as Military Commander of all forces in Vietnam. He received a Bachelor of Business from Cal State University Los Angeles in 1975 then did a year of law school before gravitating toward addressing a compelling thirst to be creative.

 

He blustered his way into the advertising industry by convincing a Seattle agency he could write. He then learned the craft of filmmaking by writing, directing and producing commercials and corporate films. The last few years has seen his focus shift to doing documentary films exclusively including a two hour special for The History Channel.

 

Storyteller can produce documentary or corporate films, either our own project or works for hire, from concept to full production.

 

All elements and aspects of filmmaking are available individually: concept, script writing directing, and producing, principal photography to edit to music, voice over, special effects and delivery to master.

  • NOW PLAYING ON:
    TUBItv, Amazon, Visio and Freevee

    Now In Production
    Nicholas Wright
    Director
    Richard Jellerson
    Writer-Producer

    America has over 83,000 Missing in Action Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. This film trailer gives us a poignant look at the families of these MIAs. All have sacrificed brothers, fathers and sons to America's wars. Often these families go an entire lifetime without knowing how or where their loved ones were lost.

  • The Voyage of NOAA
     

    In Pre-Production
    Richard jellerson
    Director-Writer-Producer

    The Voyage of NOAA is an exploration of the amazing research and discoveries by our nation’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA is solely responsible for intelligent prognosis of America’s weather. They address both catastrophic weather predictions for safety and long-term predictions to enable successful agriculture in our country. They are also responsible for our safe maritime and aviation travel and sustainable fisheries at sea and much, much more. With such a big and important series Storyteller Films will produce the film with the career writer- producer experience of Cameron Kim Dawson from Skydog Productions and the cutting-edge virtual reality/360 degree film expertise of Travis Cloyd of Observe Media.

  • Tale of a City
     
    A treatment
    Richard Jellerson
    Director-Writer-Producer

    Tale of a City is an informative and entertaining look at history's greatest cities from their settlement to their modern form. Through witty and factual narrative the viewer learns an accurate account of events (both widely known and little known) that shaped the history of the featured city. Using stylistic animation we are going to recreate history and usher it into thirsting minds.

  • NOW PLAYING ON:
    TUBItv, Amazon, Visio and Freevee

    Jamie Thompson
    Director
    Richard Jellerson
    Writer-Producer

    Producing this important documentary film for The History Channel was personally both challenging and rewarding for writer and producer Jellerson. He served two tours as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

  • One Last Hit
    Crack Cocaine

    Richard Jellerson
    Director-Writer-Producer

    This short film captures the grueling, dead-end story of life as a crack addict. Told by addicts themselves this film wouldn't have been realized at all without the involvement and aid of the Crips.

  • The History
    of Army Aviation
    Richard Jellerson
    Director-Writer-Producer

    This film was produced for the Army's Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama. It tells the story of the Army's integral use of aviation from its roots in the Civil War to today's deadly arsenal of Army aircraft supporting America's troops on the ground in any conflict.