Documentary studio
Oakland · Since 2009
Film & photography for brands with something real to say

The story is the strategy.

Quotable Pictures finds the human story inside a brand's problem, then builds the films, photography, and campaign that solve it. We don't hand you footage. We hand you work people believe.

See the work ↗
Stories worth quoting · Oakland California · Est. 2009 ·
TalkspaceTwilioGlassdoorKalshiNurxGrabangoCreated By HumansDutra TalkspaceTwilioGlassdoorKalshiNurxGrabangoCreated By HumansDutra

We are storytellers and problem solvers, not technicians.

The brief is never "make a video." It's change how people feel. So every project starts with the question a brand was really hired to answer, and ends with a story that holds up across every channel. The reels are the proof. The thinking is the product.

What we make

Full crews, shot wherever the story is — stills and motion in one production.

Selected Work

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How do you correct the story the world believed about a man? Robin's Wish Documentary Feature
Reel 02:40 Case study ↗
How do you turn an impact report into something people feel? Twilio.org Impact Film Series · Three Films
Reel 01:12 Case study ↗
How do you make therapy feel emotional instead of clinical? Talkspace Brand Campaign · Film + Photography
Reel 00:30 Case study ↗
How does a finance brand earn respect from fight fans? Kalshi Instagram Reels · Six-Part Series
Reel 03:05 Case study ↗
How do you make a rare disease impossible to ignore? Spark Science Documentary
Reel 00:48 Case study ↗
How do you shoot a portrait that disarms a comedian? Nikki Glaser Portrait Photography
Reel 01:30 Case study ↗
How do you launch a company no one has heard of? Created By Humans Launch Film · Photography
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How do you make employees forget the camera is there? Glassdoor Employer Brand · Film Series
Trailer 01:30 Case study ↗
How do you tell the story of a city the world wrote off? The United States of Detroit Feature Documentary · Directed by Tylor Norwood
Reel 01:20 Case study ↗
How do you make mail-order medicine feel vibrant? Nurx Rebrand · Film + Photography
Reel 02:10 Case study ↗
How do you film a wildfire without making it a spectacle? Fireline Documentary
Reel 01:05 Case study ↗
How do you launch into a crowded category and get noticed? Grabango Launch Film
Reel 02:30 Case study ↗
How do you make a levee system feel like a legacy? Dutra Materials Legacy Film · Documentary
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The Studio
A documentary approach to branding. We listen until we find the line worth quoting, then build everything around it.

Founded by Tylor Norwood in 2009, Quotable Pictures has spent more than fifteen years finding the extraordinary human stories hidden inside companies and causes. Recognized by the Mayo Clinic for outstanding medical documentary and by Fast Company for its photography, the studio works across two tracks that feed each other: original documentary film, and documentary-style campaigns for global brands.

The belief underneath all of it is simple. Everyone has a story worth sharing, and if you listen closely enough, everyone is quotable. But none of it is a solo act — every film and every frame is made by a crew.

Tylor Norwood, founder of Quotable Pictures
Tylor Norwood
Founder & Director

In their words

Client · Testimonials
"Working with the Quotable team helped us bring our vision to life beyond what we could have imagined."
Katelyn Watson · CMO, Talkspace
"A portrait in unfathomable courage. A horror story shackled to a hero's journey."
Joe Morgenstern · The Wall Street Journal
"Working with Quotable, we were able to showcase who we are as a company, all in one succinct video story."
Mark Batke · Employer Brand Manager, Glassdoor
"Love being shot by Quotable. Playing model is excruciating, but they always somehow make it fun."
Nikki Glaser · Comedian & Television Host
How it works
  1. Listen. We interview the people who live your story until we find the line worth quoting.
  2. Write. A treatment you can react to — the story, the look, and what it's for.
  3. Shoot. A full crew, with photography and film captured in the same production.
  4. Deliver. The film, the cutdowns, and the stills — built for every channel you run.
Have a problem worth solving?

Let's make it quotable.

or write us: hello@quotablepictures.com