Selected Work

A selection of documentaries, promotional videos, and creative collaborations that reflect American Inventive's approach to story, audience, and craft.

Events + Culture

Documentaries, performances, festivals, and community organizations — stories that celebrate culture, creativity, history, and the people behind them.

Editing and Post-production:
American Inventive

Serving

When tragedy struck at Fort Hood, Scott & White Healthcare responded with extraordinary courage and compassion. This documentary tells the story of the people behind that response.

Client:
Scott & White Healthcare
Production:
Haufschild Associates
Post-production:
American Inventive
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

For more than eight years, American Inventive has helped the Chicago Symphony Orchestra promote concerts, artists, and special initiatives through short-form videos viewed by audiences around the world. This YouTube playlist features a selection of that work.

Client:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Creative Development and Post-production:
American Inventive
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K-Y Duration

Viewer Advisory: This video promotes an adult sexual-health product and contains suggestive humor.

A tight, funny, memorable edit for an adult sexual-health product.

Client:
Reckitt Benckiser
Production:
Freeman Pictures for Havas Impact
Post-production:
American Inventive

Chicago Jesuit Academy

A sunny, upbeat story about one of Chicago’s extraordinary educational treasures.

Production:
Freeman Pictures for Bean Productions.
Post-production:
American Inventive

Heroes

During the COVID pandemic, a David Bowie cover band approached American Inventive about creating a demo video on a limited budget. American Inventive brought in Freeman Pictures to produce the project, demonstrating how thoughtful collaboration, efficient production, and creative post-production can deliver memorable results without a large budget.

Production:
Freeman Pictures
Post-production:
American Inventive