My Work
Every project begins with a story.
The work featured here is a curated selection of films and visual stories created across different places, communities, and organisations. From humanitarian programs and emergency response to cultural storytelling and brand campaigns, each project reflects a commitment to authentic, human-centred storytelling.
This collection doesn’t represent the full scale of my work over the past 25 years. Instead, it offers a glimpse into how I approach storytelling — listening deeply, capturing meaningful moments, and crafting visual narratives that help audiences connect with the purpose behind the work.
Because the most powerful stories are not just seen — they are felt.
01 : I am just a guy with a camera
I am just a guy with the camera.
But, I can do more amazing thing than you think!
This video was created as part of a storytelling training I facilitated for World Vision Asia Pacific communications staff. The training focused on strengthening storytelling skills across the region — helping communicators capture authentic stories from the communities they serve.
At the end of the two-day workshop, participants were given a creative assignment with the theme “More Than You Think.” The exercise invited them to look beyond the surface and discover the deeper human stories often hidden within everyday moments.
“I’m Just a Guy with the Camera” was one of the pieces that emerged from that assignment. The story reflects the power of simple, honest storytelling and reminds us that meaningful stories often come from those who take the time to observe, listen, and care.
As a mentor and fellow storyteller, seeing participants translate the lessons into such thoughtful work was incredibly rewarding. It reinforced my belief that when people are given the tools and confidence to tell stories well, powerful stories that truly matter begin to emerge.
02: We Are World Vision
To express a brand’s identity and purpose, a well-crafted brand film goes beyond explaining what an organisation does — it allows audiences to feel the heart, values, and people behind the mission.
When I was tasked with producing a video to represent World Vision, an organisation I had served for two decades, I approached the project with deep responsibility and care. It was an opportunity to capture the spirit of an organisation built on compassion, dedication, and a shared commitment to serving the most vulnerable.
A well-crafted brand film goes beyond explaining what an organisation does — it allows audiences to feel the heart, values, and people behind the mission.
I drew on everything I had learned as a storyteller to create a film that reflects the many people who make the organisation what it is — from frontline teams responding to emergencies, to field staff working alongside communities, to colleagues in offices advocating, communicating, and mobilising resources.
Equally important were the supporters and donors who place their trust in the organisation’s mission. This video brings together those collective efforts to portray a simple but powerful truth: that behind the global work of World Vision are countless individuals united by a shared desire to express the very best of humanity — through love, care, and action.
03: Community Stories — Karen Community in Bendigo
Storytelling can play a powerful role in helping communities be seen, understood, and valued.
Storytelling can play a powerful role in helping communities be seen, understood, and valued. Videos like this are not only about documenting events — they can also serve as important advocacy tools, helping wider audiences understand the experiences, challenges, and contributions of communities that are often overlooked.
This video was created with the Karen migrant community in Bendigo, highlighting how a community centre led by a Buddhist monk has become an important place of support for new arrivals settling into life in Australia.
The storytelling process involved spending time with many families, listening to their experiences of arriving in a new country and building a new life. From those conversations, I shaped the narrative organically — developing the story structure on the go, crafting a narration that reflects their journey while weaving in interviews to give voice to the community themselves.
Through stories like this, video becomes more than documentation. It helps communities share their journey, fosters understanding between cultures, and highlights the grassroots initiatives that quietly support people as they find their place in a new home.
04: Bible Project — Multilingual Production Collaboration
Content production often involves bringing together creative talent from different disciplines and locations. Strong storytelling requires not only creative vision, but also the ability to coordinate people, skills, and processes across teams.
For this project, I was involved in producing a Bible Project video adaptation, working closely with the Bible Project team to help deliver a translated version for a new audience. My role focused on project coordination and talent management, liaising with multiple contributors including the animator, translator, and voice-over talent.
The production process required coordinating creative work remotely across different countries, ensuring that the translation remained faithful to the original content while also maintaining the tone, clarity, and storytelling quality of the animation. From managing communication between collaborators to aligning timelines and deliverables, the project required careful oversight to keep the production moving smoothly.
This project highlights an important part of my work in content production leadership — bringing together diverse creative talents and managing collaborative workflows to deliver meaningful storytelling across cultures and languages.
05: Listener Testimony — The Light Radio
Personal testimonies are among the most powerful forms of storytelling. In any industry — whether media, nonprofit, education, or business — real voices and lived experiences help audiences connect with a message in a way that statistics or descriptions alone cannot. Testimony videos bring authenticity and emotional depth, allowing people to see the genuine impact a service, organisation, or community can have on someone’s life.
For this project, I recorded a long-form conversation with a listener of the Light Radio channel and carefully shaped the material into a concise and heartfelt story. The process involved listening deeply to the full conversation, identifying the emotional and narrative moments, and crafting an edit that preserves the speaker’s authentic voice while guiding viewers through a clear and meaningful story.
Turning more than an hour of dialogue into a focused narrative requires both editorial sensitivity and storytelling structure — selecting the moments that best reflect the listener’s experience while maintaining a natural and genuine tone.
Projects like this demonstrate an important part of my storytelling approach: the ability to discover the story within conversations, distil complex experiences into compelling narratives, and create testimonial videos that help organisations communicate real impact through the voices of the people they serve.
06: Social Media Video Series
In today’s digital landscape, short-form video has become one of the most effective ways to engage audiences online. Social media platforms are designed for fast-moving content, where viewers often decide within moments whether to continue watching. This means storytelling must be clear, visually compelling, and immediately engaging.
This series of social media videos was created to communicate key messages in a concise and visually impactful way. Each piece focuses on delivering a single idea that can quickly capture attention while still reflecting the broader story or purpose behind the campaign.
Producing content for social media also requires an understanding that different platforms attract different audience behaviours. What resonates on one platform may need a different approach on another — from pacing and framing to tone and visual style. Effective short-form storytelling involves adapting content so it fits naturally within the way audiences consume media on each channel.
This work reflects my experience not only in producing long-form documentary storytelling, but also in crafting agile, platform-aware content that helps organisations communicate effectively in today’s fast-paced digital environment.
07: Humanitarian Storytelling in Times of Disaster
Over the years, I have had the privilege of working in natural disaster response communications across different parts of the world — from local village fire outbreaks and annual flooding to some of the most devastating disasters in recent history, including the Boxing Day Tsunami, Cyclone Nargis, and Typhoon Haiyan.
Pic: 2013 Philippines - Typhoon Haiyan Response
In humanitarian work, communication plays an important role. Stories from affected communities help the world understand what has happened, why support is needed, and how people are rebuilding their lives. These stories can mobilise compassion, inform response efforts, and bring global attention to communities that might otherwise remain unseen.
But disaster storytelling also carries a deep ethical responsibility.
As communicators, we are often present in moments of profound loss and vulnerability. Unlike many aid workers whom the public recognises for delivering relief supplies, we often arrive without anything tangible to give. Instead, we ask people to share something deeply personal — their experiences, their grief, their resilience.
In many ways, what we take away with us are the most valuable things people still have in those moments: their stories.
That reality has shaped the way I approach storytelling. It reminds me that every story shared in those circumstances is an act of trust. It requires listening carefully, representing people with dignity, and making thoughtful choices about how their experiences are communicated to the world.
Because when someone entrusts their story to you in the aftermath of disaster, the responsibility is clear:
to tell the story right, and to tell the right story.
And as a storyteller and communicator, the only thing I can truly give in return is a promise — that I will carry their story with care and tell it in a way that honours their voice, their dignity, and their truth.
08: Truth-Telling Through Story
In my work with First Nations communities in Australia, storytelling carries a unique responsibility. The work is centred on truth-telling, but it is always grounded in respect — respect for culture, Country, people, and Lore.
Through this role, I have had the privilege of travelling to several First Nations communities across Australia, spending time with Elders, listening to their stories, and learning about histories that have often remained unheard in mainstream narratives. These experiences have been deeply humbling.
In this context, I do not see myself as the owner of these stories — or even as the storyteller. The stories belong to the land, the people, and the culture. My role is simply to be a tool that helps share the truth, using the skills I know best — the camera.
Many of the photos and videos used across the Australians Together website, social media platforms, and learning materials come from these journeys and collaborations with communities. Seeing these stories used to help people learn, reflect, and engage more deeply with the true history and cultures of this land is a privilege I hold with great care.
09: Music and Visual Storytelling
Music has always been a passion of mine, and producing music videos allows me to combine sound, culture, and visual storytelling in a powerful way.
This video offers a glimpse into the culture of the Karen people. Working with limited resources, I focused on what best represents the meaning of the song. The traditional Karen costume became the central visual element, symbolising identity and culture, while the cinematography was crafted to reflect the emotion of the music. The edit was kept simple so the visuals could naturally complement the song.
With thoughtful storytelling, even simple productions can carry deep cultural meaning.
10: Exploring New Storytelling Technologies
I enjoy keeping up with new technologies that expand the way stories can be experienced. One example is filming with a 360-degree camera, which allows viewers to explore the environment around them rather than watching from a single fixed frame.
This approach creates a more immersive sense of presence, inviting the audience to feel part of the moment being captured. It also requires a different way of thinking about composition and storytelling, as every direction within the scene becomes part of the visual narrative.
See the gallery below for examples of videos I’ve filmed using a 360-degree camera.
