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Our purpose is simple:

to remind us we’re all human.

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Tim Butcher is a Tasmanian-based documentary filmmaker and visual ethnographer who cares about human stories.

Tim founded StoryCraft Productions after a 20-year career as a university researcher, academic leader and author, heading up longitudinal real-world sociological projects with diverse communities in Australia, the UK, India and the US — from remote Aboriginal communities to artists and freelance creatives.

Tim pivoted into screen production after writing his last book, Creative Work Beyond Precarity, to:

  • Empower emerging and independent filmmakers to share the stories that matter to them, so they might build resilient screen careers;

  • Collaborate and partner with people who also care the power of story and human connection, to make a positive difference;

  • Produce films with impact that reach engaged audiences across contemporary platforms, which inspire them to take action.

Book a Discovery Call with Tim
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We have a slate of impactful and actionable film projects for different platforms, to reach specific audiences, both in concept and development.

We are also keen to collaborate on projects you might have in the works that fit with what we value and believe in.

Our core values:

  • Human stories matter;

  • Listen to every voice;

  • Empathy holds radical potential;

  • Curiosity can be a catalyst for change;

  • Truth is the bedrock StoryCraft is built on.

We believe:

  • Everyone has a story worth sharing.

  • Stories make us human.

  • Human connection is a must in a post-human world.

  • Everyday life is real, not robotic.

  • The future of screen production will always be human-first.

IF this resonates with you, email Tim:

Writers and directors; experienced and emerging cast and crew; investors, commissioning editors, agencies, brands and distributors — together, let’s make stories that matter.