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A Decade of Breakwater Studios – WATCH NOW

Founded in 2012, Breakwater Studios has been a world leader in short-form humanist storytelling. An Academy Award® winning studio, Breakwater is celebrating our first decade in our mission to champion...

The Beauty President – WATCH NOW

“THE BEAUTY PRESIDENT” presented byBREAKWATER STUDIOS, HILLMAN GRAD PRODUCTIONS & LA TIMES STUDIOS Meet America’s First Drag Queen for President“If a bad actor can be president, why not a good...

Academy Award® nominated A Concerto is a Conversation – WATCH NOW

Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot and Emmy-winning composer Kris Bowers (“Green Book”, “When They See Us”, “Bridgerton”) Executive Produced by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“Selma”, “13th”, “When...

Cause of Life

The New York Times and Breakwater Studios present “Cause of Life”, a series celebrating the messy, imperfect and extraordinary lives of five people we lost to Covid-19. Rosary Castro-Olega...

Almost Famous Launches

The New York Times and Breakwater Studios present a fascinating new series about people who nearly made history — and found happiness anyway. ALMOST FAMOUS is a new kind of historical...

The New York Times: Almost Famous: The King of Fish and Chips

The following op-ed was written by Director Ben Proudfoot for The New York Times, published on August 20, 2019, and can also be found here. On a spring day nearly seven years ago, I stepped away from my desk as C.E.O....

We Won a Webby!

My dear friends, Sometimes there are moments that wouldn’t exist without YOU, our audience. This is one of those moments. We are so humbled to share that our film, The...

Breakwater Needs Your Vote!

My dear friends, We are so excited to share that THE YOUNGEST CAPTAIN, David Bolen’s beautiful and haunting Alaskan meditation made in partnership with Huckberry and Xtratuf, has been nominated for a Webby Award for...

THAT’S MY JAZZ, A Short Film by Ben Proudfoot, Has World Premiere at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

Documentary Profiles Milt Abel II, Former Pastry Chef at Per Se and Noma PR Newswire LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — THAT’S MY JAZZ, a short form documentary by filmmaker Ben Proudfoot and Breakwater...

Joe’s Story

Dear Friends, I want to introduce you to my friend Joe Buckner. We met Joe through our friends at Huckberry and Lululemon, who partnered with us to create a film about...

2018 Year-in-Review

Dear friends, Happy new year one and all! We had one hell of a great year, and there is so much to be excited about ahead. Thank you to all...

BTS / Lost at Sea

Twenty hours at sea. That’s the first thing we heard about Bill Durden’s incredible story. Our collective first thought, none of us survivalists or ex-Navy like Bill, was that...

BTS / A Journey To Fogo Island

“Any ideas?” I spoke into my phone, hoping its battery would hold out for just a bit longer. “I’m thinking…” said Tom, our kindly host and the voice on the...

A Brand New Website

Welcome! Here you’ll find the latest tips and tales brought to you from the Breakwater team. Behind the scenes articles on production, a handy tool to help guide you through...

BTS / Why Not Now: Susan Kurtik

By the time Susan Kurtik called the Breakwater office back, she had every right to be sick of me. We didn’t really have much to go on, nor...

Academy Award® Winner- The Queen of Basketball- WATCH NOW