STORIES THAT MATTER
FILMS PEOPLE REMEMBER
STORIES THAT MATTER
FILMS PEOPLE REMEMBER
What If Survival Wasn’t a Business? is currently in development. Rapper Freeway survived kidney failure and a life-saving transplant. After devastating personal loss, he turns survival into a mission—exploring organ donation, the business of kidney care and breakthroughs that could change who gets a second chance.
Director•Producer
Think Free chronicles Philadelphia rapper Freeway's battle with kidney failure, dialysis and the search for the organ donor who would give him a second chance.
OFFICIAL SELECTION • PHILADELPHIA INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
STREAMING • APPLE TV + AMAZON PRIME
Inspired by the book You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent by Justin Brooks, Founding Director of the California Innocence Project, XONR8 explores the cases and systemic failures that can send innocent people to prison—and the fight to set them free.
Documentary Series
Created while serving as News Director at ABC4 Utah, Todd Reed conceived, directed, produced, shot and edited Going Agg, an original documentary series taking viewers inside Utah State football.
Tracing more than a century of change, Utah Mule Deer: Past, Present and Future explores how habitat loss, human development and wildlife management have shaped one of Utah's most iconic species.
DIGITAL CAMPAIGN • SPORTS MARKETING
Documentary-style video storytelling designed to connect with players and parents while driving enrollment and measurable digital growth.
6.4× RETURN ON AD SPEND • 65% OF WEBSITE TRAFFIC
DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
A targeted campaign for Utah Valley Tennis Club designed to reconnect former players with the game—and turn that interest into enrollment.
DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
BRAND FILM
A cinematic brand story capturing the people, vision and entrepreneurial drive behind Big Plan Holdings and its growing portfolio of businesses.
DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
BRAND FILM • MUSIC + ENTERTAINMENT
A behind-the-scenes brand film capturing EDGEHILL Music Publishing's creative culture and the artists, songwriters and producers shaping music together.
DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN • NONPROFIT
Todd Reed created four character-driven films for Pro Kids, First Tee San Diego's annual Celebrates Gala, helping bring the organization's mission to life for donors. Organizers reported the event raised $1 million.
4 FILMS • $1 MILLION RAISED
DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
CONSERVATION FILM • UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
A remote Utah stream becomes part of an effort to restore native Colorado River cutthroat trout—capturing the fieldwork, science and people working to give the species a stronger future.
WRITER• DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
CHARACTER PROFILE • MULE DEER CAMPAIGN • UTAH DWR
Part of a statewide mule deer campaign, New Deer Hunter follows a new hunter building an outdoor tradition he hopes to pass on to his children.
WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
CHARACTER PROFILE • MULE DEER CAMPAIGN • UTAH DWR
Part of a statewide mule deer campaign, Legacy Hunter explores how hunting traditions are passed from one generation to the next—and the connection to wildlife and the land that keeps them alive.
WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
PUBLIC EDUCATION FILM • UTAH DWR
Created in response to new Utah legislation, this educational film introduces the purpose and importance of Utah's Wildlife Management Areas and is required viewing for visitors obtaining a free digital access permit.
WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • CINEMATOGRAPHER • EDITOR — TODD REED
VERTICAL SOCIAL • MULE DEER CAMPAIGN • UTAH DWR
Part of a statewide mule deer campaign, this vertical social story turns habitat restoration into a concise, accessible narrative about rebuilding native vegetation for Utah wildlife.
WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCER • EDITOR — TODD REED
LONG-FORM JOURNALISM • AL JAZEERA AMERICA
Nearly 50 years after the Kerner Commission warned of a nation divided by race and inequality, America Tonight examines what changed, what didn't—and why the commission's findings still resonate.
WRITER • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — TODD REED
LONG-FORM JOURNALISM • AL JAZEERA AMERICA
Five U.S. Forest Service firefighters were killed battling California's 2006 Esperanza Fire. Arson Alley tells the story through the mother of 20-year-old fallen firefighter Daniel Hoover-Najera and the investigation that brought serial arsonist Raymond Lee Oyler to justice.
WRITER • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — TODD REED
LONG-FORM JOURNALISM • AL JAZEERA AMERICA
Forty years after the fall of Saigon, former CIA chief strategy analyst and whistleblower Frank Snepp revisits the chaotic U.S. evacuation, the Vietnamese allies left behind—and the revelations that later put him at odds with the CIA.
WRITER • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — TODD REED
LONG-FORM JOURNALISM • AL JAZEERA AMERICA
On a Nevada reservation marked by isolation and neglect, America Tonight explores why the Walker River Paiute Tribe—among Nevada's leaders in Native voter turnout—still believes deeply in democracy, especially when it comes to governing its own future.
WRITER • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — TODD REED
LONG-FORM JOURNALISM • AL JAZEERA AMERICA
Fifty years after the 1965 Watts uprising, America Tonight revisits six days that changed Los Angeles through civil rights activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Regina Jones, a young Black LAPD dispatcher who took the first distress call as the unrest began.
WRITER • EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — TODD REED

Todd Reed is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, director and journalist whose work spans feature documentaries, long-form journalism, conservation storytelling and branded films.
He directed Think Free, a feature documentary following Philadelphia rapper Freeway's battle with kidney disease and search for an organ donor, and is currently developing What If Survival Wasn't a Business?, which expands that story into a larger exploration of organ donation, kidney care and emerging breakthroughs in transplantation.
Reed's career began in television journalism, where he spent more than 15 years producing and leading newsrooms. He produced at NBC Los Angeles, co-created and executive produced Al Jazeera America's America Tonight, and later served as News Director at ABC4 Utah and ABC10 San Diego. His work has earned multiple Emmy Awards.
Today, Reed writes, directs, shoots, produces and edits nonfiction and branded stories—combining documentary storytelling with marketing strategy to create films that connect with audiences, strengthen brands and drive measurable results.
MULTIPLE EMMY AWARD WINNER
Breaking News • Investigative • News Programming
PROMAXBDA NORTH AMERICA • SILVER AWARD
General Branding / Image
PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
Think Free • Official Selection
AL JAZEERA AMERICA
Co-Creator • Executive Producer, America Tonight
ABC4 UTAH • ABC10 SAN DIEGO
News Director
NBC LOS ANGELES
Producer • News & Original Programming
KNEELAND PROJECT FOR RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM -
Fellow
UC BERKELEYB.A.
Ethnic Studies
FAA PART 107 CERTIFIED
Commercial Drone Pilot


Whether you're developing a documentary, building a brand or creating a marketing campaign, let's create something people will remember.
Every project starts with finding the story. I bring a documentary approach to films and campaigns designed to make people stop, watch and care.
Emmy-winning journalism, documentary filmmaking and newsroom leadership shape how I approach every project—from the first interview to the final frame.
Great storytelling should do more than look good. I create films and campaigns built to connect with audiences, strengthen brands and deliver measurable results.







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