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Although the idea of the Himalayan Film Festival occurred only 2 short months ago between the founder of The Tree Productions, Justin Barker and strangers over coffees in Kathmandu, the Festival is now only 2 weeks away from opening night. Not only is it a five day festival, happening across three cities in the Bay [...]

We all know video is a boon for SEO. Video doesn’t just rank: it reaches people. So for the last 3 years The Tree Productions has been rethinking how to best utilize video production to maximize SEO, user engagement and marketing budgets at conferences and events in San Francisco and across the USA. High quality [...]

There are a lot of vegetarians at The Tree Productions! With almost 100% of our crew choosing a kinder, gentler diet — from our web designer to our editor — we just might be one of the only vegetarian video production companies here in the USA. Justin Barker, our director, is a long time animal [...]

The Tree is one of the newest media production companies here in San Francisco! We established our company here because firstly, San Francisco is one of the coolest cities on earth and secondly,  San Francisco is fast becoming a global media production capital. There are more screens and more places to watch media then ever [...]

Carter Gunn is an award-winning director and editor based in San Francisco. In 2011, Carter joined The Tree as a freelance editor and has managed post production for our global and stateside productions. Gunn has worked as assistant and editor on diverse and award winning projects; HBO’s I Am An Animal, No End in Sight and  Quest for Honor. In his [...]

The Tree’s RED Scarlet -X package has arrived here in San Francisco! Our cinematographer, Jason Joseffer, has been testing and prepping this amazing camera – and we are really excited to announce we are ready to shoot your next production in Cinema 4K. So what is the big deal about the RED Scarlet-X ? It [...]

Justin Barker is a director and producer who has circled the globe and criss-crossed continents directing TV shows, documentary series and short films. A member of the Australian Directors Guild for his 2009 work on Australian Poker Hero, Barker recently returned to San Francisco after a global trek to Kenya, Turkey, Thailand and Australia — [...]

Jason Joseffer is one of our amazing cinematographers! His passion for light and visual storytelling has taken him around the world – directing photography on commercials, music videos, feature length narratives and documentary projects. In 2011, Joseffer directed photography in Thailand and Turkey for our global documentary series for CouchSurfing.org. This year he is cinematographer [...]