Our talented roster of New York and Los Angeles-based filmmakers, artists and technicians are all experts in their respective disciplines. We enjoy the challenge of variety—it keeps us on our creative toes, allows us to develop a richer palette, and enables us to bring an arsenal of new ideas to every project. We also love collaboration, and work closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and deliver a product that truly resonates with their audience.

With a collective, strong foundation in narrative, we each bring a storyteller’s sensibility to every film. Even in non-narrative projects, we seek to infuse our work with drama, escalation, reveals, and discoveries. All of this engages the audience, leading to a more participatory, emotional, and cinematic experience.

MEET THE TEAM

 

 

JULIE ANNE MEERSCHWAM – PRODUCER

Julie is a principal at Outside The Frame as well as the founder of Stork, OTF’s sister video production company specialized in creating promotional content for children’s brands and nonprofits.

While studying for her M.F.A. in film at Columbia University, Julie’s first short film, Audrey & Einstein, was selected as a National Finalist of the Student Academy Awards and won Best Director at the Bend Film Festival. Her next film, Celamy, completed its run with over 25 awards, including the top prize at the Angelus Awards.

Julie spearheads communication and creative with various clients of Stork and OTF including TOMY, Johnson & Johnson, and Sago Mini.

 

 

FRANCISCO ORDOÑEZ – PRODUCER / COPYWRITER

Francisco is a writer and producer from Queens, New York. After earning his M.F.A. at Columbia University, where he was honored as a Film Division Fellow, he served as co-producer and story consultant on the film, IMPERIUM, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, and Tracy Letts.

Francisco has directed commercials and industrials for Cline Davis and Mann (CDMi), Euro RSCG and Brand Addict for clients such as Genentech, Match.com, Human Genome Sciences, and Glaxo Smith Kline. Since joining Outside The Frame, he has worked on advertising projects for a wide range of brands including Neiman Marcus, Perkins Eastman, Skip Hop, Sago Mini, The Princeton Review and Columbia University.

When Francisco is not collaborating with Outside The Frame, he’s pursuing his passion for film. Currently, Francisco is in development on the independent film noir, THE LOW END THEORY, which will star Ricky Russert (I, TONYA, “MacGyver”) and Rene Rosado (ABCs “The Connors”, “Major Crimes” on TNT).

 

ERYN SHAFFER – ACCOUNT MANAGER

After receiving her B.B.A. in Marketing from Baylor University, Eryn worked with several nonprofits fine-tuning their marketing and development strategies. Eryn has produced various large-scale events and raised significant funds for local history restoration, access to reproductive healthcare, and early childhood mental health therapeutic intervention.

In 2016, she completed the certification program at the International Center of Photography and began work with Outside the Frame and Stork shortly after.

Eryn leverages her expertise in marketing, producing and photography to strengthen relationships with clients and help tell their stories effectively, efficiently and beautifully.

Since joining the OTF / Stork team, Eryn has helped create work for TOMY, USC, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Ravensburger and Room to Read.

 

JUSTIN MARSHALL – WRITER / CINEMATOGRAPHER

Justin is an award-winning screenwriter, a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), a published author, journalist, and editor. Since receiving his M.F.A. in Film from Columbia University, Justin has sold and optioned various screenplays, and television projects. Justin’s most recent narrative project, Promised Land (directed by Joe Turner Lin) received a full development and production grant from ITVS/PBS, and premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. His other writing can be found across the web, on the bookshelves of major retailers, and in countless journals in his mother’s basement.

Justin has also worked as a cinematographer and camera operator for numerous projects, including Student Academy Award Finalists Celamy and Audrey & Einstein, and the award-winning short film Caroline By Committee, which he co-wrote with director Mary Haas.

Justin wears numerous hats at Outside The Frame, and is usually carrying something heavy.

 

CARYN WAECHTER – CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR 

Caryn recently directed her debut feature film, The Sisterhood of Night, produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher (Cutie and the Boxer, The Namesake, The Darjeeling Limited), and starring Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Kal Penn (House, How I Met Your Mother).

 

TAYLOR MAHER – CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR

Taylor is a cinematographer from Syracuse, NY who has been based in NYC for the past six years.  During this time he has had the opportunity to produce season 5 of “The Truth” with Elliott Wilson, a webseries for Jay-Z’s YouTube channel “Life+Times.”  He has also directed two digital documentaries for Sony Epic Records, “Like I Never Left” and “Born Hustler” on musical artists Future and Yo Gotti.

Taylor also DP’d the award winning webseries “Summer Snackdown” and “Halloween Snackdown” for Nickelodeon’s Youtube channel.

At Outside The Frame, Taylor has acted as second camera/assistant editor on a diverse array of shoots for clients ranging from Skip Hop to Columbia University.

Taylor does it all – from directing to producing to DP’ing, and is always excited to create something of meaning and value.

 

JASON WOOD – EDITOR

For over fifteen years, Jason has created distinctive films, documentaries, and a wide range of video content for global brands such as Hennessy, Allure, Bluefly, and Neiman Marcus. He has worked with celebrities ranging from Amy Adams to Alessandra Ambrosio, and his films have played in numerous festivals.

In 2010, Jason produced Counterfeit, a short film that was awarded the Saatchi & Saatchi ‘Nothing is Impossible’ Producer’s Award. The film went on to play at 15 different festivals including Brooklyn Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, and The Nashville Film Festival.

Jason graduated from Columbia University’s M.F.A. Film Program in 2010. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children, an ever growing number of rescued animals, and an unusually large ficus tree.

 

 

 

 

 

PETER FACKLER – PRODUCER / CINEMATOGRAPHER

Peter is an award-winning Director of Photography and a member of the International Cinematographers Guild. Over the past two decades, his work has been shown at film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and Hamptons as well as on major television networks such as IFC, Fox, National Geographic, Discovery, Bravo, Travel, Food Network, History, and others.

Peter has lensed hundreds of hours of television, including Man v. Food, Brain Games, Cake Boss, Ink Master, Project Runway Allstars, The Rachel Zoe Project, and Engineering an Empire.

Commercial clients who have turned to Peter for rich and compelling images include Intel, Samsung, Victoria’s Secret, New Balance, Neiman Marcus, TED, Time Warner, Sperry, Chase, Tide, The New York Times, Bottega Veneta, Garmin, Jet Blue, and The New Museum, among others.

Peter lives in Greenwich Village in New York City and travels all over the country and the world for his clients.