Our Network
We were early and enthusiastic adopters of collaborative remote workflows, which enables us to live in a rural area, surrounded by natural beauty and far from traffic jams.
We work with a core group of trusted local collaborators and at the same time are able to tap into a nationwide network of industry professionals who can work seamlessly regardless of geographic location, so we can tailor productions to the scope & style needed for each project.
Founding Partners
Chad Ervin
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Chad heads all operations at Well Told Films and is a leading voice in the film & media creation industries in Vermont. He has served in various arts & media leadership roles such as co-founder and president of the board of directors for the Vermont Production Collective, the advisory board to re-launch the Green Mountain Film Festival, the board chair for ORCA Media, and the steering committee for the Vermont Creative Network.
His career in film & television began in 2001 and his work has received numerous accolades at film festivals, as well as three national Emmys, and Peabody, Polk, and Telly Awards, and has appeared as an ‘answer’ on Jeopardy!
Kristin Cantu
PRINCIPAL
Kristin is a founding partner of Well Told Films, and helped establish the company as a trusted resource for authentic storytelling, and grew our brand by fostering genuine human relationships and being the point-person to shepherd complex projects from concept to completion. She has stepped away from daily operations to pursue other opportunities but remains a trusted big-picture advisor.
Kristin has a background in journalism starting in the print & multimedia fields, with an MFA from Emerson College, before transitioning in documentary film production. She is currently helping to pioneer a new model for post-secondary education, and is a prolific volunteer and civic leader.
Frequent Collaborators
Angela Snow
producer
Angela has over 15 years of experience as Production Manager and Producer in Docu-Reality TV for networks such as Sundance, Discovery, and NatGeo. Shows include Beat Bobby Flay, Deadliest Catch, the 2008 Democratic National Convention and Inauguration, and Academy Awards.
As Director/Producer she has completed two feature documentaries, which filmed around the world and released at film festivals, internationally on VOD platforms like Hulu, and through educational distribution. Recently after returning to her home state of Vermont, she has created content with sponsors such as ThinkVT, VT Dept of Labor, and others. As a self proclaimed creative organizational nerd, she enjoys bringing all the complicated pieces together to tell a meaningful story in a unique way.
Duane Peterson III
editor
As a film and video editor, Duane helps bring projects from concept to completion for a wide variety of clients, from independent filmmakers to international sports organizations.
Growing up in Vermont, he arrived at video production through skateboarding and skiing. After high school he interned as a full time editor at a TV station in Cape Town, South Africa, a formative experience where he learned about the power of editing and discovered his unique ability to craft stories in post. From there, he studied Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz where his thesis film won the Critical Vision Award, the film department’s highest honor. In 2019 he helped create the Climate Action Film Festival, the first festival of its kind focusing on solutions to the climate crisis. I now specialize in short form marketing content for web and social channels, as well as short and medium length documentary films.
Corey Hendrickson
cinematographer
Corey is a filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer based in Middlebury, Vermont, specializing in the people, places and stories of New England.
He works across documentary, editorial and brand storytelling, creating films and photographs that feel grounded in the people and places they represent. I can take a project from the first conversation through final delivery, or join an existing production as a director, cinematographer, photographer or editor.
Spencer Chumbley
cinematographer
After a decade working in different roles of news and documentary production, Spencer specializes as a cinematographer and a director of photography.
Chumbley has filmed documentaries in over 20 countries including Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, South Sudan, Gaza and more. He has worked extensively with correspondents and presenters while filming hosted documentary series, but is no stranger to single camera vérité coverage. His work behind the camera has won a Webby, Digital Publishing Award and has been nominated for several News and Documentary Emmys, a Prix Gémeaux and a Canadian Screen Award.
Chumbley now serves as a New York-based staff director of photography for CNN.
Jillian Williams
design + social
Jillian is a graphic designer and marketing consultant based in Southern Vermont, where she has run her own marketing business since 2020.
She specializes in turning big ideas into clear, engaging communications—whether that means designing polished marketing collateral, writing compelling copy, or getting the message out into the world through social media, PR, and other channels. Before launching her business, Jillian held several marketing leadership roles, including Marketing Director at Putney Student Travel.
Ben Rogers
Audio mixing
Ben Rogers is a musician and recording enthusiast who, in an effort to combine these interests, started Loud Sun Studio in 2008. Since then, he has worked in music production, post production audio for film, live recording, and live sound engineering.
Ben began working in the film community as a boom operator. Fascinated by the filming process he eventually took on the roles of sound recordist and sound mixer. Ben’s familiarity with Avid Pro Tools and with working in the studio made post production audio a natural fit for him.
He has provided audio on location for production teams such as Kingdom County Productions, Cavelight Productions, BetwixtNbetween Films, Wayward Ark Productions, and Yasvin Communications. His film mix credit’s include Well Told Film’s Gone Guys, Haptic Pictures’ Sisters Rising, Laina Barakat’s Light Attaching To A Girl, and Amy Jenkins’ Instructions on Parting.