“17 years ago I picked up my first camera.
I’ve been shooting stories ever since.”

It all started in my backyard, filming short films with friends after school, aspiring to be the next Peter Jackson. Some were bad, others were cringe, but one did well enough to get recognition in a local youth competition.

Years later I would graduate from Victoria University with a B.A. in Film & Media, and then South Seas Film & Television School with a Diploma in Drama Directing & Scriptwriting.

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In the year that followed, I worked side-projects while attempting to get my feet into the highly competitive film industry. But instead of following the traditional route, I opted instead to pave my own way through freelancing, often collaborating with my good friend and future business partner James Forsyth (the two of us pictured below).

It was a difficult road, filled with many lulls and doubts as to whether I had made the right decision. But in time everything would fall into place.

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I’ve been working professionally with videos for almost 10 years now. 

Four and a half of those years were spent running the video agency FMF Creative, alongside James. Together we helped businesses across the world scale through organic content strategies on platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn.

Millions of viewers, thousands of interactions, and consistent customers have come from the hundreds of videos we put together as a team (many still picking up views to this day).

This work would provide the chance to work remotely out of Southeast Asia, Spain and Portugal before Covid-19 hit, which saw us both relocate back to New Zealand.

There was no greater feeling than seeing a video really find its stride with an audience, and positively impact our clients’ lives.

here’s what they had to say:

  • "Working with Ethan and James has completely changed the way we approached video marketing in our business.

    12 months ago we literally had no idea on how to use videos in our business, but the boys at FMF have taken a simple idea of educating our clients through video, coached us on how to best capture the video and most importantly given tips on how to amplify what we are doing with video across the various digital channels.

    They are the complete package, you need to speak with these guys. "

    Jayden Vecchio,
    Hunter Galloway

  • ''Working with FMF Creative has been such a fun experience.

    Not only are Ethan & James constantly brainstorming new video strategies to cater to the Dwell community, they are also extremely responsive, reliable, and consistently deliver projects in a timely manner.

    I would highly recommend their services and look forward to continuing to collaborate with them!“

    Kathryn,
    Dwell

  • "Working with FMF has been a real pleasure.

    They have an immediate understanding of what their client is looking for in terms of content production and have continuously provided us with fast, great quality and effective content.

    I'd recommend working with FMF to any start up who's looking for a down-to-earth agency that can accommodate challenging requests!

    Last but not least, James & Ethan are just great people to do business with and can come up with creative suggestions that simply make things so much better."

    Leonardo Piumi,
    Tripaneer

  • “The guys at FMF, James and Ethan have been phenomenal in transforming my social presence and taking the company to the next level.

    Their relentless focus on creating a journey in the minds of my customers + their creative prowess in delivering content has been extraordinary in making Dot the go to for finance.

    I have already passed on their details to friends, family and even clients who have praised the content that’s been put forward.

    Loui Daoud,
    Dot Financial

  • “Ethan, James and the entire FMF team are fantastic to work with. The team understands the business needs very quickly, does their homework, and are always eager to go the extra mile to support the client.

    Visually and creatively, FMF is always on point. They have an excellent understanding of video and the YouTube environment, and are always willing to brainstorm with the client to innovate and think of new ideas to meet the business objectives.

    With the help of the FMF Creative team, at Jungle we have been able to build a consistent, high quality content hub for tech founders on YouTube, which has been seeing an ever increasing engagement from the community.”

    Roshni Chatterjee,
    Jungle Ventures

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I have experience across the entirety of the video production process:

- Establishing cost & time effective video strategies.
- Helping businesses capture video for themselves easily.
- Ideating videos based on VSEO principles (i.e. YouTube SEO).
- Filming a variety of videos: from in-person events, talking head videos, to lifestyle shoots.
- Editing a range of projects within a time-efficient time-frame.

Some of the clients I’ve worked in the past include:

Buy New Zealand Made, Living Big in a Tiny House, Kitman Labs, Mortgagehq, TrailLite, Harrisons NZ, Celo, The Mortgage Lab, Kiwiamericans, Ritual & Rise, Beauty and the Wind. Internationally, these include Dwell, Mindvalley, Jungle Ventures, Dot Financial, Hunter Galloway, Tripaneer, Evercoach, Hotel Bergkranc.

I am now focussing my efforts more towards filming.

I provide my own gear, and specialiZe in documentary-style video.

The past year has seen me work closely alongside BusinessNZ, specifically helping the Buy New Zealand Made team create miniature documentaries highlighting small but impactful businesses across New Zealand.

This work has rejuvenated my love of telling stories through video, and throughout 2023 I have been doubling down on these efforts.

If you’re looking for someone passionate about their craft to help make your video, then I’m your guy.

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I'd love to see how I can best help your video needs.

Book a time to talk with me in the link below and I’ll give you 15 minutes to share what you’re looking to get out of video. I’ll give you any tips, advice or knowledge you might need to go away confident.

And if you’re looking for that extra bit of assistance with filming, editing or overall marketing, then we can see if we’re a fit and go from there.

what the people say.

  • “I could not recommend Ethan more if you are looking for a video editor to grow your brand. Ethan is amazing to work with, very talented and helped me grow my YouTube channel from 6K followers to almost 20k in 1.5 years.

    Ethan is always expanding his skills and gets my videos back in a timely manner. My favourite thing that Ethan does is he takes my raw video footage and makes it look so good...like way better than I had envisioned it could be.

    If you are looking for some to help with editing, YouTube Marketing or social media repurposing - this is the guy for you.”

    Tara Hulbert,
    Kiwiamericans

  • “Ethan did a great job of producing a series of customer insight videos for Celo. Ethan is a pleasure to work with and has a great eye for quality. Keep up the great work!”

    Steve Vlok,
    Celo

  • “Ethan is a reliable, creative and gifted videographer. His work for Buy NZ Made is always high-quality with exceptional attention to detail. Ethan is a likable, easy-going person who gets along with the whole Buy NZ team. I would recommend him without hesitation.”

    Dane Ambler,
    Buy New Zealand Made

  • “Worked with Ethan on filming project for TrailLite Group and work, speed and value were excellent will continuing using!”

    Ashlee Rose,
    TrailLite Motorhomes

  • “I worked with Ethan extensively for over 2 years while building the Jungle Youtube page. He is extremely collaborative and a dream to work with. Ethan is very knowledgeable on everything video and social, especially Youtube strategy and growth, and has helped immensely in growing our channel from 0 to the largest followed VC channel in the region. I would highly recommend him for all roles, and I look forward to working with him again!”

    Roshni Chatterjee,
    Jungle Ventures

  • “Absolute legend when it comes to project managing our video editing, easy to deal with, and delivers high-quality work. Thank you Ethan! “
    Blandon Leung,
    mortgagehq

  • “Ethan made an excellent video for our theatre company.

    His sense of story, his craft and his coolness under pressure were all precious when dealing with theatre people with weird schedules and sudden inspirations!

    His ability to inject rhythm, structure and focus has been honed by years of experience of dealing with both corporate clients and arts people. Highly recommended.”

    Daniel Cotterall,
    Já International Theatre

  • “Highly recommend Ethan. His coaching was great and down to earth. Also highly personalised and specific to our situation. Ethan was a big help in growing our YouTube Channel at The Mortgage Lab.”

    Rupert Gough,
    The Mortgage Lab