Chris G. Parkhurst
Producer, editor, and documentary filmmaker with more than 25 years of experience creating documentary, commercial, and corporate video content. Experienced in leading projects from concept to final delivery, including producing location shoots, conducting executive interviews, editing long- and short-form content, and managing post-production workflows.
Highly proficient in multiple editing and remote collaboration platforms, with a reputation for strong storytelling, creative problem-solving, organization, and dependable delivery under deadline.
Combining a documentary storyteller's perspective with strong technical expertise, I specialize in transforming complex footage into clear, engaging narratives that connect with audiences while meeting business and creative objectives.
Featured Projects
Project Name: Voices of the Crowd
Client: CrowdStrike
Role: Producer, Director, Editor
Produced and edited executive interview-led customer marketing content, including crew coordination, location production, story development, and post-production delivery.
Project Name: GLUKOS Natural Energy Drink
Client: GLUKOS
Role: Director of Photography, Editor
Served as Director of Photography and Editor for a national marketing campaign, leading visual execution from principal photography through post-production, including cinematic product, lifestyle, and brand storytelling content.
Project Name: Intel Bocom Beijing
Client: Intel
Role: Producer, Director, Editor
Produced and edited executive interview-led customer marketing content, including crew coordination, location production, story development, and post-production delivery.
Project Name: O Pioneer
Client: Coat of Arms
Role: Editor
Served as lead editor on an award-winning feature documentary, working closely with the creative team to craft story structure, strengthen character arcs, and shape the film's emotional and thematic journey from rough cut through final delivery.
Featured Projects
Project Name: Voices of the Crowd
Client: CrowdStrike
Role: Producer, Director, Editor
Produced and edited executive interview-led customer marketing content, including crew coordination, location production, story development, and post-production delivery.
Project Name: Best Bottle
Client: Actual Industries
Role: Director
Directed and co-wrote a television development sizzle reel, leading creative strategy, visual storytelling, production, and narrative development to effectively communicate the series concept and audience appeal.
Project Name: The Science of INTELligence
Client: Intel
Role: Director of Photography, Editor
Served as Director of Photography and Editor on a documentary-style branded film, helping shape the project's narrative vision through story development, timeline construction, visual storytelling, cinematography, and editorial leadership from pre-production through final delivery.
Project Name: Elvis of Cambodia
Client: Barang Films
Role: Director, Editor
Co-produced, directed, filmed, and edited an award-winning feature documentary, overseeing story development, international production, archival integration, interview direction, and post-production through festival release and worldwide distribution.
Producing & Direction
Experienced producing travel-based productions from pre-production through delivery, including crew hiring, scheduling, logistics, scripting, shot lists, storyboards, and on-site direction.
Comfortable conducting interviews, directing non-professional talent and executives, managing stakeholders, and balancing creative and logistical priorities under deadline.
Editing & Post-Production
Highly proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Media Encoder with extensive experience editing documentary, branded, corporate, and commercial content. Skilled in story structure, pacing, color correction, sound mixing, motion graphics integration, text overlays, sound design, and final delivery workflows.
Experienced managing post-production pipelines including media organization, remote collaboration, cloud-based editing workflows, asset management, review systems, versioning, and final exports.
Storytelling & Documentary Experience
Founder and host of The Documentary Life podcast and long-time documentary filmmaker with strong interviewing, camera operating, scripting, voiceover, and story-editing abilities.
Experienced shaping large volumes of raw footage into emotionally engaging, visually cohesive narratives with strong pacing and cinematic storytelling.
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