About
We listen first. The story arrives after.
Storyjoy is a participatory storytelling studio based in Harlem, New York. We make films, installations, and cultural projects with the people whose lives they belong to — slowly, and with the camera turned toward what is already true.
Why Storyjoy exists
Because the world has enough content. It does not have enough attention.
We started Storyjoy to make a different kind of room — one where the people on camera are not subjects but co-authors, where production timelines move at the pace of trust, and where the finished story still belongs to the person who lived it.
With experience spanning architecture, media production, and education, Storyjoy brings a unique ability to hold the whole arc of a project - design, story, and people. We've collaborated with public institutions and nonprofits including the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Queens Museum, Lower Manhattan Cultural Coundil, NYC Department of Education, and Middle Collegiate Church.
Manifesto
We believe meaning is not invented — it is surfaced.
We believe a quiet film, made with care, outlasts a loud one made with money.
We believe the people in front of the camera deserve as much patience as the people behind it.
We believe stories are public goods, and they should be returned to the rooms they came from.
A note from the studio
Storyjoy is small on purpose. We take on a few projects a year, work with partners we trust, and stay close to the communities we film with long after the cameras are gone.