521 STUDIES
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Rollin' With Tyson

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521 Studies · Est. 2008

Over twenty years of films for people who build things. The technology changes. The emotions and stories last.

Selected work 2004 — 2025
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Dir. Tim Kiernan · DP DeCon · presented in 2.39:1 600K+ organic views · Addy Award winner
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The everyday annoyances of running a business, brought to life Lenovo Pro · in partnership with Dash Studio & Uncompany
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Inside ShareFile · the people behind the work Campaign film for ShareFile · 4.3M views
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Built for the stage · 5:1 widescreen Red Hat Summit · Animation by Peter Sperrazza
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An anthem film · a letter to CIOs everywhere Animation by Bien
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Medical supply drones in the Peruvian Amazon DP David Hambridge · Edit Tim Kiernan
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Campaign centerpiece for the launch of Verisign's DDoS protection Co-created with James Tupper
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The warehouse district, downtown Raleigh Drone Jason Arthurs · DP DeCon
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Dr. King's son reads from the Letter from Birmingham Jail Made for the MLK Jr. Foundation's awareness & fundraising campaign
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Mt. Toubkal, highest peak in North Africa Score recorded in a café on a Zoom H4N
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Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh NC Dir./Edit Tim Kiernan
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At the Nightlight, months before In Evening Air · one camera, one lens Chapel Hill · March 2010 · filmed & edited by Tim Kiernan
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Directed, edited & scored by Tim Kiernan, at Capstrat, for Red Hat The 2004 campaign film that started everything · presented in 4:3
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521 Studies is a film and video studio run by Tim Kiernan. Working anywhere the story is.

The studio stays small on purpose. Every film here was built with collaborators: cinematographers, animators, producers, composers. The right crew for the story. Nothing more, nothing less.

For 3D and animation, that's our partners at Nice Machines. For AI-powered localization, Bonsurai. For film, you're already here.

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