What I do
Good work starts with figuring out what the thing should actually be. I work across storytelling, production, creative direction, products and experiences — independently or with teams, studios and partner companies.
Levi Elizaga directs films and provides creative direction and production across film, content, products, spaces and experiences — working independently, with an existing team, or shaping the idea before production begins.
- Directs
- Films — directing, cinematography and production.
- Creative direction
- Shaping the idea, brief and approach before and through production.
- Works with teams
- Joins existing studio, production or product teams as director or creative director.
- Scope
- Film, content, products, spaces and experiences.
- Engagements
- Direct, collaborative, end-to-end, or advisory.
- How to start
- A short note about what you're trying to make — a brief, an idea, or an undefined problem.
Narrative films, branded films and documentary-style storytelling — directing, treatments and visual development.
- ·Directing
- ·Narrative filmmaking
- ·Branded films
- ·Interviews
- ·Documentary-style storytelling
- ·Cinematography & visual development
- ·Treatments
- ·Story development
Film & Directing is Levi Elizaga's service for narrative films, branded films and documentary-style storytelling — covering directing, treatments and visual development.
- ·Directing
- ·Treatments and story development
- ·Narrative and branded films
- ·Documentary-style storytelling
- ·Cinematography and visual development
Campaign concepts, creative strategy and brand storytelling — the idea that holds everything together.
- ·Campaign concepts
- ·Creative strategy
- ·Visual direction
- ·Brand storytelling
- ·Launch concepts
- ·Content concepts
Creative Direction & Storytelling is Levi Elizaga's service for campaign concepts, creative strategy and brand storytelling — the creative direction that holds a campaign together.
- ·Campaign concepts
- ·Creative strategy
- ·Visual direction
- ·Brand storytelling
- ·Launch and content concepts
Production planning and multi-format content systems — built to run reliably and repeat.
- ·Production planning
- ·Content production
- ·Multi-format production
- ·Recurring content systems
- ·Production design & workflow
Production & Content is Levi Elizaga's service for production planning and multi-format content systems — built to run reliably and repeat.
- ·Production planning
- ·Multi-format content production
- ·Recurring content systems
- ·Production design and workflow
Product direction, UX and experience strategy — websites, physical + digital experiences and creative technology.
- ·Product direction
- ·UX / experience strategy
- ·Websites
- ·Physical + digital experiences
- ·Creative technology concepts
Products & Experiences is Levi Elizaga's service for product direction, UX and experience strategy — covering websites, physical and digital experiences and creative technology.
- ·Product direction
- ·UX and experience strategy
- ·Websites
- ·Physical and digital experiences
- ·Creative technology concepts
Projects begin at different stages.
Some people arrive with a finished brief. Some arrive with an idea. Some arrive with a problem they can't quite define yet. I can enter at strategy, concept, production or execution depending on the project.
A finished brief
You know what you want. I plan and execute — and keep the point of view sharp through delivery.
An idea
You have a direction but not the shape. I help develop the concept, the approach and the plan.
A problem you can't quite define
Something needs making but it's still unclear. I help figure out what it should actually be.
Clear ways to work together — without inventing business terms.
Direct
I lead a defined creative assignment.
Collaborative
I join an existing internal or external team.
End-to-end
I help shape the concept and stay through production and execution.
Advisory / Creative Direction
I help clarify and shape the work while another team executes.
Five phases — entered at the point the project actually needs.
Discover
Understand the idea, audience, constraint and desired result.
Shape
Develop the concept, creative direction and approach.
Plan
Determine scope, team, production requirements and execution plan.
Make
Production, directing, design, development or build depending on the project.
Finish / Launch
Post-production, refinement, delivery, launch or handoff.
Discover
Understand the idea, audience, constraint and desired result.
Shape
Develop the concept, creative direction and approach.
Plan
Determine scope, team, production requirements and execution plan.
Make
Production, directing, design, development or build depending on the project.
Finish / Launch
Post-production, refinement, delivery, launch or handoff.
Tangible things, not just direction.
- ·A clear creative direction and point of view
- ·A plan — scope, team, production, milestones
- ·The work itself — film, content, design, build or environment
- ·Files, assets and documentation for handoff
- ·Direction through launch and what comes after
Scope determines timing.
Small focused assignments may move quickly. Larger films, campaigns, products or experiences require additional planning and production phases. Estimated ranges are added once the brief is clear.
Focused
A single film, asset or deliverable with a clear brief.
Considered
A campaign, product or experience across a few phases.
Extensive
A larger build needing strategy, production and execution.
What to bring — none of it mandatory.
- ·What you're trying to accomplish
- ·Who it's for
- ·Any existing brief or materials
- ·Known timeline
- ·Known constraints
- ·Budget parameters if established
A few things people ask.
Films, creative direction, production, products, spaces and experiences — and the places where those overlap. If it needs a clear idea made real, it's probably a fit.
Things I've built that the services come from.
Ventures I founded or am building — the lived experience behind every capability above.
Have something worth making?
Film, creative, product and experience inquiries.
I work independently and with teams, studios and partner companies depending on what the project needs.