Who We Are

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Who We Are

Storyline tells true stories that are rigorously reported and artfully constructed.

We find the right medium for each story, creating award-winning work in film, photography, audio, theater, live exhibits, and emerging forms.

We specialize in creating participatory documentaries; an inclusive and collaborative process that engages participants in designing and carrying out the collection and dissemination of their own story.

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The Team

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    Rachel Falcone

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Rachel is a documentary filmmaker and multimedia artist. She produced the short film and exhibition Water Warriors (POV), which won more than 10 awards and has screened at hundreds of festivals, schools and communities around the globe. Rachel co-directed the participatory web documentary and exhibition Sandy Storyline (winner of the Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival), the site-specific performance Sanctuary and the multi-platform project Housing is a Human Right. She has directed and produced dozens of short films for clients like the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Earth Island Institute. Previously, Rachel produced content with the award-winning national oral history project StoryCorps and EarSay, Inc., and was an associate producer on Incite Picture’s Young Lakota (Independent Lens). She has taught oral history and storytelling in collaboration with institutions like the Museum of the City of New York and Parsons The New School for Design. Rachel is also a sound recordist for film and radio, including most recently Knock Down The House (Netflix) and To the End (Hulu).

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    Michael Premo

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Michael is an awarding-winning journalist, filmmaker, and artist creating time-based media. His work spans film, radio, theater, installation and photography. His most recent feature film, Homegrown, premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. It has won numerous awards including a 2026 duPont-Columbia Award, one of the most prestigious awards in broadcast journalism.

    He directed the award-winning short film and photo exhibition Water Warriors (POV), a story about a community’s successful resistance to the oil and gas industry. It has since been rebroadcasted hundreds of times by PBS stations across the country, including annually in November. He also co-directed the participatory documentary Sandy Storyline (Jury Award winner at the Tribeca Film Festival), the site-specific performance Sanctuary (The Working Theater), and the PBS series Veterans Coming Home. Michael has directed, produced, and co-written original film, radio, and theater with numerous companies including The Foundry Theater, The Civilians, and the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps on NPR. Michael’s photography has appeared in publications like The Village Voice, The New York Times, and Het Parool. He has been an artist-in-residence with Camargo Foundation, The Laundromat Project and the National Resource Defense Council. He is the recipient of an NBC News Studios Original Voices Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, A Blade of Grass Artist Files Fellowship, and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Award.

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