FACTORY IS A TIGHTLY KNIT, HIGHLY CREATIVE, AND HIGHLY DRIVEN TEAM OF DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS, AND CINEMATOGRAPHERS. WE PARTNER WITH AGENCIES, CREATIVES, AND WORTHY CAUSES TO BRING IDEAS TO LIFE ACROSS ALL MEDIUMS.
WE TELL AMAZING STORIES WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY.
ROSS SIMPSON
DIRECTOR
ROSS SIMPSON IS PART HARMONY, PART WIZENED SENSEI, AND ALWAYS GENUINE. ON SET HE’S CALM ON THE OUTSIDE ALONG WITH PASSIONATE AND FIRED UP ON THE INSIDE. TALENT FEEDS OFF OF THAT ENERGY.
ROSS GOT INTO THE FILM INDUSTRY THROUGH THE SOUND DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH PARAMOUNT, DISNEY, SONY, UNIVERSAL, AND MANY OTHER HEAVY HITTERS ON MOVIES LIKE GET HIM TO THE GREEK, GI JOE: RETALIATION, TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY, LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, AND GREEN LANTERN (we know, we know, but it SOUNDED great).
AFTER A FEW YEARS OF FREELANCE DIRECTING, ROSS STARTED FACTORY AS A WAY TO BRING TOGETHER CREATIVES THAT LOVE TO MAKE GREAT WORK, EVERY SINGLE TIME.
MIKE JONES
DIRECTOR/DP
MIKE JONES (AKA JONSEY) IS ALL ABOUT REAL PEOPLE, WILD PLACES, AND AUTHENTIC STORIES. HIS CALM DEMEANOR DRAWS OUT THE BEST PERFORMANCES AND HIS POSITIVE VIBE IS A PLEASURE ON ANY SET.
JONSEY BEGAN HIS CAREER IN BROADCAST NEWS, WORKING FOR ABC, WHERE HE WON TWO EMMYS AND APTRA AWARD FOR NEWS JOURNALISM. HE MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD SHORTLY AFTER, ASSISTING DIRECTOR TONY SCOTT (TOP GUN, TRUE ROMANCE) ON THE FEATURES MAN ON FIRE, DOMINO, AND DEJA VU. HE WENT ON TO PERFECT HIS CHOSEN CRAFT IN THE CAMERA DEPARTMENT, WORKING ALONGSIDE NOTED CINEMATOGRAPHERS PAUL CAMERON AND DION BEEBE.
JONSEY DIRECTS BOTH COMMERCIALS AND DOCUMENTARIES AS WELL AS REGULARLY SHOOTING SECOND UNIT ON FEATURE FILMS. HIS MOST RECENT SECOND UNIT WORK INCLUDES THE FEATURES THE UPSIDE, STARRING BRYAN CRANSTON/KEVIN HART AND BIRDBOX, STARRING SANDRA BULLOCK.
CLARE LIBBING
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
CLARE STARTED HER CAREER AS AN IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT AT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC. SHE MOVED UP TO PRODUCTION COORDINATOR BEFORE LEAVING ILM AND STRIKING OUT ON HER OWN.
SHE WENT ON TO PRODUCE PROJECTS FOR HBO, NETFLIX, CBS, ABC, AND THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AMONG OTHERS. SHE SAYS THAT HER FAVORITE PROJECTS WERE TWO DIFFERENT WILDLIFE SERIES THAT TOOK HER AROUND THE WORLD MULTIPLE TIMES AND PREPPED HER FOR ALL TYPES OF AGENCY/CLIENT RELATIONS.