Seventh Story
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- Founded
- 1998
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About Seventh Story
Seventh Story is an independent, full-service video production studio based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1998 by filmmaker Steve Bussell, the company grew from a spare-bedroom operation into a production business and creative venue in the city’s Berry Hill neighborhood. Its work spans live-action commercials, branded content, narrative films, music videos, documentaries, and educational media.
The studio supports projects from initial concept through finished delivery. Pre-production work includes creative development, scriptwriting, storyboarding, casting coordination, scheduling, and production logistics. Its production capabilities cover camera crews, lighting, and location sound, followed by video editing, audio mixing, sound design, color grading, and finishing. Illustration and 2D animation complement its live-action work, including character development and illustrated backgrounds for storytelling projects.
Seventh Story serves advertising, music and entertainment, corporate communications, technology, healthcare, and faith-based educational markets. Its portfolio includes promotional production support for Bridget Jones’s Baby, the educational Museum of the Bible film series, and Louis & Skeeter: The Search for Buried Treasure. Other supported work includes production support for Lifeway’s Rocket Pack Jack and The Vespers’ music video Not Enough. These projects reflect a mix of commercial assignments, entertainment production, and story-driven educational work.
Production spaces and venue use
Alongside its commissioned production work, Seventh Story offers three rentable spaces: The Outlaw House, The Legends Stage, and Nashville Sound Stage. These spaces accommodate film shoots, photography, live performances, corporate retreats, and intimate events. Together, they extend the company’s activities beyond producing finished films to providing settings and facilities for other creative productions.
The spaces combine the character of a historic Nashville recording property with contemporary filming facilities. Their varied settings support interviews, performance recordings, staged scenes, and photographic work, while the company’s production and post-production capabilities provide a broader service offering for clients seeking help across multiple stages of a project.
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Leadership and operating model
- Founder Steve Bussell continues to lead the studio's creative and logistical work. The reported team includes Production Supervisor Ryan, Production Coordinator Beks Gresser, Editor/Camera Operator Bennett Hobbs, Video Editor Amanda Safa, 2D Illustrator Blake Lannom, and Facility Manager Steve “Goose” Goostree.
- A small internal team scales with freelance crews for individual productions. Josh Childs is a regular contributing freelance writer, actor, director, and producer.
- The company describes its production philosophy as “throwing creativity at a problem, not money,” emphasizing craftsmanship and adaptability.
Building heritage and production design
- The studio's building was formerly a Westlake-designed recording studio where producer Chips Moman worked with artists including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, and Tammy Wynette. Its recording history includes “Highwayman” and “Pancho and Lefty.”
- Bussell personally renovated the property, retaining historic textures and musical character while adding app-controlled lighting grids, video projection, and modular vignette sets.
- The Legends Stage adapts the original tracking room with vintage microphones, theatrical backdrops, and an overhead lighting grid. Nashville Sound Stage includes load-in ramps, faux windows, dressing areas, and a retro 1970s basement set.
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Where Seventh Story is based
- 646 W Iris Dr, Nashville, TN 37204, USANashville, Tennessee, United States
Nashville office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Company headquarters and production facility in Berry Hill, housing production offices, editing suites, The Outlaw House, The Legends Stage, and Nashville Sound Stage.
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