Storyfarm
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2009
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Storyfarm
Storyfarm is an independent commercial video production agency and animation studio based in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 2009, it creates video for brands, institutions and advertising agencies, combining strategic message development with live-action production, animation and post-production. Its work spans broadcast advertising, digital campaigns, corporate communications and training content.
The studio brings a broadcast storytelling approach to commercial production, emphasizing clear narratives and audience understanding. Projects range from executive interviews and brand documentary shorts to animated explainers, product visualizations and commercial television spots. Creative development includes audience discovery, message framing and scripting before production begins.
Production capabilities
Storyfarm produces on-location live-action footage alongside 2D character animation, motion graphics and photorealistic 3D CGI. Its product work includes visualizations for e-commerce, trade shows and retail marketing. Post-production services encompass editorial, color grading, sound design, transcription and cutdowns packaged for multiple platforms.
The agency also develops content for complex or sensitive subjects. Its institutional work includes healthcare, higher education, legal services and enterprise software, where films explain specialized information to defined audiences. Through its Trust & Safety initiative, Storyfarm produces training and compliance videos for content moderation and digital safety teams, including modular material designed for large workforces.
Selected work
Its portfolio includes driver education for Uber, television advertising for Blue-Emu, and the 3D-animated Red Desk Project for LifeBridge Health’s Center for Hope. Other projects include animated donor films for Johns Hopkins University and ICF, predictive litigation analytics explainers for Pre/Dicta, and automotive product animation for PEAK Auto.
Storyfarm also works with agency partners on larger campaigns. These collaborations include Maryland’s Story is America’s Story with Alexander & Tom, DC Lottery advertising with Taoti Creative, and Maola Local Dairies’ Farmer in the Fridge series with Agency29. Across these formats, the studio combines production disciplines to deliver material for television, digital distribution and internal communications.
More about Storyfarm
Leadership and background
- John Sherman is founder, CEO and Creative Director. Before establishing the agency, he worked as an investigative journalist at Baltimore’s WBAL-TV. His reporting career earned Peabody, duPont-Columbia and multiple Emmy honors; these are personal career distinctions.
- The leadership team includes Partner and Director of Photography Beau Kershaw, Partner and Producer Dan Gerlach, Senior Producer/Director Melissa LaMartina, and Senior Editor Jackson Grove.
Production approach
Storyfarm describes its workflow as “Message, Medium, Motion”: strategic messaging outcomes are established before production media are selected. Its proprietary Guided Positioning Tool supports alignment between brand objectives and audience psychology.
Recognition and community
The report credits Storyfarm with 18 ADDY Awards, 22 Telly Awards and regional Emmy recognition. The studio also hosts creative panel discussions and community marketing summits.
Notable credits
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Where Storyfarm is based
- 506 S. Dallas Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, United StatesBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Baltimore office
HeadquartersPrimary creative headquarters in Fell's Point, housing production leadership, editing suites and client event spaces.
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