Real stories. Honest truth.
How do you create empathy and understanding? We believe it starts by making an honest, human connection.
Slipstream brings together the perspectives and lifetime experience of a PhD anthropologist, a National Geographic photographer and filmmaker, and a team of other seasoned documentarians. Together, we do the hard work of original reporting to find real people whose lives and experiences reveal a deeper truth about issues that matter. Then we go out in the world to tell their stories through long and short film, photography, and writing.
Our work breaks through to people, makes them pay attention, care more and think differently. Not because of gimmicks, clever acting, or marketing tricks. But because it’s real, honest and true.
John Fox, PhD | Principal
John is a Harvard-trained anthropologist, writer and author who has had a wide-ranging career exploring how culture shapes our lives, traditions, and institutions. Prior to co-founding Slipstream, he spent a decade leading content at athenahealth where he developed a passion and expertise for understanding and translating healthcare in all of its nuance and complexity.
David McLain | Principal
David McLain is a photographer and filmmaker whose work explores big questions through intimate stories. He has shot 7 feature stories for National Geographic Magazine, photographed the NYT best-selling cookbook Blue Zones Kitchen, shot for major brands like Sony and Apple, and DP’d the feature documentary Bounce, which premiered at SXSW.
George Scribner | Partner
George is a whole-brained thinker who knows how to solve business problems and convey customer value by creating brand ideas that open hearts and minds. George led brand strategy at Digitas/NY for nearly a decade where he helped B2B and B2C brands increase their cultural relevance, connect authentically with their customers, and drive business outcomes.
Christina Speed | Partner
Christina is a creative director and designer who for years led marketing and creative for Patagonia. Through her work – which recently includes designing Yvon Chouinard's biography and multiple other books – she has championed the kind of honest, authentic expression that real people and communities want to engage with.