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Hand Crank Films is a video production company producing documentaries, music videos, short films, corporate videos in Bellingham, Seattle and beyond.

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Hand Crank Films has a blog, I guess. Is it honest? Probably. Will we give our perspective about working in Seattle or Bellingham? Probably not. Will we share some video industry insights or helpful filmmakers tips? Sure. But really, we just want to write about our work - whatever that looks like.

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Making of | Polyphia, Ego Death

When we learned that the new Polyphia song would feature Steve Vai, we wanted to make a music video that built to something epic.  Tim Henson ...  Read

Steve Vai on his throne with his Ibanez guitar on Polyphia music video for Ego Death

Filmmaking Requires Collaboration

Strong partnerships produce the best work. So our goal is to develop long-term relationships with our clients because history results in compelling and emotive video production.

Amazon
Microsoft
Mackie
Rover.com
University of Washington
Seattle Humane
San Diego Humane
Skagit Regional Health
SOG
Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers
King County
Audienz
Healthy Pet
Neural
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We’re going for the emotions. Joy, sorrow, laughter, love - we want it all. And we want to work with people that understand that language. Partners who will challenge us to be better and push us to grow, so when we share it with the world, we've made something that matters.