Our Mission

We believe the industry has become far too corporate and has lost the artistic vision that film once was, and our mission is to create a fairer and easier way for you to find work and support your artistic dreams.

We are doing this by:

  1. By focusing on transparency at our core, we will prove to you that your commission goes into our own productions and not a shareholders’ wallet.
  2. Only connecting you with productions that are paying your daily rate/union standard.
  3. Ensuring we create a community of crew members and filmmakers that believe in our mission too.
  4. The industry standard for this service is upwards of 20%. Whereas, we will always stick to a flat 10% commission, making our platform fairer for less.

How we spend our money

A transparent look at our 10% commission for successful connections — most money stays with you, the rest fuels new productions and keeps the platform running.

  1. 1
    Production company is looking for a DoP.
  2. we search the network
  3. 2
    Using our database we find the best applicants based on skills, experience level, and a match between your day rate and their budget.
  4. shortlist prepared
  5. 3
    We forward your portfolio, credits, and day rate to the production company.
  6. client reviews
  7. 4
    Company chooses from the shortlist.
  8. connection made
  9. 5
    We connect you directly with the production company to proceed.
  10. after the job
  11. 6
    Once the project has finished or after 30 days (whichever comes first) we bill a flat 10% commission for the connection.
  12. where it goes
  13. 7
    We reinvest that commission into our own productions and maintaining the platform. Our mission is prioritising art over profit.

Meet the team

James, Lewis & Charlie | Borealis Studios

We built Borealis Connections to make hiring and getting hired simpler, faster, and fairer. Discover our projects at Borealis Studios. We want to create a community of talent and ensure everyone is paid fairly for their skills.

James Wise — Borealis Studios

James Wise

Co-Founder & Producer

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Lewis Burrows — Borealis Studios

Lewis Burrows

Co-Founder, Director & Screenwriter.

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Charlie — Borealis Studios

Charlie

Co-Founder & DoP.

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