Constant Motion
We help mission-driven organizations raise more money, earn more attention and shift how the public sees their cause, drawing on twenty years of storytelling in the military and veteran community.
On set: Brandon Millett interviews Marine veteran and Silver Star recipient Hal Croft for the feature documentary CROFT.
Why it matters
When the story isn't clear, donors hesitate, the press passes and good work goes unnoticed. We find the story that moves people, then write and produce the work that carries it into the world.
Appeals, campaigns, case statements and donor-impact storytelling that give people a reason to give now.
Storytelling behind a $10.1M+ fundraising year for a national nonprofit.
Media relations, events and content that put your mission in front of the people who matter to it.
150M+ media impressions in a single festival year, almost all of it earned.
Film, video and long-form storytelling that change minds over time, not just for a news cycle.
Thirteen years helping change how Hollywood engages with military stories.
Where we learned it
In 2007, Brandon and Laura Millett co-founded the GI Film Festival to change how America sees its service members. When they started, they couldn't get a meeting with a major studio.
By the end, Warner Bros., Paramount, MGM and other studios were screening their military films with the festival first, and Disney hosted it on its own lot. The festival screened and promoted 400+ films, raised $5M+ in cash and in-kind support, and in 2019 was acquired by KPBS, San Diego's PBS station.
Results
How we work
We start with the people closest to the mission: leaders, staff, donors and the people you serve. The best stories are usually already there.
We look for where the story has gone missing or out of alignment, between what you do, what your leaders say and what your audience hears.
Then we write and produce what carries it into the world: appeals, campaigns, executive messaging, video, events and media.
Underneath it all is psychology. Brandon holds an MA in Psychology and a professional coaching certification, so the work starts with what actually moves people: identity, belonging and meaning.
Ways to work together
And for any mission-driven organization with a story worth telling better.
Short documentaries, donor and gala films, campaign videos and PSAs. We have produced for national nonprofits, Discovery's Military Channel and 400+ theaters, and we handle the whole production: the team, the budget and the delivery.
Project basis
Year-end and #GivingTuesday campaigns, direct mail, case statements and donor impact reports, written to raise money.
Campaign sprint
A senior communications leader on your team for 10 to 20 hours a week, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Monthly retainer
A focused review of how your organization tells its story, with a clear plan to fix what isn't working.
Fixed-scope project
Speeches, remarks and leadership messaging, plus talks on the psychology of story for leaders, teams and audiences navigating change.
By engagement
Selected work
Marine veteran and Silver Star recipient Hal Croft came home from Vietnam and built a high school track program that went undefeated for 29 years. He was also Brandon's honors English teacher and track coach. Executive produced by Gary Sinise, in partnership with the Gary Sinise Foundation, the American Veterans Center and Home Base. Premiered at GlobeDocs, The Boston Globe's documentary film festival, in 2025.
Executive produced for a national veterans advocacy organization: six veterans and their search for timely health care. Streaming on Amazon Prime Video. 7.7/10 on IMDb.
View on IMDbA PSA for Joining Forces and the GI Film Festival's National Cinematic Salute to the Troops, shown in 400+ theaters in 2016.
Watch the PSAAnnounced a partnership bringing GI Film Festival stories to local PBS stations to help bridge the military-civilian divide.
Read the storyResearch, interview development and companion features for a series with guests including Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus and Ray Dalio.
Hal Croft, Brigadier General (Ret.) Jack Hammond and Brandon on teaching, mentorship and the story behind CROFT.
ListenA primetime weekend block of festival films on Discovery's Military Channel throughout November 2010.
A reference
Over the decade of knowing and working alongside Brandon Millett, I have come to appreciate his leadership, intelligence, creativity, and professionalism. Brandon is mission-driven and works under pressure with grace and a cheerful attitude.Gary SiniseActor, philanthropist and founder of the Gary Sinise Foundation
The go-to film festival for military filmmaking.
Gary Sinise, on the GI Film Festival
Not only recording history, it's making history.
Senator John McCain, on the GI Film Festival
About
Brandon is a writer, producer and communications strategist with more than 20 years of experience telling stories for national nonprofits, cultural institutions and the military and veteran community.
He co-founded the GI Film Festival with his wife, Laura, a U.S. Army veteran, and led its communications and partnerships for 13 years through its acquisition by KPBS. He built the first external marketing and communications function at a national philanthropy organization as its vice president, and he serves as chief storytelling strategist and video producer for the development program of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
He produced and co-directed CROFT, a documentary about his own high school English teacher and track coach. Brandon and Laura also co-founded Saga & Sage, a publishing company that brings the lessons of myth and great literature to people at life's crossroads.
Organizations we've worked with