Authentik Studio — documentary films for the essential industries society runs on.

The proof of good work in an essential industry lives in moments a brochure can’t hold.

The way a carer speaks to a resident. The crew that holds the line on a night shift at the mine. The reason someone has stayed for twenty years.

When that work stays invisible, the organisation is judged on the same generic terms as everyone else — no matter how much better it actually is. The right people don’t apply. Communities, partners, and regulators fill the gaps with assumptions. And a real advantage stays a secret.

A film changes that. It shows the work as it is, which is the strongest trust asset an essential organisation has — the thing that earns reputation, wins the right people, and moves the business — and the one almost no one bothers to capture properly.

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We make that asset.

We make documentary films that change how an organisation is seen.

One film does several jobs. It attracts the right people, so recruitment stops being a grind. It earns trust with the communities, partners, and regulators you answer to. And it gives the business a genuine asset it can put to work — the way a founder documentary once helped move a brand from $2M to $8M.

This is not corporate video. Every film is shot on location, built around a deliberate narrative, and made to a standard competitors cannot replicate — because they weren’t there.

Typical delivery: the full documentary as the long-form centrepiece, plus the cuts that carry it — a YouTube edit, short social cuts and reels, and a teaser. Scoped per project.

Two people lead every project. No account managers, no handoffs, no context lost between calls.

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Ermo Egberts

Founder & Creative Director

Founder of Authentik Studio. Leads creative direction, producing, and the edit, and shapes the story from first conversation to final cut.

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John W. Sullivan

Head of Production

Fifteen years shooting for the BBC, Apple TV+, and National Geographic. He sets the visual standard on location and holds every crew we deploy to it.

Broadcast credits · BBC · Apple TV+ · National Geographic · Discovery

Around this senior core we build a dedicated, broadcast-trained crew for each production, so every project gets experienced leadership and the right team for the job. Our network operates worldwide. Wherever the work is, we can be there.

In the field

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Our work and our network’s credits span the broadcasters and brands below.

Currently in production: workforce and reputation films in the aged-care and health sectors, with resources and infrastructure next.

Businesses we work with  ·  ACRE