The story behind Stunt3 Multimedia doesn't follow the stereotypical filmmaker script of a Hollywood company blowing through Motown for a movie shoot. The downtown-based startup is homegrown, focusing on making local documentaries and hiring local people for full-time jobs.
"I would like to be Detroit's next generation of
Jam Handy Productions," says Brian Kruger, president of
Stunt3 Multimedia. He co-founded the company in the
Ford Building with Buddy Moorehouse in 2008. It now has a staff of six people, which consists of a mix of employees and independent contractors. Stunt3 Multimedia hired three people over the last year and expects to "double or triple the staff in the next 12-24 months," Kruger says.
The company made its name with its first documentary,
The Girl in Centerfield. The film is about Ypsilanti native Carol King becoming the first girl to play Little League Baseball in 1973. It's currently shopping around
The Legend of Pinky Deras, which is the story of a Hamtramck baseball star's journey through Little League and into professional sports.
"We're really excited about that," Kruger says. "Hollywood is starting to look at that film, too."
Stunt3 Multimedia is also working on a
series for NFL Alumni Films and looking for investors for its next feature-length documentary,
The Case for Solanus Casey. Casey was a
Capuchin Friar who lived in Detroit in the early 20th Century and is on track to become the first American saint.
Source: Brian Kruger, president of Stunt3 Multimedia
Writer: Jon Zemke
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