Imaginary Company was created by Ben Jones and me in early 2009 and began operation on March 20, 2009 – the spring equinox. Its primary intent is to bring under one umbrella the many communities that I have worked with for over 10 years. I have been privileged to write, produce, and direct movies and plays with the Providence community (Lightning Bolt – Power of Salad, Pick A Winner DVDs with Load Records, 12 plays with trutheatertheater), the national labor movement (national award-winning documentaries commissioned by the SEIU and Change To Win), the San Francisco Comedy community (directing Killing My Lobster comedy troupe), Los Angeles film and theater community (assistant and story editor with filmmaker Roger Corman, co-writer/director of Califunya! featuring Becky Stark and Miranda July), the DIY craft community (bookbinding video for If'n Books featured in feature film Handmade Nation by Fayth Levine), touring North America with trutheatertheater and Movies With Live Soundtracks, and producing, directing, and licensing video with the growing community of online TV networks (Pitchfork.tv, xlr8r.tv, iTunes store).

Head In The Clouds, Feet On The Ground

All these projects were collaborations with many artists and organizations. Many of these people and groups are atomized and exist without much knowledge of each other. However, my experience is they are all associated by a shared vision of community building through love, peace, fairness, creative expression, and committed relationships that transcend commercial intent. Or at least, that's how we've connected.
Imaginary Company produces work in this spirit. It also has the ambition to believe that idealistic principles lead the way while practical considerations carve the path.
That said, we are an LLC with experience in the legal and budget requirements of film and video production and reasonable expectations of a return on every investment made in our work. Many of our works are produced on a "for hire" basis and we work with all types. Other projects are made independently - with commercial intent as a component, but not as the purpose. It’s ok if that’s your intent; it’s just never worked out well for me. The most financially successful and popular work I’ve been a part of has always come from a place of love and truth within the creators – that’s why they call it “selling your soul”, and that’s why I’m not afraid of doing it. My work has been distributed most widely and seen by more people when working with organizations, businesses, or individuals with money to grease the wheels of production and distribution. So, I feel lucky some of my fellow travelers are businesses and organizations. Of course, sometimes I just need to make something and I spend money without making any. I feel lucky to have been able to do that as well.

When We Say Imaginary, We Mean Real

Although we are primarily a video production company, we make performances, art, fashion, gardens, comics, communities, organizations, big ideas and positive intentions as well.

People Are The Plan

I work with a network of collaborators on a project-by-project basis. Please check out more on them in the fellow travelers section of this site.

Breath Is Life, But Cash Is King

Each independent project is a mini business seeking to find ways to be sustainable to its creators. If you like what we are doing and want to participate, you can support us by buying the products associated with each project. There will always be essential elements of our projects available for free or low cost. That’s one of the best things about video – it may be expensive to produce, but it’s relatively inexpensive to replicate and distribute worldwide at a low price. So go ahead and watch, let us know what you think, buy if you can, and know that all these things fuel our future projects.

Back To What's Really Real

Imaginary Company is about making the fantastic, peaceful, loving, dark, dangerous, meaningful, wild world that we imagine real every day. Everything we produce tries to project a vibration that will resonate and grow with each person who experiences it. We hope you can take that feeling and share it with your families and communities and bounce it back to us by cheering us on or making something of your own! -- Peter Glantz