About Us

Monks Media Works is a “micro” production company. What is a micro-production company? “Micro” is a name given a business that represents a big part of today’s business world. Micro is small but agile. Micro is responsive as in responsive to client’s needs. But, Micro is not our heart.

We think of media creation not as a single practice, but as several interconnected maze of items, groups and living entities. People’s stories are inseparable from their personal life, community is inseparable from its history, passions are inseparable from the stories they tell and improving human kind is the ultimate goal of any one of our projects or collaborations. Artistic movements may come and go, but we have found these principles to be timeless.

As a media group, we strive for honesty and clarity. Our first job is to understand the vision and needs, not to present our own. We value timeliness, direct communication and interaction over presentations, as well as the occasional face-to-face meeting over a bowl of Ramen or Shabu-shabu.

Over the years, we have been fortunate to collaborate with deep-hearted clients on some wonderful projects, but we believe it is still too early to weigh in on the success of our journey--as there are more stories to help tell. Media exists in time and its usefulness is directly related to how well it continues to inform the audience.

We are proud of our San Francisco home and heritage, but do not consider ourselves exclusively tied to the culture and nuances of San Francisco. Our local views have no place in media, where film and media must first and foremost be suited to telling the story of local needs to a worldly audience.