Fire Horse Films, Inc.

Creative Strategy. Powerful Content. Stories That Matter.

For more than 20 years, Fire Horse Films has helped organizations turn ideas into powerful content. From creative strategy and campaign development to video production, photography, digital media, and post-production, we bring experience, creativity, and calm to the process. From UNC Chapel Hill to Capitol Hill, Fortune 500 companies to first-time startups, we help clients figure out what they need to say, how to say it, and how to bring it to life.

Trusted by national institutions, industry leaders, and nonprofits to turn ideas into results.

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Gates Foundation
UNC System
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UNC TV
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US Military
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What We Do

Creative Strategy & Media Services.

Creative & Strategy

It starts with the idea and the strategy behind it. We help shape your story, define the message, and build the plan before the first frame is shot. From concepts, scripts and storyboards to campaign strategy and content development, we bring focus, structure and purpose to the process. We don't just shoot, we solve.

Production

From broadcast commercials and corporate productions to multi-camera livestreams and field shoots, we scale each production to fit the project and the budget. Our experienced crews include producers, directors, camera operators, drone pilots and audio professionals, backed by a trusted national network when the project takes us beyond North Carolina.

Post Production

Where it all comes together. From editing, color and sound design to custom music, animation, graphics and AI-assisted creative tools, we shape the pieces into a polished final product. Then we finish, deliver and prepare your content for wherever it needs to go.

Production Crew?

Need experienced people on the ground? We provide trusted production crews throughout North Carolina and across the country. From field producers, camera operators, grips and gaffers to makeup artists and specialty crew, tell us what you need and where you need it. We'll handle the rest.

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Meet Jean-Paul Damé

Founder & Executive Producer

Jean-Paul Damé has spent more than four decades producing television, commercials, documentaries, political media, educational content, and live productions. His career has taken him from broadcast studios and national sporting events to campaign war rooms, university campuses, corporate boardrooms, and locations across the country.

 

As founder and executive producer of Fire Horse Films, he brings that experience to every project with a simple philosophy: understand the story, build the right plan, and surround it with good people. Whether the project calls for a small, nimble crew or a full-scale production, the goal is always the same: make the process easy for the client and create work that connects with the audience.

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From Concept to Global Distribution: A World Cup Campaign Success Story

Project Summary

Project: Lessons for Soccer Fans
Role: Creative Director & Marketing Director
Partners: Crayola, U.S. Soccer, FIFA World Cup, Amazon, Walmart, and additional distribution partners
Distribution: 100,000+ units worldwide

After months of development, approvals, revisions, production schedules, distribution planning, and more conference calls than I care to count, Lessons for Soccer Fans officially launched into the marketplace.

More than 100,000 copies are now making their way into the hands of soccer fans and families around the world through a campaign involving Crayola, U.S. Soccer, the FIFA World Cup, Amazon, Walmart, and a number of strategic partners.

At the center of the campaign is a children’s coloring book designed to educate, entertain, and engage young soccer fans. While the coloring book is the finished product, the real challenge was bringing together multiple stakeholders, distribution channels, creative assets, and marketing objectives into a single, cohesive campaign.

I was honored to serve as both Creative Director and Marketing Director for the project, helping guide the creative and marketing efforts from concept through launch.

For many people, Fire Horse Films is known for producing videos, commercials, documentaries, television programming, photography, and digital content. What is often less visible is the strategic marketing work that takes place behind the scenes.

Successful campaigns require more than creative execution. They require planning, brand development, partner management, creative direction, distribution strategy, and the ability to coordinate a wide range of moving parts while maintaining schedules, budgets, and expectations.

This project provided an opportunity to do exactly that.

Over the course of my career, I have worked across a wide variety of disciplines, including marketing, advertising, production, photography, branding, association communications, membership campaigns, and political media. For 28 years, I also created commercials and media campaigns for political candidates, where every visual, every deadline, and every message carried significant importance.

One of the aspects I enjoy most about this profession is the opportunity to connect ideas with audiences. Whether through a global marketing initiative, a commercial, a documentary, a social media campaign, a podcast series, or a membership drive, the goal remains the same: help organizations communicate effectively and achieve their objectives.

The launch of Lessons for Soccer Fans serves as a reminder that successful projects, regardless of scale, depend on strong partnerships, thoughtful planning, creative problem-solving, and consistent execution.

Projects that appear effortless to the public are often supported by months of work behind the scenes. The goal is to make the process look seamless while giving clients confidence that their project is in capable hands.

Looking for a Creative Partner?

Fire Horse Films helps organizations develop and execute marketing, branding, video production, photography, podcasting, social media, and integrated communication initiatives.

Whether your project is local, regional, national, or global, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss your goals and explore how we can help bring your vision to life.

Contact Fire Horse Films today to start the conversation.