About Face Media


About Face Media is an American video agency that produces and promotes short-form documentaries within social media on behalf of commercial clients. The company was founded in 2007 as an independently owned new media content marketing agency and later narrowed its focus to documentaries.

History

Pre-Founding

The original founders of the company had previously co-founded Los Angeles based new media production company L’Orange Entertainment in 2004. L’Orange produced cross-media alternative reality game content, primarily video, for the interactive agency 42 Entertainment. Projects included Hex 168, MSN Found and Last Call Poker, and Dead Man’s Tale, an interactive game for Windows Messenger and Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean.

Founding

Poltermann, Farr and Dahlman left L’Orange in late 2006. In March 2007 the team was commissioned to produce a web based documentary series to promote the 2007 Art Chicago International Art Fair. They retained documentary filmmaker Dan Ollman to direct the series.
About Face was established as an independent company in May 2007.

Changes

Denise McKee became an advisor to the company in 2007 and officially joined as COO in 2008. McKee previously co-founded San Francisco based LimeLife, a mobile publisher focusing on the women’s market.

Connection with Independent Film

About Face filmmakers have directed, edited or produced several notable feature-length documentaries, including “Mad Hot Ballroom”, “American Movie”, "Gunner Palace", “The Life of Reilly”, "The Art of the Steal " and “Collapse ”.

Projects

About Face clients include Sears Holdings, The Trek Bicycle Corporation, 3M, Unilever and Wilson Sporting Goods. Notable projects include the ongoing KmartDesign initiative and the 2010 re-election campaign of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn