UNKNOWN 9
Two original series. Multiple countries. One expanding universe.
BUILDING STORIES INSIDE A LARGER WORLD.
For Reflector Entertainment and BANDAI NAMCO, I helped bring two live-action series within the Unknown 9 universe to screen: The Taylor Files and Passage.
The Taylor Files was a 30-episode scripted series produced across three countries. Passage was a seven-episode series built around an unusually demanding practical production aboard a 75-year-old, 200-ton former coast guard vessel.
SCALE WITHOUT LOSING THE STORY.
Both productions needed to feel cinematic and connected to a larger game universe while working within independent production realities. That meant balancing narrative ambition, international logistics, complex locations, post-production partners and a wide network of stakeholders.
Passage pushed that further: a month-long production on a working vessel required the story, schedule and physical production to function as one system.
SHOWRUNNING. PRODUCING. WRITING. DIRECTING.
On The Taylor Files, I served as Showrunner and Producer, guiding the series across development and production. On Passage, I wrote and directed the series while leading the creative approach to a production defined by its location and constraints.
Across both projects, the work demanded constant translation between story, client needs, departments, vendors and the practical realities of getting the image onto the screen.
TRUST IS PART OF THE PRODUCTION.
The most valuable outcome was not just the volume of work delivered — it was the trust built through difficult productions. The relationship continued because the creative and production teams knew we could take on complicated briefs and find a way through them.
The job was never just to make two series. It was to protect the world, solve the production, and keep the story alive inside both.