WE ARE
WANDERHOUSE
We produce and direct narrative and documentary films. We are also parents living on an island in the Pacific Northwest.
We believe that storytelling is the most powerful tool that we.
LATEST RELEASE
PERSONHOOD:
POLICING PREGNANT WOMEN IN AMERICA
PERSONHOOD: Policing Pregnant Women in America tells a different reproductive rights story – one that ripples far beyond the right to choose and into the lives of every pregnant person in America.
DOCUMENTARY WORK
WORTH MY SALT
Worth My Salt, a short documentary filmed over five years, weaves between the past and post-COVID world. The film follows queer performance artist Jody Kuehner, known for her comedic persona Cherdonna Shinatra, as she embarks on the most ambitious show of her career. As the global pandemic unfolds, Jody confronts the loss of her livelihood, revealing a deeply personal story of identity, reckoning, and the power of art in unsettling times.
Recipient of an Artist Trust GAP Award (2017) and a 4Culture Art Projects Award (2016)
Currently in post-production
PERSONHOOD
PERSONHOOD: Policing Pregnant Women in America tells a different reproductive rights story – one that ripples far beyond the right to choose and into the lives of every pregnant person in America. Like a moment from the chilling “Handmaid’s Tale,” Tammy Loertscher’s fetus was given an attorney, while the courts denied Tammy her constitutional rights. In this timely documentary, we see her sent to jail, and then forced to challenge a Wisconsin law that eroded her privacy, her right to due process, and her body sovereignty. Through her story, PERSONHOOD reframes the abortion debate to encompass the growing system of laws that criminalize and police pregnant people.
The film premiered at DOC NYC (2019) and was nominated for a Social Justice Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and Best Documentary Feature at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. The film has won the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Documentaries, a Golden Badger Award at the Wisconsin Film Festival, and most recently, the Feature Documentary Silver Prize at the Social Justice Film Festival.
Produced in collaboration with Tandybrook Productions in cooperation with Women Make Movies.
View full credits on IMDb
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THE THINGS WE KEEP
Seattle International Film Festival premiere (2015)
Winner, Best Short Documentary, West Virginia Filmmakers Festival
The Things We Keep is a meditation on one man’s yearly sojourn into the Coconino Forest to collect firewood and re-connect with his roots. As he recounts his early inspirations and life as a sawmill worker, we discover a past based in a simpler time.
The Things We Keep has been featured on KCTS’s Reel NW and on Alaska Airlines Best of SIFF channel.
SOLID BLUE
Best Short Documentary, Columbia Gorge International Film Festival (2013)
On October 31, 2009, Seattle Police Officer Timothy Q. Brenton was killed in the line of duty. At the funeral, the SFD bagpipes and drums band graciously played, inspiring Brenton’s partner, Ryan Gallagher, to form a band within his own organization. Set against the sonic backdrop of their own piping and drumming, this is the story of their inspiration and pride for their role in the community and their reverent respect of their responsibility in the honor of fallen officers.
NARRATIVE WORK
VALLE CRUCIS
Following the death of his wife from cancer, Josh retreats from city life to a secluded cabin in a tranquil mountain community to work on his next novel. His solitude is shattered when local cattle farmer, Earnest, shoots Josh’s dog. Seeking revenge, Josh’s plans go awry, leading to a confrontation where Josh must confront the harsh realities of mountain justice and acknowledge that his own suffering does not excuse his actions.
Currently playing on global festival circuit. Produced in partnership as Project Evolution, a collaboration with Illuxion, Post EQ, and Synergy Productions.
RANCH HANDS
Inspired by the stage play Almost, Maine, Ranch Hands is a comedic study of relationships, sexuality, and friendship. Two small town farm workers, Ren and Matt, are simultaneously pushed apart and pulled together when their friendship is tested by the untimely introduction of the concept of a platonic marriage between them.
Currently playing on global festival circuit. Produced in partnership as Project Evolution, a collaboration with Illuxion, Post EQ, and Synergy Productions.
YOGA FOR SALVADOR
A prodigal sister returns to her home in the San Juan Islands, desiring to sell an original Dali, the family heirloom, to save the world she and her husband have built. But first, she must win the artwork by defeating her free-spirited sister in the way they have since they were children – a yoga battle.
Yoga for Salvador was the recipient of an Orcas Island Film Festival production grant, and was filmed in Seattle and on location in Orcas Island, Washington.
TURNING POINT
Winner, Audience Award, Utah Arts Festival
Winner, Jury Mention, Utah Arts Festival
Winner, Audience Award, Eugene International Film Festival
We wander through our lives, sometimes intertwined in others’ paths, but essentially alone along on the journey. As our universe revolves around our own individual experiences, we tend to forget the joys, the pains, struggles, the emotions that surround us. Turning Point opts to demonstrate how short and finite and fragile life truly is, and how, in dwelling on the machine of daily life sometimes blocks the chance to truly see and savor the moments that escape us with every breath we take.
Filmed in collaboration with Public Displays of Affection.
IRON
Iron is a short period drama set in the Pacific Northwest inspired by the true stories of women railroad workers during the early 1900s.
Lily Cohen escapes the the crowded tenements of New York to take on a demanding railway job. Determined to work on a steam engine, a position not traditionally held by women, Lilly faces the hostility of her fellow railroad workers while finding her own inner strength.
Iron was shot in Snoqualmie, WA, in cooperation with the Northwest Railway Museum, utilizing authentic period steam engines. The film’s genesis was inspired by a 4Culture site-specific grant that was awarded to the writing/producing team in 2015.
DECIMATION
Special Jury Prize, Seattle International Film Festival (2013)
Set in 1942, DECIMATION finds ten Russian soldiers who have been accused of cowardice on the Eastern Front and are being temporarily imprisoned. A Red Army General decides to utilize the ancient Roman punishment of decimation, where one soldier is drawn at random and the other nine serve as his executioner. The film chronicles the men’s last traumatic hours before the execution, revealing horrors of war, collective experiences, and dreams for a normal post-war life.
Filmed in collaboration with Legacy Pictures and Kris Kidd Productions.
ABOUT US
ROSALIE MILLER
Full credits can be found on IMDb.
STEFAN HAYEK
Full credits can be found on IMDb.
We’ve produced films that have been featured on Netflix, Hulu, PBS, and Amazon Prime.
Our projects have received support from funders like Artist Trust, 4Culture, AmDocs Film Fund, Orcas International Film Festival, and Women in Film Seattle, and have won awards at festivals nationally.
CONTACT US
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