ABOUT US

Yellow Arrow Film, Inc. is an arts and media collective established in 2007 that is based out of Charlotte, NC with offices in Asheville, NC and Brooklyn, NY. Our creative focuses include a wide variety of design and creative-based practices including:

Film/Video  (music videos, documentaries, narrative and experimental)
Fine Art  (collage, photography, drawing, painting and graffiti)
Design  (graphic, set and costume)
Additional Creative Practices  (scoring, storyboarding, special effects, event planning)

Along with a wide variety of skill sets that can be employed on any project we work on, our team has years of experience working in commercial and creative filmmaking, fine art exhibition and higher education in film and art. A goal of our company is to continue exploring and incorporating these elements and modes of thinking into our constantly expanding body of work. All members of our team are dedicated to creating meaningful and innovative work with each project we are a part of, each having received degrees in the arts including film, photography, ceramics and media design.

For productions, our company is equipped with a wide variety of industry-standard equipment that we are able to balance with expert knowledge to offer the specialized support your project demands. No matter the type of project or scale of production it requires, those who choose our company remain satisfied with our ability to see a project through in its entirety from conceptualization through production and post-production with care and attention to detail present at every step along the way.

Our client base we have served ranges from Fortune 500 companies to a variety of national and international acts. Clients who choose to work with our company are pleased to find themselves in the midst of an extensive array of creative options and specialized skills that can be combined and utilized to meet their project's creative and professional demands. This breadth of knowledge and extensive creative base present within our company is able to quickly and directly contribute to the success of your project.

As a company, we continually push ourselves through the work that we are a part of, making us approach each project with a passion, seriousness and respect to the craft. It is important to us, and we work diligently to create interesting and complex works that challenge the status quo of what can be created in any field we work in. This approach has allowed our work to be exhibited in gallery exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, as well as win numerous awards in film festival competitions.

Should you choose to work with Yellow Arrow Film, we believe that you will not only arrive at a unique vision from a dedicated team of award-winning filmmakers, but find great enjoyment by being a part of a creative experience dedicated to your project that is unlike any production experience. Because of this, each person and group we collaborate with finds themselves amongst a team of experts committed to excellence and provided a positive, exciting and challenging creative experience as they watch their project come to life. Know that if you choose to work with Yellow Arrow Film on a project, we will make sure you arrive at the most enjoyable and original end result for your project possible.

For more information and to speak with a member of our team about your project, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Should you have any specific requests or questions regarding your project, be sure to mention them in your email so that we may be able to respond to it as specifically as possible. We look forward to speaking with you and helping you bring your next project to life.

Yellow Arrow Film is:

William S. Davis is a filmmaker and artist who works in the cinematic fields of video art, music video, documentary and narrative film. Davis is also a writer, musician and fine artist, his various works having been displayed in North America, Europe and Asia. Davis is currently a professor in film production, history and theory at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and The Art Institute of Charlotte. He was born and raised in North Carolina and currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bradlee Crawford Hicks has worked on corporate videos for the International Copper Association and award-winning short film projects and music videos with Yellow Arrow Film. He began studying film while in graduate school for Sculpture at the Yale School of Art, and has continued to work as both a filmmaker and internationally exhibiting Artist, including writing and directing a series of theatrical works at avant-garde theater pioneer Richard Foreman’s ‘Ontological Theater’ in New York. Since 2009 he has been involved in many of the creative processes of Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle, a feature documentary about the fight over a wind farm in Nantucket Sound. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Nathan Jordan is a graphic designer and web designer who currently works as the Brand and Design Manager for Earth Fare, Inc. and is the President of Nathan Jordan Creative. He received his degree in Graphic Arts prior to his current employment, and he has served as an art director for small design firms, publishing companies and a fortune 50 corporation. Along with his current employment, Jordan works as an published and exhibiting artist and designer with a repertoire that includes album artwork, skateboard designs and fine art for gallery exhibitions. He currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina.

Erik Murphy was born in the Bicentennial year in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Film and Video Production. Around this time, Murphy worked as Albert Maysles’ personal assistant, traveled 8,000 miles in 2 weeks while filming a storm chasing documentary, worked on documentaries for the Discovery Channel, and rode a bicycle over 2,000 miles from the Badlands to San Francisco. From there he worked in the visual effects department for The Patriot. Murphy began working as a production assistant on hundreds of tv commercials and feature-length films eventually working his way up to the grip, electric and rigging departments, all while continuing to shoot numerous low-budget films. After receiving recognition for his lighting and camera work, Murphy was given the opportunity to work as a professional camera operator and cinematographer, both of which he now continues make a living doing. In the last few years, Murphy has traveled the world shooting documentaries, television shows and music videos. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Rusty Sheridan is a former NC Senate candidate and air conditioning repairman. He enjoys watching films and making films. When he’s not watching or making films, he enjoys teaching how to watch and make films at The Art Institute of Charlotte and at UNC Charlotte. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife and 2 cats.