Clients & Partners
My Creative Approach
When I heard a combat veteran describe losing his friend to a fuel convoy attack in Iraq, I recognized a powerful untold story—how our military’s dependence on fossil fuels was costing lives and undermining national security.
This became The Burden, a film that bridged unlikely allies—environmental advocates and military leaders—through a shared solution with different motivations. One policy wonk called it “a white paper disguised as a film”—perhaps the greatest compliment possible for my approach.
Since then, I’ve refined this formula: identify communication gaps where progress stalls, craft narratives with trusted messengers who can reach skeptical audiences, and provide clear, attainable calls to action. Whether defending clean energy progress, addressing climate resilience, or helping organizations tell their sustainability stories without political backlash, my work transforms communication barriers into bridges.
The following projects below represent this alchemy in action—each designed with specific outcomes in mind, each a signal cutting through the noise to create measurable change.
Clean Economy Now
Farm Free or Die
Current Revolution:
A Film Series for the Energy Transition
Tidewater
The Burden
Resilient on the Ground
Renewable Energy Works for Rural America
Roger Sorkin Speaks at TED-X
10 Rules for Dealing with Police
Clean Economy Now(Forthcoming)
Impact: Currently in post-production, this film makes the case that clean energy and economic prosperity have a symbiotic relationship, positioning sustainability as an economic driver rather than a constraint.
Farm Free or Die2022
Impact: By centering American farmers as trusted messengers, this film created common ground between agricultural communities and environmental advocates, helping build support for sustainable farming provisions in the Farm Bill that address both economic stability and climate impacts.
Current Revolution: A Film Series for the Energy Transition (2018–2020)
Impact: This three-part series—comprising two feature films and one short—helped strengthen grid resilience efforts by showing how modernization can meet growing electricity demands while supporting the clean energy transition. Special focus on workforce development helped audiences understand pathways to economic prosperity through grid transformation.
Recognition: Winner of the 2018 Chesapeake Film Festival Best Environmental Short Award.
Tidewater(2017)
Impact: Convened bipartisan members of the Armed Services Committees to authorize the National Defense Authorization Act. In Hampton Roads, Virginia—home to the nation's highest concentration of military assets—the film catalyzed unprecedented collaboration between previously siloed jurisdictions facing common flooding challenges.
Recognition: Winner of the 2017 San Francisco Green Film Festival Green Fire Award.
The Burden(2015)
Impact: Successfully influenced legislation and policy at local, state, and federal levels by identifying military leaders as trusted messengers on energy transition. Screened globally as part of NATO training exercises, opening new dialogue channels between security and environmental stakeholders.
Recognition: Winner of the 2015 Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary at Long Beach International Film Festival and the American Clean Skies Foundation Energy Visions Prize.
Indianapolis Airport
The Natural Resources Defense Council
Roger Speaks at TED-X Event
10 Rules for Dealing with Police