Webby winning viral series exploring people & place | 50 People, 1 Question
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Webby winning viral series exploring people & place | 50 People, 1 Question

50 People, 1 Question

Year2008
Typecontent

Fifty People, One Question is one of the internet's first viral web series. First produced in 2008 in New Orleans, the series has since produced 6 official and hundreds of community episodes in every major city in the world in over 50 countries. Co-created with my dear friend & collaborator Nathan Heleine.

Visit the YouTube Channel: youtube.com/50people1question

Role: Co-creator, creative director, director, & producer

The series has been featured in nearly every major publication, garnered awards, and has launched the careers of filmmakers from Australia to Ireland.

"Beautifully simple premise, even more beautifully executed, peeling away at the most authentic of human sentiments about life." - The Atlantic & BrainPickings, Maria Povova

"Beautiful and touching series of short films... Ah, the madness of real life." - The Guardian, Johnny Dee

"Straightforward, but remarkably vivid series." - Huffington Post, Johanna Smith

"The most important social experiment of our time... internet famous." - Agency Spy, Matt Van Hoven

Over 10 years, hundreds of cities & filmmakers, thousands of responses.

World map of 50P1Q episodes
World map of 50P1Q episodes

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50P1Q Platform
50P1Q Platform
50P1Q Platform
50P1Q Platform

Skoll World Forum

In 2018 I was invited by the Skoll World Forum to join former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Grammy winner John Legend, and Academy Award winning documentary producer Charles Ferguson to participate in a private interview series around this year's Skoll World Forum theme — Proximity.