Work-for-hire / branded content
Director / Producer / Sound
GroupM: Zoom Documentary Profiles
90 to 120 seconds each
GroupM has 35,000 employees around the world, leading some to believe they are a faceless corporation. But the truth is that every employee represents a unique life experience, which brings an incredible diversity of perspectives to client challenges. As part of GroupM’s “Our Differences Make Us Stronger” campaign, Zak collaborated with the production company True Stories to create this series of mini docs to run on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Directed by
Zak Piper and Jordan Olshansky
Produced by
Zak Piper
Unity Dinners
34 minutes
A project created in collaboration with Kartemquin Films and Free Spirit Media in Chicago, who provided the crew of young people who filmed and recorded audio for the program with mentorship from Directors Gordon Quinn and Zak Piper, Unity Dinners follows the efforts by two community groups working in Chicago's westside North Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods to bring Black and brown people together to create experiences and build community through food.
Directed by
Zak Piper and Gordon Quinn
Produced by
Zak Piper and Gordon Quinn
116 Innovators (Toyota)
5 minutes
A profile of Chicago-based ACE Metal Crafts, an innovative, unusually close-knit company that’s gotten a competitive kick out of its collaboration with Toyota — proving that even in the era of offshoring, American manufacturers can not only thrive, but grow.
Produced by
Zak Piper and Steve James
Directed by
Steve James
Additionally, Zak has directed content for GroupM affiliates Essence, Mindshare, and Mediacom, along with clients such as US Fertility and Delix, among others. Zak is an occasional collaborator with the doc-style production company True Stories, based in San Francisco.