My Story.

I'm London Mahogany, an independent documentary filmmaker from a small Alabama town once known as “The Wickedest City in America.”

Truth is, I never really wanted to make documentaries. I wanted to make movies.

Growing up, I spent a lot of time alone with a small collection of DVDs and VHS tapes and a pretty active imagination. Movies became my escape. They took me places I'd never been, introduced me to people I'd never met, and changed the way I saw the world, even if only for a little while.

I wanted to do that, too.

For years, I thought that meant inventing characters and stories. Then I discovered a word: Sonder. The realization that everyone around you has a life just as vivid and complicated as your own.

I started looking at people differently, like movies I hadn't seen yet. The more I listened to their stories, the more I realized something.

I didn't have to invent a great story. I could find one.

Today, I make documentaries about interesting people, places, and experiences that might otherwise go overlooked, using the genres and cinematic storytelling that made me fall in love with movies.

Deep down, I'm still that kid fascinated by how movies made him feel.

I just hope I can make someone else feel something, too.