Documentary Storytelling for Health & HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Documentary-style videos for healthcare and sports medicine organizations. Patient stories that build trust. Athlete recovery journeys that actually connect. Real people, real results.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

Our story

Meridian Frame was founded on a simple conviction: the most important stories in healthcare and human performance are the ones that don't make the news.

Our founder spent years in an Emmy Award–winning newsroom covering tragedy, conflict, and crisis on daily deadlines. That work sharpened the craft — and clarified the mission. The patient who recovered. The athlete who broke through. The provider who stayed late. The community that funded the clinic. Those stories deserve the same production standard as breaking news, told with more care and more time.

A meridian is the line a navigator uses to find true position. That's the work: finding where a story actually is, and framing it honestly.

Today we partner with healthcare organizations, sports brands, and mission-driven nonprofits across the country — producing documentary-style video in English and Spanish, from first conversation to final delivery. Broadcast-trained speed. Documentary patience. Real people, honestly framed.

A small crew, on purpose. Meridian Frame is a two-person team, and that's a feature — not a limitation. When we walk into a patient's room, a clinic, or a locker room, it's two people and a camera instead of a six-person production unit. People relax faster. They forget the gear. They tell you the true version. And because we work fluently in both English and Spanish, nobody has to tell their story in their second language.

Portrait of a man with short dark hair, facial hair, wearing a blue checkered button-up shirt, against a plain white background.

Justin Spangenthal — Founder & Creative Director

Emmy Award–winning newsroom editor and photographer (3+ years) · Broadcast journalism, ASU's Walter Cronkite School · Film production, Sidney Poitier New American Film School · Kinesiology background and 10+ years as a competitive athlete · Bilingual production, English/Español · Based in Greater Houston, working nationwide.

Marisa Montes — Producer & Creative Partner

Bilingual producer and on-camera specialist · Social media specialist · Native Spanish and English· Leads interview comfort, bilingual production, and on-set producing — the reason subjects open up on camera.

Let's Talk About Your Project

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