Documentary Producer and Director
Feature. Short. Brand. I come in early and stay through delivery.
See Work
Brands and studios I’ve worked with
Development
Finding the story and the people in it.
Production
Logistical management of everything needed to film.
Post-Production
Overseeing the story and the footage brought together.
Distribution
Delivery geared towards the right audience.
Documentary Instincts. Studio Discipline. Energy That Carries the Whole Thing.
Most freelancers get hired for a window — three days on set, then an invoice. I’m a beginning-middle-end person. Bring me in at development and I’ll stay through delivery: shaping the story, running the set, sitting with the editor while it comes together. I’ll still be excited in month nine. That’s not stamina for its own sake — it’s how a story keeps its shape from the first conversation to the final cut.
What I do
A senior creative voice in your room. Without the full-time hire.
01
Fractional EP
Senior creative leadership embedded in your room. Direct, decision-quality oversight, and a senior voice at the table.
02
Directing
Documentary-rooted directing for brand work, original docs, and studio-led productions. Long form, short form, project-by-project.
03
Consulting
Strategic creative leadership for studio founders building out their operating model. Every engagement is built around your needs, not a template.
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Producing
A producer for hire on the projects that matter. Scope, budget, crew, timeline — we own the execution end to end.
in the works
Feature Documentary
Unbecoming
Role
Executive Producer
Studio
Muse Storytelling
Year
2026
Watch the film
The story behind it
Documentary Instincts. Studio Discipline. Energy That Carries the Whole Thing.
Evan Goldsmith
Way back when I started as an actor and realized fast that I didn't want one part — I wanted the whole production. Now I direct and produce, and I partner with studios and brands on the work they most want to get right. I'm curious to a fault, allergic to coasting, and genuinely happy inside a complicated story — the kind still finding its shape, with a hundred pieces that have to move together. I care about the film and the people making it in equal measure. Radical care is the practice I run my productions with, and Kind Over Matter Creative is what I’ve built around that practice.
Testimonials
True Kind Words
Evan is bold and kind at once, and that rare combination is why she gets results. She commands a set with real presence while putting the person in front of the camera completely at ease. On a documentary profile I worked on with her, that rapport produced an interview scene that was genuinely breathtaking. She carried it from story development through the edit, and the final film was better at every stage for her being on it. That leadership carries off set too — she's a thoughtful, direct mentor with real insight into the business side of this work.
Autumn Payne
Founder - CEO of Ethical Narrative
Evan is the kind of creative leader you want at the center of a demanding project. I’ve watched her masterfully navigate productions with global personalities like Romero Britto and Arnold Schwarzenegger, while bringing equal care and empathy to intimate stories like April’s journey from foster care to leadership in child welfare. She brings calm, humor, and generosity to the set. (A rare reminder that exceptional creative work does not require an exceptional ego.) She understands story, production, people, and clients, and has the judgment and composure to guide complex documentary and branded work from early concept through final delivery.
Grant Peelle
Sr. Creative Director - Muse Storytelling
Co-Director of The Highest of Stakes
As we hit year 5 of our business, we’d been through most of the trainings a visual storytelling company can attend. What we needed next was a mechanic, someone to do a full review of the business and help refine our systems, staff and product. Evan had a clear process for identifying our team’s training needs from the ground up, and her coaching came straight from the heart. We were so impressed with her coaching that we hired her back to enhance our internal systems. We loved her direct style in identifying improvements, and her hands-on approach to implementing the changes. If you’re serious about growing your production business and team, you need Evan on your side.
Annie Harala & Kevin Jacobsen
Founders, Story North Productions
Evan is a producer and director who puts her heart and soul into every project. She has a strong instinct for character-driven storytelling and approaches every project with a story-first lens, while always keeping the larger vision in mind. What makes Evan shine is how deeply she immerses herself in the work. She’s involved in every stage of the process, cares about the details and knows how to take an idea from its earliest stages through execution. Evan brings energy to a team, builds trust with the people around her, and is the kind of collaborator who makes everyone invested in the work.
Amy Gleason
Lead Producer - The Britto Doc
Evan is bold and kind at once, and that rare combination is why she gets results. She commands a set with real presence while putting the person in front of the camera completely at ease. On a documentary profile I worked on with her, that rapport produced an interview scene that was genuinely breathtaking. She carried it from story development through the edit, and the final film was better at every stage for her being on it. That leadership carries off set too — she's a thoughtful, direct mentor with real insight into the business side of this work.
Autumn Payne
Founder - CEO of Ethical Narrative
Evan is the kind of creative leader you want at the center of a demanding project. I’ve watched her masterfully navigate productions with global personalities like Romero Britto and Arnold Schwarzenegger, while bringing equal care and empathy to intimate stories like April’s journey from foster care to leadership in child welfare. She brings calm, humor, and generosity to the set. (A rare reminder that exceptional creative work does not require an exceptional ego.) She understands story, production, people, and clients, and has the judgment and composure to guide complex documentary and branded work from early concept through final delivery.
Grant Peelle
Sr. Creative Director - Muse Storytelling
Co-Director of The Highest of Stakes
As we hit year 5 of our business, we’d been through most of the trainings a visual storytelling company can attend. What we needed next was a mechanic, someone to do a full review of the business and help refine our systems, staff and product. Evan had a clear process for identifying our team’s training needs from the ground up, and her coaching came straight from the heart. We were so impressed with her coaching that we hired her back to enhance our internal systems. We loved her direct style in identifying improvements, and her hands-on approach to implementing the changes. If you’re serious about growing your production business and team, you need Evan on your side.
Annie Harala & Kevin Jacobsen
Founders, Story North Productions
Evan is a producer and director who puts her heart and soul into every project. She has a strong instinct for character-driven storytelling and approaches every project with a story-first lens, while always keeping the larger vision in mind. What makes Evan shine is how deeply she immerses herself in the work. She’s involved in every stage of the process, cares about the details and knows how to take an idea from its earliest stages through execution. Evan brings energy to a team, builds trust with the people around her, and is the kind of collaborator who makes everyone invested in the work.
Amy Gleason
Lead Producer - The Britto Doc
