From 2010 to 2014 I ran a small production company in Los Angeles called Team Fish. With just two of us, we focused on short-form documentaries for clients who wanted their stories told in a cinematic and soulful way. We were lucky to work with brands like Nike, Sony, and TED, among others.

Our biggest break came when we were invited into Katalyst Productions for a new division they were developing in partnership with YouTube. That meeting became the start of Thrash Labs, built to create original programming. Team Fish developed The Subculture Club and Profiles, series that dove into communities and obsessions with care.

One of the best pieces we ever created, produced on our own to pitch back to Katalyst, was a documentary on people living in the Las Vegas tunnels. We met Mike, a nomad who opened a hidden world beneath the city. It remains one of the most powerful things I’ve filmed—even if it was deemed “too much” at the time.

Years later, the Thrash Labs library was sold for in-flight entertainment. What remains here are a few stills and links to the project’s footprint.