Broken Phone Booth ProductionsBroken Phonebooth Productions is a film production group working under The JESUS Film Project. Its purpose is to reveal spiritual truth and help create tools for spiritual growth, primarily through narrative film.
Remember the end of the film Titanic? Now imagine this: The two main characters, floating out in the middle of the sea, declare their undying love. Then, suddenly, they decide to pray the sinner’s prayer, right before turning to the screen and saying (in unison), “You can pray to receive Jesus too, RIGHT NOW!”
The film would have flopped. No matter how truthful the message was, or how much people needed to hear it, audiences would have rejected it. The truth is, today’s media-savvy culture is turning away from traditional methods of communicating the Christian message of God’s love and forgiveness. They often don’t want to attend Christian seminars, or read a Christian book (let alone the Bible) and they aren’t interested in hearing a sermon in church. It seems like these lines of communication are… broken.
So what can we do? The not-so-simple answer is…we need to communicate truth to them in a way they will accept–their “heart-language.” Okay, so…how do we do this?
One thing that people everywhere are drawn to is stories, and visual stories in particular. They love them, they dissect them, they talk about them endlessly…they can’t get enough of them. But that’s not all—now, more than ever, stories have the power to help them form their values and beliefs about what’s important and what they really care about.
The JESUS Film Project, realizing both the power of story to communicate and the increasing sophistication of the global audience, decided to create the New Media department. Broken Phonebooth Productions, formed in 2008, is a team within New Media.
As Broken Phonebooth Productions, we represent many years of professional education and experience in media production, as well as years of direct field ministry. Now, armed with the best in state-of-the-art production equipment, we’re using our skills and gifts of visual storytelling to communicate biblical truth in a way that people can accept—their “heart language.”
Our mission is twofold—one, we want to make films that generate thought and discussion, helping to move an unbelieving audience closer to accepting truth of the Gospel. Two, we desire to make discipleship- based films that help Christians learn how to walk more closely with God. To date, we have filmed, or assisted in filming, several of these story-based tools all over the world.
Our goal is simple—we want people to hear, consider, and eventually accept the truth of the Bible. We make films that do just that.
Mike graduated with a degree in film production and joined Campus Crusade staff in 1998. He worked in Northeast regional office of the Campus Ministry for several years, doing film and media work. He moved to Orlando in 2008 to work with the JESUS Film and helped launch Broken Phonebooth.
Before joining Campus Crusade staff in 1996, Paul worked in television production in Waco, Texas. In 2000 he served at Kent State in Ohio before moving to Orlando to do media production with the Campus Ministry. In 2007 he began working with the JESUS Film Project and helped launch Broken Phonebooth in 2008.
Brent joined Campus Crusade staff in 1993 and served at Cal Poly Pomona in Southern California until 1998. He moved to Orlando and worked with Dr. Bill Bright in the President’s Office until 2003, and then transferred to CrossRoads, a JESUS Film ministry. He worked part time with Broken Phonebooth in 2008 and came on full time in 2009.
Dan graduated from Penn State in 2004 with a degree in Architecture. He interned with the Campus Ministry in 2006, doing media work, before coming on full-time staff in 2007. He joined the Broken Phonebooth team in 2010.
Doug graduated from Ball State and came on staff with Campus Crusade in 1995. He did a one-year STINT in Hungary before coming back to work for New Life Resources in Georgia from 1998 to 2003. He went to Hungary for another year before returning to work with the Global Short Film Network, a JESUS Film New Media Strategy. He joined the Broken Phonebooth team in 2010.