I am writing as I’ve been given an opportunity from a great sponsor to tell stories around the world about great characters.
They are basing it on my current project: http://whileimheretheproject.com/
A company whose gear we use has approached us and asked us to find strong, heartstring pulling stories about characters around the world (anywhere!) and to go out and tell them using their gear (drones, and of course cameras on the ground as we normally do) They want stories like the Highwayman story we did here:
https://vimeo.com/114542749
They are giving us free reign to tell any story we want. It could be the granny in Kenya who teaches people to kickbox for protection in the slums, the oldest man to work as a sherpa on everest, to the women who works with elephants in Thailand and raises and protects them on her own. The world is literally our oyster.
There is no limit to what we can do with these stories. The only main factor is that it should be a very strong character with an amazing personality in a great environment. Ideally, we can find people who are “everyday” people doing incredible things. Young, old… doesn’t matter. It’s all about the story. It could be someones struggle and accomplishment, or someone that faces a challenge everyday and works hard to overcome it. No story should be thought of as too big or too small.
I’m reaching out to you as I have a week to put the initial pitches together. After that they will choose one story. I am hoping to work with local fixers/producers on the ground, and of course anyone with story ideas we use would get credit for the research, etc as well as hiring you to work with us as fixers.
Wishing you all well and thank you so much in advance for sharing any incredible stories you might have come across throughout our planet!
The initial pitches go in July 31st so I’d greatly, greatly appreciate any thoughts/ideas a couple days before then if you’re interested in sharing!
Warm regards,
Brent
Pepe Jean 
