Rowtown, USA was created to embody all rowing in Seattle, both its history and its future, ‘This small city in the Pacific Northwest has produced so many Olympic medals and national championships and we wanted to show U.S. Rowing and the rest of our nation that you can develop Olympic class athletes, not just in 1936, but also here in this day and age. It's something we're really proud of.’ - Michael Callahan, Head Coach, Men’s Rowing, UW

All of this is to say that over the course of six months we spent a lot of early mornings on the water. We had some freedom to shape this project through what we saw and through an understanding of what would be valuable to the team. The feature length piece draws a line between the ‘Boys in the Boat’ team and the current program. We also provided the UW with snappy cutdowns for social and loads of stills.

Writing and directing Rowtown, USA really allowed us to go deep. While there are very few of us that can produce 600 watts over the course of 2000m there are some universal truths including this last thought from Coach Callahan, ‘Of course, we want our athletes to win races and we want them to succeed. I think you learn a lot from the pursuit of success, but I think the most important thing is that you realize that the work developed you. The journey with your teammates will serve you for the rest of your life.’. Woof.

THE TEAM

Concept & Writing: Motofish
Still & Motion Photography + Direction: Motofish
Production: Motofish
Edit: Slavka Kuehn
DP/CamOp: Dylan Priest
Sound: Andrew Kindred Color: Jordan Becke Mix: Eric Johnson