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# Reel Quest Films

A film and video production company based in New Hampshire.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://reelquestfilms.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Field Notes](https://reelquestfilms.com/blog/) - View behind-the-scenes footage, go deeper into a project story, or get the latest announcements in the Reel Quest Films blog, Field Notes.
- [Be Zero Carbon Photo and Video Shoot](https://reelquestfilms.com/2025/04/20/be-zero-carbon-photo-and-video-shoot/) - In June of 2024, Be Zero Carbon asked Reel Quest to accompany staff for three days as they visited forestry sites across New England, and to create photo and video assets that could be used by their in-house media team to help tell their story. This was mostly a run and gun shoot with only
- [Reaching for the Stars With Maine Adaptive](https://reelquestfilms.com/2025/07/11/reaching-for-the-stars-with-maine-adaptive/) - Since 2022, Reel Quest Films has partnered with nonprofit Maine Adaptive in telling compelling stories that inspire action and awareness
- [Introducing Reel Quest Films](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/07/12/introducing-reel-quest-films/) - Formed in 2021, Reel Quest Films is a full-service media company created by Jerry Monkman of Ecophotography and Ryan Smith of Rooted in Light Media.
- [River Restoration Videos - Updates](https://reelquestfilms.com/2024/04/21/river-restoration-videos-updates/) - In this post, we wanted to make you aware of our two newest river restoration videos and update you on a couple of past projects.
- [Capturing Renewables: Solar Energy and Battery Storage Videos](https://reelquestfilms.com/2024/02/10/capturing-renewables-solar-energy-and-battery-storage-videos/) - In 2023, Reel Quest Films filmed videos for renewable energy companies, including solar and battery storage. See our work.
- [Filming the Successful Story of Restoring Sea-Run Fish in Maine](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/11/12/filming-the-successful-story-of-restoring-sea-run-fish-in-maine/) - We are proud to announce the release of our latest short film telling the story of the recovery of sea-run fish populations in Maine.
- [Behind the Scenes of a Fundraiser Video Shoot](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/09/23/filming-a-fundraising-video/) - The Reel Quest Films team visits northwest Connecticut to film a fundraising video for the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy.
- [New Film Project: The Rebirth of a Farm](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/07/07/new-film-project-the-rebirth-of-a-farm/) - (This is a repost from my 2021 blog post on EcoPhotography.com.) This fall saw the beginning of a new film project for me and my friend and frequent collaborator, Ryan Smith. Ryan and I are psyched to be working on this project with Neil Ungerleider, a long-time writer and producer at WCVB in Boston. Our
- [A Chance for Atlantic Salmon to Thrive in Maine’s Kennebec River](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/07/07/a-chance-for-atlantic-salmon-to-thrive-in-maines-kennebec-river-video/) - (This is a repost from my 2021 blog post on EcoPhotography.com.) In 2006, a dam was removed on the above stretch of the Sandy River in Norridgewock, Maine, opening up miles of prime endangered Atlantic Salmon spawning habitat. But downstream of the Sandy are four dams on the Kennebec River with no suitable fish passage,
- [Keystone at the Maine Outdoor Film Festival](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/07/12/keystone-at-the-maine-outdoor-film-festival/) - Last year, under my EcoPhotography moniker, Ryan and I shot a short film about the residents of Gardiner, Maine working to restore fish passage for alewives on their local tributary of the Kennebec River, Cobbosssee Stream. The film will be making its fourth festival appearance this month in Portland, Maine at the Maine Outdoor Film
- [The Joy of Filming the Unexpected: Nature Videos in Vermont](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/09/23/the-joy-of-filming-the-unexpected-nature-videos-in-vermont/) - The Reel Quest Films team recently filmed a series of nature videos in Vermont for the Northeast Wilderness Trust.
- [Now Showing at the  2022 New Hampshire Film Festival](https://reelquestfilms.com/2022/09/23/2022-new-hampshire-film-festival/) - Produced by Reel Quest Films, The Merrimack: River at Risk and Keystone: Voice for the Little Fish will screen at the 2022 New Hampshire Film Festival.

## Pages

- [Reel Quest Films - Video Production Company](https://reelquestfilms.com/) - Based in Portsmouth, NH, Reel Quest Films is an award-winning video production company specializing in full-service media for brands, agencies, and nonprofits.
- [Quick Links](https://reelquestfilms.com/quick-links/) - Let's build something together! Whether you're looking to create video shorts for your website or a full-length documentary film, email or call to get started.
- [Dispatches: Public Speaking, Etc.](https://reelquestfilms.com/dispatches-public-speaking-etc/) - The job is rarely done after we finish a project as we spend a lot of time public speaking at events in support of the work we do and the projects we work on.
- [Who We Are](https://reelquestfilms.com/who-we-are/) - With 40-plus years of combined experience, Reel Quest Films brings your vision to life through inspiring storytelling and captivating cinematography.
- [Contact Us](https://reelquestfilms.com/lets-connect/) - Whether you're looking to create video shorts for your website or a full-length documentary film, we're ready to go. Contact us today!
- [Let's Connect](https://reelquestfilms.com/lets-connect-landing-page/) - Let's build something together! Whether you're looking to create video shorts for your website or a full-length documentary film, email or call to get started.
- [Landing Page after form submission](https://reelquestfilms.com/landing-page-after-form-submission/) - Let's build something together! Whether you're looking to create video shorts for your website or a full-length documentary film, we're ready to go.
- [Creative Brief Form](https://reelquestfilms.com/creative-brief-form/) - Let's build something together! Whether you're looking to create video shorts for your website or a full-length documentary film, email or call to get started.

## Portfolio

- [Tackling Pollution in Long Island Sound Docuseries](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/tackling-pollution-in-long-island-sound-docuseries/) - This 4-part mini documentary series highlights collaborative projects that are working to reduce pollution entering the coastal waters of Long Island Sound.
- [Greenseams - 25 Years.](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/greenseams-25-years/) - In September of 2025, the Reel Quest team traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to create a short video celebrating the 25th anniversary of the city's Greenseams program. In the late 1990's, the city experienced a pair of destructive floods that inundated city neighborhoods. The city has spent the decades since improving green infrastructure in the city
- [Hike for a Change](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/hike-for-a-change-documentary/) - Follow Josh Moughan of The Dirty Hands Project on his Hike for a Change, a 230-mile journey on the Bay Circuit Trail that raises awareness for mental health.
- [Accelerating the Pace of Conservation in Connecticut.](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/accelerating-the-pace-of-conservation-in-connecticut/) - In the summer of 2025, the Reel Quest team traveled to Kent, CT to film for several days with the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy. The goal was to produce a short video that could screen at their annual fundraising gala in August. This was our third time filming a fundraising video for CT's largest land
- [Conserving Access: The Future of Maine's Lands](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/conserving-access-the-future-of-maines-lands/) -  In the fall of 2024, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) asked Reel Quest Films to produce a short film looking at the tradition of access to private land in Maine for hunting, hiking, snowmobiling, fishing, etc., and how land trusts in Maine are working to preserve that access in the face of
- [The Wildlands Trust: Saving Land For Everyone. Forever.](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/the-wildlands-trust-saving-land-for-everyone-forever/) - In September 2025, we spent a day with the staff at The Wildlands Trust in Plymouth, Massachusetts shooting footage and recording narration for a new fundraising video. They premiered the video at their October fundraising event and continue to screen it at events and on their website: https://www.wildlandstrust.org/ For visuals, we used the new footage
- [Represent: Breaking Barriers, Building Belonging](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/represent-breaking-barriers-building-belonging/) - In 2024 and 2025, the Reel Quest team spent several days filming with Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation to create a new short film, Represent: Breaking Barriers, Building Belonging. We met and interviewed about a dozen amazing adaptive athletes, while joining them on adventures ranging from climbing to cycling to skiing, to an overnight paddling
- [A Proposed Wilderness Preserve in New Hampshire](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/a-proposed-wilderness-preserve-in-new-hampshire/) - For half a decade we've been creating content for the Northeast Wilderness Trust (NEWT) as they expand their network of "forever wild" preserves across the northeastern United States. In March and May of 2025, Reel Quest founder Jerry Monkman spend several days on a new proposed wilderness preserve in Orford, New Hampshire that NEWT plans
- [Strengthening Communities through Conserving Working Forests](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/strengthening-communities-through-conserving-working-forests/) - In early 2025, the Reel Quest team ventured to Maine's northern border to film an amazing project for The Conservation Fund. TCF recently purchased 44,000 acres on the US-Canadian border a few miles north of Jackman, Maine to conserve access to the forests, streams, and mountains of the property for sustainable timber harvesting, recreation, and
- [Celebrating the Farms of Essex County Massachusetts](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/celebrating-the-farms-of-essex-county/) - This video, produced for the Essex County Greenbelt Association, celebrates the farms of Essex County and the conservation methods used to protect them.
- [Reconnected: Restoring the Rivers of Long Island Sound](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/reconnected-restoring-the-rivers-of-long-island-sound/) - Produced for nonprofit Save the Sound, Reconnected is a documentary that highlights the importance of stream barrier removal in the Long Island Sound watershed.
- [The Case for Decommissioning the Warner’s Pond Dam](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/the-case-for-decommissioning-the-warners-pond-dam/) -  If you've followed this website and our work for the last few years, you've seen several videos about removing dams in New England and the positive impact restored stream flow has on the environment. Here's another one! The good folks in Concord, Massachusetts are deciding soon on whether or not they want to remove
- [Collaborative Conservation - Creating Video and Photo Assets in Maine](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/collaborative-conservation-creating-video-and-photo-assets-in-maine/) -  In September of 2024, the Northeast Wilderness Trust asked the Reel Quest team to spend three days creating video and photo assets for an expansive conservation project in the northwestern corner of Maine: The Magalloway River Headwaters. This 78,000 acre property includes all of the lands around Parmachenee and Aziscohos Lakes and the
- [DeNormandie Woods - Land Conservation on Cape Ann](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/denormandie-woods-land-conservation-on-cape-ann/) -  In 2024, the Essex County Greenbelt Association had an opportunity to acquire and conserve a forested property of more than 300 acres in Gloucester and Manchester, Massachusetts. Part of a larger 1400 acre expanse of conserved land in Gloucester, Manchester, and Essex, the property contains vital ecological habitats, established walking and biking trails,
- [Our Responsibility: Freeing the Ipswich River](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/our-responsibility-freeing-the-ipswich-river/) -  In the historical town of Ipswich on the north shore of Massachusetts, the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) is working to restore the town's namesake river by removing the Ipswich Mills Dam. In a report filed by the Horsley Witten Group to the town, IRWA identified several goals associated with this project, including
- [Keystone: Voices for the Little Fish](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/keystone-voices-for-the-little-fish/) - Released in 2021, Keystone: Voices for the Little Fish tells the story of nonprofit Upstream's fight to restore alewive fish populations in central Maine.
- [Returning Alewives to China Lake Outlet Stream](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/restoring-alewives-to-china-lake/) - In this short film, nonprofit Maine Rivers tells the story of China Lake and how it worked to return nearly a million adult alewives to the water body
- [Reel Quest Films Promo Reel](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/promo-reel-2023/) - Our assignments take us from the deep woods to the big cities and back again. It's impossible to capture all of the beauty we're lucky enough to see, but we tried to in the following promo reels. We hope you'll agree. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aHpC8wFSxZc https://youtu.be/_btZOnSk7Qk
- [Trees in Peril - The Nature Conservancy](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/trees-in-peril-the-nature-conservancy/) - In the summer of 2023, The Nature Conservancy asked the Reel Quest crew to shoot still photos and video of their work to save some of North America's most imperiled trees. These trees are imperiled by invasive pests and diseases, impacting the health of forests, wildlife, climate and culture. Now, researchers are racing to breed
- [Natural Resources Council of Maine - "No Place for a Mine"](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/natural-resources-council-of-maine-no-place-for-a-mine/) - In September 2023, we jumped in Jerry's Jeep to explore some pretty remote backroads in Maine's Katahdin Region for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Our goal was to produce several short videos that could be used in NRCM's battle to prevent mining near Pickett Mountain, east of Katahdin and in the heart of the
- [Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/alder-stream-wilderness-preserve/) - In October 2022, the Northeast Wilderness Trust (NEWT) asked Reel Quest Films to produce a collection of still photos and this three minute nature video depicting one of their "Ambassador Preserves" in Maine. In remote central Maine, Alder Stream Wilderness Preserve covers 7,296 acres bordering Alder Stream, West Branch Dead Stream, and the Piscataquis River
- [2023 Wilderness Preserve Trilogy](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/2023-wilderness-preserve-trilogy/) - In 2023, the Northeast Wilderness Trust (NEWT) asked the Reel Quest crew to produce a series of short nature videos, and accompanying still photos, of two of their newest wilderness preserves and one proposed preserve. These projects are as close to pure nature photography as we get in our work and they involve a lot
- [A Wildlands Trust project in Brockton, Massachusetts.](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/the-wildlands-trust-in-brockton-massachusetts/) - In the summer of 2023 the Reel Quest crew captured stills and video for the Wildlands Trust as they embark on a long-term plan to upgrade a beloved outdoor spot in Brockton, Massachusetts: D.W. Field Park. According to the Wildlands Trust website, "D.W. Field Park is a 700-acre city park managed by the City of
- [SYSO Technologies Website Video](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/syso-technologies-website-video/) - In October 2023, the Reel Quest Films crew made the trip to the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn to film a video for Syso Technologies. We met the folks at Syso through 1% for the Planet, a non-profit that companies can join to pledge 1% of their sales to environmental causes, and to find vetted environmental
- [AMC's Maine Woods Initiative](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/appalachian-mountain-club-maine-woods-initiative/) - Reel Quest Films produced two films about the conservation and recreation opportunities that exist at the Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Woods Initiative.
- [Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy - "30 by 30"](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/northwest-connecticut-land-conservancy-30-by-30/) - In June 2023, the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) had the Reel Quest crew return to create a new video for their summer 2023 fundraising event. This year, the theme of the video was "Accelerating the Pace of Conservation: Conserving 30% of Connecticut's land waters by 2030." We spent three days in Kent, Connecticut and
- [Casco Bay Estuary Partnership - Civic Innovation Challenge](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/casco-bay-estuary-partnership-civic-innovation-challenge/) - In March, 2023 the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) hired Reel Quest Films to produce a short video as part of a National Science Foundation grant. CBEP planned to use the video, not only in the grant proposal (which was successful, but also more broadly to highlight the work they are doing on ocean models
- [The Future of Farming at Iron Ox Farm](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/greenbelt-iron-ox-farm/) - Working with Essex County Greenbelt, Reel Quest Films produced a video series about Alex Cecchinelli and Stacey Apple and their formation of Iron Ox Farm.
- [Conserving Wild Landscapes](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/northeast-wilderness-trust-wildlands-partnership/) - Conserving Wild Landscapes
- [Blue Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/blue-mountain-wilderness-sanctuary/) - Reel Quest Films produced a video about the Northeast Wildnerness Trust's Blue Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary to showcase its beauty and ecological importance.
- [Returning Salmon to the Kennebec River](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/freeing-the-kennebec-river/) - https://player.vimeo.com/video/569120983 In 2021, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) asked Jerry and Ryan to produce a collection of videos and still photos of the Kennebec River. NRCM was one of several organizations preparing a campaign to persuade Maine citizens and lawmakers of the need to remove four dams on the Kennebec River in order
- [The Stewards of Northwest Connecticut](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/northwest-connecticut-land-conservancy/) - In summer 2022, Reel Quest Films partnered with Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy to produce a video that promotes land conservation in Connecticut.
- [The Merrimack: River at Risk Documentary](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/the-merrimack-river-at-risk/) - The Merrimack: River at Risk was directed by Reel Quest Films co-founder Jerry Monkman and written by co-founder Ryan Smith.
- [Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve](https://reelquestfilms.com/project/woodbury-mountain-wilderness-preserve/) - In summer 2022, Reel Quest Films partnered with Northeast Wilderness Trust to produce a film spotlighting Vermont's Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve.

## Clients

- [Northeast Wilderness Trust](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/new-england-wilderness-trust/)
- [Casco Bay Estuary Partnership](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/casco-bay-estuary-partnership/)
- [CVE North America](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/cve-north-america/)
- [Wildlands Trust](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/wildlands-trust/)
- [Syso Technologies](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/syso-technologies/)
- [Save the Sound](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/save-the-sound/)
- [Ipswich River Watershed Association](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/ipswich-river-watershed-association/)
- [Conservation Law Foundation](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/conservation-law-foundation/)
- [Coastal Dental Arts](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/coastal-dental-arts/)
- [Manomet](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/manomet/)
- [Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/northwest-connecticut-land-conservancy/)
- [Upstream](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/upstream/)
- [The Nature Conservancy](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/the-nature-conservancy/)
- [Maine Rivers](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/maine-rivers/)
- [Natural Resources Council of Maine](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/natural-resources-council-of-maine/)
- [Society for the Protection of NH Forests](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/client-three/)
- [Essex County Greenbelt Association](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/essex-county-greenbelt-association/)
- [Appalachian Mountain Club](https://reelquestfilms.com/client/appalachian-mountain-club/)

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