About Garrett
Garrett Hubbard is the founder and creative director of GH Studios, an award-winning documentary filmmaking and video production company based in Northwest Arkansas and serving clients across the U.S. and around the world.
With more than 20 years of experience, Garrett creates authentic documentary films, brand stories, and commercial video content that connect with audiences on a human level. Before founding GH Studio, he served as Senior Video Journalist at USA TODAY, where his work took him around the globe—from the White House and the Olympic Games to the Royal Wedding.
Today, Garrett partners with nonprofits, businesses, tourism organizations, and national brands to produce documentary films, branded content, and cinematic stories that inspire action and create meaningful impact. His work includes projects for Nike, Google, YouTube Originals, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.
My Approach
A good story is like good music. It has rhythm, heart, and soul. It stays with you long after it's over.
At GH Studios, we search high and low for the stories that matter most and will create a lasting impact. We bring them to life through thoughtful cinematography, authentic interviews, and rich sound to create a meaningful connection to brands, people and purpose.
Our clients' mission becomes our mission. Whether we're producing a documentary film, a brand story, or a commercial video campaign, we focus on solving problems, communicating clearly, and creating work that moves people. In a world full of endless scrolling and constant noise, great storytelling still has the power to stop people, capture attention, and inspire action.
Awards
2020
Silver Baton
2013 DuPont Columbia Award
Best Enterprise/Investigative Video
2012 Editor & Publisher EPPY Awards
Finalist
2012 Webbys Online Film & Video
1st: Documentary
2010 NPPA Best of Photojournalism
Video Editor of the Year
2012 WHNPA Eyes of History Contest
1st: Lighting
2011 WHNPA Eyes of History Contest
Enjoying a fist-bump with President Obama.
Testimonials
Economic development is essentially sales and sales is a transfer of belief. The challenge of our #becausebentonville was “selling” through story telling in a way where the prospect could see his/herself living in and loving a place they had never heard of prior. Garrett knows the community, but he learned the prospect profile. This meant he developed an empathy with this super specific audience. That empathy resonated and we crushed our conversion expectations.
—Graham Cobb, President & CEO
Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce
Garrett definitely adds value to every project we work on together. He was instrumental in working with our client to guide and shape the concept on a video called ‘You Belong Here’ for Arkansas State Parks.
Garrett took time to understand where the roots of our message really were, and then created a visually stunning story to help us grow it.