Jason Houston and Dewi (day-wee) Sungai Marquis-Houston are life and creative partners who have been building a foundation of friendship, trust, empowerment, and creative expression since 2010. Our combined decades of experience is manifested in our new visual storytelling company, eight16 creative.

Our work represents a deep love and concern for racial justice, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the rebalancing of humanity’s relationships with Earth and each other. We serve to correct harmful narratives that carve destructive paths into our communities and minds. We are committed to breaking from dominant settler storytelling and colonial worldviews.

We are  dedicated not only to the finished product, but also the path that gets us there. Thoughtful authorship, ethical and appropriate representation on and off screen, relationship, reciprocity, respect, and agency guide our practice. We recognize the incredible honor and responsibility that comes with collaborating with people who trust us to help share their stories.

We do commissioned documentaries, editorial assignments, purposed-driven campaigns, branded and commercial gigs, and independent creative nonfiction projects.

View some samples below.