As Seen On
Founded by an
Award Winning Filmmaker
Your film is edited by
World Renowned Film Editors
The complete filming kit & documentary edit service that turns your story into a cinematic film.
For retirements, milestone birthdays, anniversaries & celebrations of a life's work
As Seen On
Founded by an
Award Winning Filmmaker
Your film is edited by
World Renowned Film Editors
How It Works
Pick the depth of storytelling your occasion calls for. Choose from the self-filmed options or full production options. Then tell us about the film you envision - who you'd like to film, the occasion, the feeling - and L36 shapes every cut around it.
Everything your smartphone needs to become a true film camera: a tripod, a professional microphone, and charging equipment — plus your shot list and conversation questions. All of it yours to keep.
Get out there and have fun. Be sure to capture a story because that is the spine of the film. Follow the shot list and film straight into the L36 app — clips barely touch your phone's storage and arrive with our editors the moment you stop recording.
Upload any additional footage you want woven in — older videos, photographs, the things that belong in their story.
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Our editors craft the cinematic cut and deliver your film in 4–6 weeks. Unveil the film at your special event, like a retirement party, milestone birthday or anniversary — or simply share via private link.
Have an upcoming event you would like to get on our radar? Book it here.
Would you rather have Full Production with our team bringing full camera equipment and filming expertise to you? Then schedule a call with a producer here.
Two Ways to Work With Us
Self-Filmed Services
· Filming kit shipped to your door — tripod, professional microphone & charging equipment, yours to keep
· Two film lengths to choose from — the Portrait (7–8 minutes) or the Signature (15–20 minutes), both professionally edited and cinematic
· Conversation questions & occasion shot list in the L36 app
· Live AI coaching for lighting, setup & guiding the conversation — there when you want it, easy to skip when you don't
· Film in the app — footage uploads as you record, sparing your phone's storage
· Upload extra footage & photos to weave into the film
· Keepsake coffee-table book of the moment
· Direct line to L36 and story coaching throughout
· Delivered in 4–6 weeks
Full Production Services
· Director-led filming with our full crew, anywhere your story lives
· Pre-production story design — interviews, locations & the arc of the film
· Cinema cameras, professional sound & lighting
· A feature-quality documentary crafted by our editors
· Keepsake coffee-table book & premiere-ready delivery
· Production timeline tailored to your story
What You Receive
A cinematic film, a hardbound book, chapter clips you scan from the page, an archive of every minute we recorded, and a private online hub where it all lives.
Watch Ralph’s film, then turn the pages of his book below.
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The book — turn the pages. Sample edition; QR codes are marked SAMPLE until Ralph’s story goes live.
A cinematic film of their story, edited by documentary filmmakers.
A hardbound coffee-table book of the photographs and their own words.
Scan any page with your phone and that chapter of the film plays.
Every minute we recorded — the full interview, uncut — kept for your family.
One online home for the film, the book and the archive, shared only with the people you choose.
What the price includes
A forever film takes more than an edit. From the day you book you have a direct line to a real person — same-day replies, and in person when that helps. We coach the story before you press record, organize who records what, and sort the photographs and old video by decade so the film and the book move through a life in order. That work is in the price, and it is most of the work.
The Film Kit & App — shipped to your door
Who makes your film
Our founder’s award-winning documentary premiered on PBS in 2023. The same editors shape every L36 film.
Watch on PBS →Kind Words
Ismail Fenter
From his L36 film, Ismail
Paul
From his L36 film
Ashley
From her L36 film
“I've spent my life caring for other people. Watching my own story told with that much care — it moved me more than I expected.”
Ralph
Physician · Subject of “Ralph”
“It felt like sitting with family, not being filmed. When the town watched it together, everyone cried — it captured exactly who we are.”
Meña
School Principal · Macaracas, Panama
“They didn't just film my story — they understood it. The film carries the spirit of everything I try to teach.”
Ismail
Teacher · Subject of “Ismail”
“L” stands for Legacy and “36” is inspired by an ancient kabbalah legend of thirty-six righteous souls who hold the world steady. For us, the power of the legend of The 36 inspires us to wonder about the exceptional people in our own lives.
It invites us to look a bit closer so we might better see the quiet devotion of a grandmother, the patience of a mentor or the warmth of a neighbor. We are inspired to capture the presence of the special few who have held us steady because the beauty of humanity is sitting at our very table.
L36 exists to honor that idea. We are here to capture stories and celebrate voices with artful care, transforming meaningful moments into beautiful films.
— Steven, Founder of L36
Read MoreNominate one of the 36 in your life →The Moments Are the Gift. The Stories Are How We Return To Them.
The Full-Production Gallery
We tell the stories of people, families, and communities by filming what can't be staged — the emotional depth and spirit of the person in front of the lens. Founder or father, principal or monk, the subject changes; the beauty doesn't. Every film is made to leave you the way the best stories do: inspired, uplifted, and a little more in love with people.
A school principal, a mother, and the heart of a small town in Macaracas, Panama — a life given, wholeheartedly, to the people around her.
A physician and a father who, through his art, found his way out of dissonance and onto a spiritual path — the healer learning to heal himself.
Once a Catholic priest, Ismail followed a question all the way to Rumi. Now a Mevlevi dervish, he teaches the poet's wisdom to students around the world.
A Buddhist monk, a Western mindfulness teacher, and a yoga master each seek the same still water — the many roads to a quiet mind.
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