Founder
Doug Aarniokoski
Founder · Director · Producer · Producing Director
Director and producer with more than 25 years of premium television and feature work, and producing-director leadership across entire seasons.
- Directing
- Producing
- Producing-director leadership
- Episodic creative leadership
- Filmmaker and team leadership
- Feature and television production
Doug Aarniokoski has spent more than 25 years directing and producing premium television and feature films. His directing and producing work includes Star Trek, Blue Bloods, S.W.A.T., Tracker, Clarice, Bull and Timeless, alongside other major studio and network productions.
He has served as Producing Director on Star Trek: Picard, Limitless, Sleepy Hollow, Bull and Instinct — a role that spans directing, producing and season-level creative leadership, shaping both the creative vision and the production process across an entire season. His work covers action, science fiction, procedural drama and character-driven storytelling, and is built on assembling creative teams capable of ambitious delivery on time and on budget.
Alongside production, Doug mentors actors and filmmakers through Beyond The Audition, where he shares practical insight drawn from decades behind the camera. He is currently developing and producing new television and feature projects and expanding international production partnerships.
His working philosophy emphasizes trust, collaboration and creative problem-solving, long-term creative relationships, exceptional content, and a global perspective on how and where work gets made.