Films about the people behind the systems we use every day.

Feature-length documentaries, shorts, and video essays. A repository of the canonical stories of technology.

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Founded in 2018, CultRepo is an independent media company making cinematic documentaries about the people who build technology, with a special focus on open source software. What started as a single YouTube channel has grown into a small studio of filmmakers committed to the idea that technology has a human story worth telling.
Emma Tracey
Emma TraceyCEO

Serial founder who started her career as a journalist and never stopped chasing stories. A long-time open source advocate, Emma cares about getting recognition into the hands of the people quietly maintaining the systems everyone else depends on.

Josiah McGarvie
Josiah McGarvieFilmmaker

Australian filmmaker, eight years deep in tech documentaries. Co-founded the original YouTube channel with Emma and assembled the team behind films on Kubernetes, Vue.js, GraphQL, Elixir, Vite, Argo, eBPF, PyTorch, Envoy, Prometheus, and Ember.js.

Ida Bechtle
Ida BechtleFilmmaker

Joined when the YouTube channel was barely a channel. Ida has been a quiet engine behind its growth, with a knack for finding the human moment inside a technical story. Off-set: cats, puzzles, and a strong opinion about coffee.

Guillermo Lopez
Guillermo LopezFilmmaker

Filmmaker and producer who came up in advertising before turning fully to tech documentaries. Brings a sharper narrative spine to production. Credits include Kubernetes, Prometheus, Angular, Vite, TypeScript, the Investors Masterclass, and various minidocs.

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