Meet the team behind
Whole Street Productions

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Learn about our motivation to create a better kind of video production company.

Our Story

About Us

Ryan Tolleson
Owner
Director, Director of Photography

Why we do this

Whole Street Productions was built on a love for filmmaking, storytelling, and meaningful work. We believe the best video content does more than look impressive. It helps businesses communicate clearly, connect emotionally, and move people toward action.

As a St. Louis production company, we care deeply about helping local businesses and organizations grow. Our goal is to create video assets that feel cinematic, authentic, and useful — content that strengthens your brand while supporting real marketing outcomes.

Who we work best with

We do our best work with businesses that value strong branding, clear communication, and long-term growth. Whether you need a brand film, social ad creative, testimonial content, or a custom campaign, we aim to create video that becomes an asset — not just a deliverable.

How we serve our clients

It’s our goal to bring tangible results to your business and marketing efforts, while exhibiting full transparency from start to finish. Our goal is to provide you with content that creates growth.

We aim to create commercial-quality productions for small-business budgets.

What makes us different

  • Cinematic quality without unnecessary fluff
  • Strategy-first thinking, not just pretty visuals
  • Flexible production tailored to your business
  • A collaborative process built around clarity and trust
Our Story

Background

Why we're such fanatics about storytelling.

Our love for media and creativity has taught us the mantra: Story First.

Cool-looking visuals are great but if it lacks heart, its’ effectiveness withers. We are here to help you balance information, creativity, and emotion.

  • We've been in business for over a decade
  • We've shot across the country and work with clients all over the world
  • We've worked across the spectrum of industries

We started a video production company because we...

A. Love making videos and being creative

B. Witnessed the immense power video has to transform a brand.

‍Video is one of the most effective marketing tools on the planet, as long as it's combined with the proper strategy and execution. We noticed a distinct gap in the market between videographers with business knowledge, and marketing professionals with an eye for creativity.

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Our Story

OUR Clients

We work with all shapes and sizes.

We’ve cut our teeth on creating advertising for start-ups and non-profit organizations and we want to help your business grow. No job is too big, nor too small for us to handle.

We think any business can benefit from more efficient marketing. So, we work with the businesses that realize that and want to take action towards improving the communication of their brand. We love business owners who are hungry for growth. Business owners who dream of building their business to be better, stronger and serve more people

We work primarily with the business owner, the internal marketing team or the external agency who is handling the marketing/communications for the brand.

We work with a range of business types, including:
  • Automotive sales and financing
  • Consultants, coaches, public speakers and independent contractors
  • Chambers of commerce
  • Construction, production and contracting companies
  • Local community hubs, such as coffee shops and restaurants
  • E-commerce brands (both online and offline)
  • SaaS, app, tech and software companies
  • Advertising agencies
  • Many more!

Want to see if your brand/business is a good fit? Head on over to our discovery form, or click the link below to book a call with us!