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A TEAM OF VISUAL FOOD STORYTELLERS

Foodist Films is a team of video, photo, culinary, and design artists working together in a regenerative space to create original food content. We foster an extraordinary team in a restorative environment— placing food, art, and film at the center of everything we do. With over 10 years of food video experience, we create content that generates brand awareness, educates customers, improves SEO rankings, and brings your brand identity to life.

THE TEAM

Emily Noel

Head Gardener

Shannon Forster

Social Media Manager

Stan Juzwiak

Food Videographer and Editor

Rachel Arnold

Food Photographer & Stylist

Ellason Montgomery

Culinary Director

Josh Oak

Content Director

Steve Ray

Head of Brand Marketing

Alex Ray

Creative Director

Tyler Perry

Lead Animator

Joey Mueller

Digital Media Manager

“Foodist was extremely accommodating to our nuanced brand”

- Siete Foods

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Emily Noel

Emily believes the best food is made from the best ingredients and the best ingredients are those that are sourced directly from farmers. She believes having a relationship with food consumers improves the care and quality of fresh produce. Emily has found Foodist Films to be the perfect partner to begin her official journey in commercial agriculture. She is trained in sustainable horticulture and has special experience with herbs, edible flowers, and developing curriculum around growing one's own food. Emily is currently embracing the Japanese concept of "han-nō, han-X", (half-farmer, half-anything) as she works at the fitness center.
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Shannon Forster

Shannon is the reason our team is making a fool of themselves on social media! With years of experience working in restaurants and a love for all things social media, she has come to Foodist to put those two things together and expand our presence across all platforms. She is also a photographer and has a golden retriever named Ellie.
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Stan Juzwiak

Stan grew up on a small organic vegetable farm in southeast Minnesota. Weeding the garden and packing the harvest into CSA boxes gave him an appreciation for the story of food. While at the University of Minnesota, Stan found his way into the video scene working as a music videographer for artists in the twin cities. He now uses the skills and styles from the music video world with his food production background to create captivating culinary content. Stan prefers his chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips.
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Rachel Arnold

Originally from the Land of Cheese (Go Pack Go!), Rachel grew up in a family with a heavy appreciation for cooking and the arts. After working too long in the healthcare field, she finally returned to the creative world as a photographer. She has always loved to cook, talk about food, bake, drink lots of coffee, and take photos of everything, so joining the Foodist Team is basically a dream. Fact: Rachel is VERY allergic to carrots.
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Ellason Montgomery

Ellason has an immense passion for food, photography, and food marketing. Wearing many hats in the Foodist studio, she is the studio chef, kitchen manager, food stylist, hand model, and recipe developer. If you’re looking for someone to get excited about food, she’s your gal. She agrees with Stan on the cookie comment.
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Josh Oak

Josh started out at Foodist as one of the main videographers and editors. He has spent time in many different parts of the production process for dozens of different clients. He takes his hands-on experience creating videos to continue producing them to higher and higher levels as the content director! He talks about running so much that it almost sounds like he knows what he’s saying.
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Steve Ray

For nearly a decade Steve has worked with teams to more clearly communicate their story. By focusing creative energy into a clear purpose, he loves guiding projects from ideation to completion. Steve wears many hats in the Foodist studio. His favorite book is The Little Prince.
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Alex Ray

Alex is bringing her two greatest passions, cooking and filmography, together to tell stories about food. She has worked in food media and marketing for over 12 years on both a local and international level. She loves breaking the barriers of traditional video marketing to provide a larger online presence to emerging food brands and businesses. When she isn’t in the studio, Alex can be found playing the drums around the Twin Cities!
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Tyler Perry

An editor by day, a filmmaker by night, and a full time Foodist. If there's food people don't like, Tyler will eat it. The only thing Tyler loves more than eating is editing. In fact, when he leaves the studio after a full day of editing, he goes home to edit even more!
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Joey Mueller

Joey has nearly a decade of experience managing digital advertising and social media campaigns for brands and companies of all sizes, from local restaurants to cable companies. He brings transparency and valuable insights to every client he works with, and is passionate about driving measurable growth. His diverse background, business acumen, and experience working directly with stakeholders allows him to effectively communicate with all parties, delivering multi-channel solutions that are thoughtful and effective.