Human-Curated AI Storytelling

Every name
has a story
worth knowing.

We turn a life, a milestone, or a single unforgettable moment into a finished book, film, song, or portrait — built with AI, shaped entirely by human hands.


From the Archive

Nearly 25 years of work, now put to its most personal use.

Know Name Studios began in 2002 as Know Name Models, then grew into a photography, video, and publishing studio. Read the full record on the About page.

Every record starts the same way — an interview, a handful of source photos, a memory someone wants kept. From there, we shape it into whichever format actually fits: a short film, an interactive digital memoir you can flip through page by page, or a physical, printed book you can hold and hand down. The two records below show the same care applied to two very different mediums.

Know Your Name — Film

A biographical short film — one continuous story, told on camera.

Interactive Digital Memoir Ellie — A Commemorative Memoir
Open the Memoir Know Your Story

The same process, delivered as a flip-through digital keepsake — also available as a printed, physical book. A Know Your Story piece doesn't need to be an event or a whole life — just a story worth keeping, big or small.

How It Works

Four entries. One record.

01

Discovery Call

A free 20-minute conversation. We listen for the story and recommend the right record.

02

Know Your Name

A guided interview that starts with your name — where it came from, what it means — and opens into everything else.

03

Production

We work across writing, image, voice, and music — every choice made and reviewed by a human creative director.

04

Delivery

One revision round, then your finished piece — digital and, where it fits, in hand.

The Register

Four ways we keep a story.

Every project starts the same way — with your name, and where it comes from. From there, we recommend the record that fits: a story big or small, a sound, or a face. Size doesn't decide the package — the story does.

RECORD NO. 01

Know Your Name

A biographical legacy piece — a personal story captured in a printed book or short film, however much of a life it covers.

$3,000 – $7,000+
RECORD NO. 02

Know Your Story

A narrative piece — any story worth telling, big or small, told across two or three mediums.

$1,200 – $3,000
RECORD NO. 03

Know Your Sound

An original song or lullaby, written and produced around your relationship or moment.

$400 – $900
RECORD NO. 04

Know Your Face

Restored, reimagined, or stylized portraits that capture someone the way you see them.

$350 – $900

"We don't make you famous. We make sure you're known — by the people who matter."

Not sure which record fits your story?

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