Hey! I'm Houston Coley—a documentary filmmaker, writer, editor, and internet creator living in Nashville. This website is where you can find everything that I make, plus lots of things that I care about.
I started my YouTube channel at age 11 making LEGO stop-motion animation. Eventually, I started making video essays about movies—and then embraced documentary filmmaking. Today, I still make videos on YouTube, occasionally write for The Rabbit Room and on Substack, engage with a Patreon community, and aim to cultivate spiritual imagination around current pop culture. I'm also the artistic director of Art Within Inc.
A Kingdom of Tea & Strangers (2024)
After We Met Again (2021)
Love in The Time of Corona (2021)
Glorious Ruins: Proof of Concept Film (2022)
The Movie Whisperer Episode One (2021)
Selected Writing & Essays
Reading The Bible Like Watching Foreign Cinema
Kiki's Delivery Service and The Gift Economy
The Healing Sacrament of The Cinema
The Eras Tour is a Multiverse Movie
A Kingdom of Tea & Strangers: The Work of L'Abri Fellowship
Making a Film About Community In Community
Get in touch at thecoleys@labridocumentary.com