Located within the picturesque Eastern Highland Rim of Middle Tennessee, in the center of the entertainment arts trifecta that is Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, Fifty Oars Motion Pictures LLC is a boutique full-service content production company specializing in creating bespoke cinematic digital film production, video production, and photography, for any budget or scope, and with minimal overhead.
Fifty Oars’ founder and creative lead, Jason R. Johnston, is an award-winning multi-hyphenate content producer and filmmaker who has worked upon a variety of narrative projects — including feature films, shorts, commercials, and music videos — since his first professional gig in 1996.
Fifty Oars Motion Pictures LLC: https://www.fiftyoars.com/
Jason’s IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3527046/
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Jason R. Johnston
Founder, CEO, Creative Lead | Nashville
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Bio
Jason is a veteran of the filmmaking and television advertising industries, being an award-winning independent content producer since 1996, with storied experience as a cinematographer, film director, video editor, independent filmmaker, journalist, blogger, visual effects artist, and commercial lifestyle and portrait photographer.
After several wins for his cinematography work on short films, Jason won his first feature film award for best cinematography with “M30 Oxy” in 2024.
A local hire within a 75-mile radius around Sparta, Tennessee, which includes metro Nashville, metro Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Lebanon, McMinnville, and Cookeville, Jason is also a modified local hire within 500 miles of home base, and may negotiate farther travel arrangements for many types of projects.
Press
Jason on the Focal Point Podcast; June 21, 2025 | Link
NashvilleVoyager Magazine interview with Jason; December 6, 2021 | Link
Herlinda C. Lopez
COO, Producer, Production Manager | Austin
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Bio
Herlinda has been a valued and integral member of Fifty Oars since it formed in 2012. Working behind the scenes on over eighteen major projects for Fifty Oars Motion Pictures — and its subsidiaries Impossible Films and Jason R. Johnston Photography — ranging from short films, commercials, and music videos, Herlinda has diligently served in roles as diverse as producer, production manager, first assistant director, and key production assistant.
Hillary Huddleston
Producer, Director, Assistant Director | Nashville
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Philippians 2:3 NLT