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Cory Ames

Work With Me

Films and partnerships for organizations doing good work on Texas land, food, and water.

I make films about Texas plants, places, and the people who take care of them. Partners work with me to reach Texans who care about the land they live on, and to tell their stories in a way people actually want to watch.

Texas Used to Eat This, with ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan. Made for the City of San Antonio’s 2026 Food Systems Summit and watched by more than 91,000 people.

The audience

  • 39,400 YouTube subscribers
  • 800,000 views every quarter
  • 8,000 readers across two weekly letters
  • 8,000 bigcitysmalltown subscribers

My field stories have been watched more than 3 million times, mostly by Texans who garden, cook, hike, and vote.

Who I’ve worked with

Ways to work together

Featured video
A full film built around your place, product, or people, published on my channel.

Integration
A segment inside one of my regular films, introducing your work to my audience where it fits naturally.

Commissioned film or series
A film or series made for your organization, for you to use however you need.

Event films
Not a recap. I find the story inside your event and tell it so people who weren’t there want to watch.

Partner year
Ongoing support across my films and letters for a year, for organizations that share the mission.

Speaking
Talks, panels, and live conversations. See the Speaking page.

The best work I've made with partners started with a shared goal, not an ad slot. A story we both wanted told.

Recent work

  • San Antonio Food Systems Summit. Two stories from the summit, made with the City of San Antonio’s World Heritage Office and watched by 144,000 people. Read the case study
  • San Antonio Botanical Garden. Three films made at the Garden, including a tour that reached 77,000 people. Read the case study
  • Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge. Five years after it opened, nobody had told the bridge’s story at length. So I did, 391,000 people watched, and coverage from The Guardian and Texas Public Radio followed. Read the case study

How it works

  1. Tell me about your work. Fill out the short form below.
  2. We talk. A 30-minute call about your goals, your audience, and your budget.
  3. I send three options. Each one fits a different scope, and at least one fits your budget.
  4. We make it. I handle the story, the shoot, and the edit. You review before anything is published.
  5. It goes out. Published to my audience, with files for you to share on your own channels.

Speaking

Looking for a talk or a moderator instead?

That's over here: https://coryames.com/speaking/

Start a conversation

I take on a limited number of partnerships each season, planned around the field production calendar.

Tell me what you're working toward and I'll come back to you within a few business days.

Just fill out the form below: