About
Having Changed Productions creates funny, insightful videos for a modern audience. We tell stories that speak to universal anxieties brought on by contemporary culture, with a playful and comedic touch.
Our work has garnered over 160 million views, and has been featured on NBC's The TODAY Show as well as the front page of Reddit, BuzzFeed, and USA Today. We’ve worked with clients like VICE, Samsung, Google, Broadway Video, Washington Post Brand Studio, HuffPost, and Vox Media. Based in New York City, we offer full production services, from concept to completion, and specialize in branded, commercial, and original work.
Paul Gale
[Founder]
Paul is a writer, director, actor, and producer. He got his start making comedy videos on YouTube, which led to a Creative Producer role at HuffPost, and work for brands like Google, Samsung, VICE, and Broadway Video. He’s developed television projects with MTV + Joseph Gordon Levitt, and is currently in development on his first television pilot.
His work has been presented at Tribeca Film Festival, Rooftop Films, and IFP, as well as featured on Short of The Week, Nowness, and Vimeo’s "Staff Pick" section.
THEODORE SCHAEFER
Theodore Schaefer is a New York based filmmaker. He began his career in the independent film world, working as a first assistant director on independent features including How He Fell in Love and Framing John Delorean. His directing work has garnered over 17 million views online and write-ups from Thrillist, The Huffington Post, Glamour, Splitsider and more. His clients include Vice, Samsung, Washington Post Brand Studio, Cisco, MTV, The Humane Rescue Alliance and more. His forthcoming directorial debut, Giving Birth to a Butterfly, starring Annie Parisse, Gus Birney, and Paul Sparks, was accepted to the Champs-Élysées film festival’s U.S. in Progress and is currently being submitted to festivals.
Along with his writing partner Patrick Lawler, an accomplished poet living in upstate New York, their screenplays have received grants and awards from The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists and the BlueCat Screenplay competition.