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Son of a Botanist Productions

From Story
to Screen

A filmmaker's journey from development to post-production

Exclusion → Excellence → Recognition

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Who We Are

Son of a Botanist Productions

An independent production company documenting communities that force industries to change. Every project on our slate is built around a single framework: communities historically shut out of dominant cultural narratives, and how they use excellence and market forces to reclaim their place.

Creative Producer Marc Sternberg has 12+ years of producing experience, a slate of 10+ properties spanning documentary features, docuseries, and short films — and 20+ years of global marketing leadership that provides the financier credibility and operational discipline to get projects made.

200+
Films Produced
12+
Years Producing
10+
Slate Properties
20+
Years in Marketing
Marc Sternberg
Exclusion Excellence Recognition

Every project on the slate is built around this single framework.

Current Slate

Projects in Development

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Victory
Featured · Three-Project Indigenous Art Slate
Victory on
the Big Screen
The Art and Life of Poteet Victory

Poteet Victory is Cherokee-Choctaw, born in Idabel, Oklahoma — raised ninety miles from the end of the Trail of Trails. He built a T-shirt empire, taught Andy Warhol silk screening, arrived in Santa Fe with nothing, and became the most in-demand Indigenous fine artist alive. He has been called the "Forrest Gump of the art world."

Format
Feature Film
Budget
~$10 Million
Status
Option Secured
Model
Forrest Gump
Comp
Pollock (2000)
Writers
The Coen Brothers*
Victory · Feature Film Outside the Frame · Docuseries The Invisible Canvas · Immersive
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Script Complete · Production-Ready
Blood Court
Elevated Horror-Thriller · Feature
A girl digs into her boyfriend's murder at an elite tennis club — and discovers her family has been running an Aztec death cult beneath it for a century, grooming her to be its next queen.
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In Development
The Owls Club
Historical Sports Drama · Feature
Inspired by the true story of Seattle's first all-Black women's softball team, who made national news in 1938 after winning the state championship. Written & Directed by Tierra "TT" Frost.
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In Development
The Glitch
True-Crime Comedy Drama · Feature
Dan Saunders found a glitch with his ATM card and decided to have a little bit of fun with his friends. $1,649,754.59 later, the bank still doesn't know. Absolutely incredible. Absolutely unbelievable. Absolutely true.
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Screenplay Revision
A Good Hand
Character Drama · Feature · Written by M. Kelly Duffy
A blacklisted poker legend with grotesquely swollen hands mentors a young dealer fleeing L.A. — and in the quiet of a dying casino, they teach each other that being seen is still possible.
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In Development
The Wrong Description
In Development
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Teleplay · WGAE Registered · Honorable Mention — Finish Line Script Competition
SITA: Spies in the Air  ·  Pilot: "Remove the 'E'"
Sci-Fi / Fantasy · TV Series
An epic journey about betrayal, governmental overreach, and the use of technology to overcome fundamental human flaws — culminating in the colonization of Mars.
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Film Portfolio

Completed Films

A track record of documentary and short film work spanning social justice, identity, history, and the human condition.

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Feature Documentary · Post-Production
Cowgirls: Women of Western Art
Producer / Writer / Director · Narrated by Red Steagall · Tribeca WIP 2027
Female artists dismantling a century of gendered exclusion from Western art's most prestigious institutions.
Teaser Trailer → Sample Interview →
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Short Film · Completed 2026
JUK
Producer · Chapman University Thesis · Student Academy Award Contender
Written & directed by Tierra "TT" Frost. A young Black woman in the 1950s South sneaks out to a juke joint for the first time — the first night she chooses herself. "Freedom is worth dyin' for."
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Feature Documentary · Completed
Unknown Country: The Beauty, Food and Wine of California's Central Coast
Producer / Writer / Director
Exploring California's Central Coast landscapes through the stories of winemakers and the sophistication of local wineries.
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Documentary · Completed
Why We Mow
Producer / Writer / Director
Property ownership and the pride denied to Black Americans.
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Short Film · Post-Production
I Can't Eat Eggs Anymore
Producer / Writer
Male sexual abuse victims: confronting protected silence.
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Short Film · Completed
I Can See the Light
Producer
Male sexual abuse victims.
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Documentary
His Way: Overcoming Addiction
Producer / Writer / Director
Alternative approaches to recovery and addiction.
Short Film · Sci-Fi
Mist 2098
Producer
Science fiction short, 2025.

Demo Reel · 2025

Portfolio & Sizzle Reel

200+ commercials and brand content pieces for Fortune 500 clients across 20+ years. Four photo studios and two video studios directed.

Demo Reel 2025 — Watch on Vimeo

Commercial & Short-Form Samples

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Producer
Cali Dumplings Infomercial
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In Development · Teaser
The Wrong Description
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Executive Producer
Rebranding
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Executive Producer
Product Launch | Promotional
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AI Work Samples

Exploring AI-assisted filmmaking and visual storytelling.

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AI Teaser
The Glitch
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AI Short
Australian Front Porch
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About

Marc Sternberg,
MA, MBA, MFA

Creative Producer · Fulbright Specialist · Entrepreneur

I've been making films since I was eight years old. My parents steered me toward business school instead of film school, so I pursued an MBA, built and sold a company, and spent twenty years leading global marketing operations. Filmmaking never left me. I came back to it with the resources, discipline, and perspective that only that kind of detour can give you.

"No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls." — Ingmar Bergman
Myers-Briggs
ENTP
Unique Experience
Nearly struck by lightning
Memorable Moment
Shook President Obama's hand
Favorite Fruit
Watermelon

Credentials

  • Chapman University · Dodge College
    MFA — Film & TV Producing · Completed
  • Fulbright Specialist Program
    Media Production, Marketing & Entrepreneurship · 2024–2027
  • University of Oxford / HEC Paris
    MSc Change Leadership · Director's Award for Academic Excellence
  • University of Oxford
    Undergraduate Diploma — Creative Writing · Screenwriting emphasis
    Completed seven screenplays · Student government divisional representative
  • Act One
    Executive Producer Certificate
  • Cornell University (eCornell)
    Advanced Marketing Certificate
  • University of Arizona
    MBA
  • Northern Arizona University
    MA — Communications & MA — Public Administration
  • Arizona State University
    BA — Interdisciplinary Studies (Business & Communications)
    Most Outstanding Graduate · Entrepreneurial Advantage Award
  • NVIDIA Inception Program
    Member

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marcsternberg13@gmail.com · (480) 567-4021