Smiling Toad Productions LLC

Owner John Severson graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2004 with degrees in Anthropology and Film. Combining his love for film and cultures, Severson completed a short and feature film titled “A Perfect Soldier” about a Cambodian making a powerful difference within his community. Building on this documentary experience, Severson wanted to create a company that would apply the same cinematic documentary techniques to films about important moments in people’s lives. Your wedding is already guaranteed to be unique and personal to you; our goal is to find the best way to show that uniqueness in a cinematic documentary.