Expat Media Pro
Specialists in cross-cultural media.
In 2015 when Expat Media Pro was birthed as a non-profit under Visions Made Viable, our founder Tim Cowley was finishing up 13 years of village-based cross-cultural work in Mozambique and Malawi. He was eager to continue producing meaningful media in cross-cultural settings and brought that vision to Portland, Oregon where he settled down in 2016.
For five years others joined in on the vision to produce films, podcasts, audio projects, on-site training, graphic design and artwork for qualifying ministry projects around the world. A global community of like-minded creatives numbering in the hundreds came to rally around this vision and share resources, projects, jobs, ideas, online chats and more.
In 2020 this global community spun off into Global Creatives Collective while Expat Media Pro continues to focus on serving U.S.-based creatives in need of a donor-based non-profit financial home for their efforts.
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Ian Lammi
painting/illustration/comics
Ian grew up overseas in Turkey and in his early teen years was introduced to Japanese comics and animation known as manga and anime respectively. He worked at becoming a better artist and found he had a love for telling stories whether it be through comics, writing, or video. He has been working at perfecting his craft while also working on learning Japanese so that he can forward his goal of eventually getting his work published in Japan, a land he plans to live in for the next few years. When Ian is not working on comics or illustration he enjoys reading comics, playing board games with friends, and exploring nature.
Craig Forrest
director/speaker/trainer/documentary filmmaker
Craig Forrest is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with extensive travel and professional experience. He is passionate about inspiring younger generations especially in developing nations to be equipped to use media well. Craig holds a Doctorate in Fine Arts (DFA) in redemptive filmmaking and a Masters of Arts in film studies. He is the founder of Matchstick Media. [LinkedIn | Web]
Expat Media Pro Project has fiscal sponsorship from Visions Made Viable, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (tax ID number: 26-2214003). Fiscal sponsorship means that The Expat Media Pro Project has legal and tax exempt status under a sponsoring organization which has agreed to offer us administrative overhead, freeing up our energy to be directed exclusively at achieving our mission. Our fiscal sponsor is Visions Made Viable, a 501(c)3 non-profit based in California and committed to helping seed projects launch, and many of which “spin-off” to become independent non-profits.
This also means that although donations are made out to “Expat Media Pro” project the funds are sent to Visions Made Viable, who manages and oversees our finances according to our budget.
You can make a tax deductible contribution to support the work of Expat Media Pro or a member listed below by using a ‘Donate’ button or by sending a check payable to Visions Made Viable at the following address. For all checks, please use the memo line to write "Expat + (last name of worker)":
Visions Made Viable
17595 Harvard Ave. Ste C235
Irvine, California 92614