Alaska's Film & Photo
Production Company

Alaska Production Company is Alaska’s premier production services and visual storytelling company. Founded in 2019 by Collin and Kendal Strachan, we provide the physical infrastructure, local knowledge, and technical execution required to support large-scale productions in the Last Frontier.
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We scale our operations to meet the demands of any project. Our extensive local network includes specialized cinematographers, key grips, gaffers, audio technicians, wilderness safety coordinators, and production assistants. We facilitate local crewing and logistics to integrate seamlessly with visiting teams from Los Angeles and beyond.Our company bridges the gap between major studio expectations and extreme Alaskan environments.

We handle comprehensive location permitting, risk management, and remote basecamp logistics. We also leverage deep relationships with trusted helicopter pilots, marine captains, and local guides to mobilize your crew safely and efficiently.
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We operate as both a robust local fixer for out-of-state producers and a turnkey creative agency for brands. Our core capabilities include:
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- Local Crew Sourcing and Facilitation
- Wilderness Safety and Risk Management
- Location Scouting and Commercial Permitting
- Production Logistics and Basecamp Management
- Aerial, Marine, and Off-Grid Transportation
- Equipment Sourcing and Ground Support
- Turnkey Creative Direction and Production
- Post-Production, Editing, and Color Grading
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We manage the ground-level complexities so your creative team can focus entirely on the shoot. Our established infrastructure allows you to execute ambitious visions safely, legally, and on budget in the most beautiful place on earth.

Honestly, everything. We've shot brand campaigns on glaciers, commercial spots in remote villages, aerial sequences over the North Slope.

If you can imagine it, there's a way to capture it here. The state covers 663,000 square miles of terrain ranging from temperate rainforest in the southeast to arctic tundra in the north, with actual cities and full infrastructure in between. Whatever you're scouting for, a specific look, a hard-to-reach location, or a particular wildlife behavior, we've either done it or we know the exact pilot, operator, or local who can make it happen.

Both, either, and any mix in between. Most of the productions we service bring their key creatives (director, DP, sometimes producer and 1st AC) and we handle everything from there. That means crew, gear, locations, permits, lodging, transport, safety, and on-the-ground problem solving.

Some clients fly in a complete package from LA or NY and just need local PAs, fixers, and access. Others hand us the entire shoot, including DP and direction.

Tell us what you're bringing and what you need filled in, and we'll build the bid around exactly that. We don't have ego about creative ownership. Our job is to make your production succeed, however your team is structured.

Yes, several. There's a common assumption that Alaska is one big wilderness, and while we have plenty of that, we also have real cities with real resources. Anchorage is a metro of about 290,000 people with Walmart, Costco, Home Depot, every major rental car company, full hospital systems, and direct flights to LAX, JFK, and Seattle.

Fairbanks, Juneau, and Wasilla all have their own scaled-down versions of the same. You can fly into Anchorage in the morning, hop on a helicopter, and be at a glacier shoot location by early afternoon. We plan logistics on every production around that reality, so you're not paying remote-location prices for things sitting on a shelf 20 minutes away.

More affordable than most people expect, especially compared to flying a full crew up from the Lower 48.

Travel, per diem, lodging, and freight on a 20-person crew flying in from LA can easily run six figures before anyone touches a camera. Hiring in-state crew (which we provide) cuts most of that out.

Our DPs, gaffers, grips, ACs, sound mixers, and PAs all live and work here year-round, so they don't need to be flown in or housed remotely. Specialty positions and certain gear packages still come from out of state when a production calls for it, and remote locations do carry helicopter and logistics costs that are unique to Alaska.

Even with all of that factored in, building your crew locally is one of the biggest budget unlocks available on any production shooting here.

Yes, always. Our glaciers and high-elevation terrain hold snow through every month of the year, which means we can stage winter shoots in the middle of July with full crew comfort and 18 hours of usable daylight.

That said, don't sleep on Alaska summers.

The state turns vibrantly green from May through September, with wildflower-covered tundra, salmon runs, and coastlines that rival anywhere on earth. We've shot winter campaigns on Matanuska Glacier in shorts weather and summer brand films in valleys that look nothing like the "Alaska" most people picture.

Tell us what season your script needs and what your timeline looks like, and we'll find the location to match, regardless of what month it is on the calendar.