CREATIVE REEL
A supercut of unique and engaging projects
Montage of film work produced and/or directed for Evolve Media Productions, OB3 Studios, Seven Stories Institute and others.
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email: oscar@ob3.tv
OSCAR BUCHER
FILMMAKER • STORYTELLER • PRODUCER
​I’m a writer, director, producer and editor working across documentary, branded storytelling and creative production. For agencies, brands and organizations, I build a handpicked team of top-tier writers, filmmakers, photographers and communications specialists for each project, taking ideas from creative development through production, post and final delivery to make something worth watching.
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I’ve created work for leading technology, healthcare and enterprise organizations, including Genentech, PayPal, Zynga, Ansys and many others. My work spans documentaries, commercials, branded content, visual campaigns, training films, internal communications and television.
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Whatever the format, I start with the same question: what’s the story, and what’s the most compelling way to tell it? I work closely with clients to understand their audience and culture, then shape clear, engaging stories with strong visual ideas and an attention to the details that make the work connect.
Let’s make something great.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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• Produced, directed and edited the feature documentary Same Care, Everywhere, shot on location in Tanzania. 2026 release.
• Produced and directed the feature documentary Nelson Algren Live, starring Willem Dafoe.
• Produced and directed work for Evolve Media, including video campaigns for leading technology companies.
• Produced and directed Waiting for a Train: The Toshio Hirano Story, which screened at more than 50 international festivals, aired on PBS and won 11 festival awards.
• Directed Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett in documentary and commercial projects.
• Directed and edited the TV series Without a Scalpel, streaming on Amazon.
• Co-produced the CGI steampunk sci-fi film Spirit Machine.
• Collaborated with screenwriter Barry Gifford, author of the David Lynch films Wild at Heart and Lost Highway, on numerous scripts currently in development.
• And much more - see IMDB
FEATURED WORK
Waiting for a Train: The Toshio Hirano Story
Award-winning Documentary
A Japanese musician's lifelong love of bluegrass takes him on a mission of discovery into the heartland of America.
Winner of 10 Awards, screened in over 50 festivals and on PBS's Independent Lens.
"Charming and inspirational. Really well made...a beautiful thing to see."
-- Willem Dafoe
Selected films and projects
Nelson Algren Live
Starring Willem Dafoe
"A complete and completely entertaining portrait of a great American writer. Loved it!”
— Gus Van Sant
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“A fabulous introduction for a new generation to this hippest of Chicago writers.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
Willem Dafoe and Barry Gifford star in this dramatic reading about the life and work of Nelson Algren, the evocative novelist who wrote about gritty post-war Chicago from the inside—the city, the corruption, the crime and the characters lost among its neon wilderness. Official Selection in the 2018 Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Without a Scalpel
Engaging documentary TV Series
This new TV series follows patients and their doctors through ground-breaking procedures that heal and transform their lives. Edited and co-directed. Produced by Evolve Media and The Interventional Initiative. Streaming on Amazon.
PayPal
Customer case study: Sway boutique and PayPal Here
I directed a series for Evolve Media and PayPal, which included this trip to Sway boutique,
to show how they use PayPal to make mobile payment a breeze.
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Kirk Hammett - Nosferatu Guitar
Snake in the Water
Unique Music Video starring Lia Rose
A lively and dark alt-country fairytale, shot on location in the backwoods of Cazadero.
Directed by Oscar Bucher for Evolve Media Production.
Startup Commercial: Pantry
Directed and Produced this commercial with Evolve Media to help Pantry Retail
introduce their innovative concept of in-house grab and go kiosks.
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Too Much Horror Business
The Kirk Hammett Collection Documentary
Documentary about Metallica Guitarist Kirk Hammett’s new book: "Too Much Horror Business",
which details his massive and unique collection of horror movie memorabilia.
When Kirk Hammett of Metallica approached us about making a commercial for his ESP Nosferatu guitar, we were thrilled at the idea of capturing his epic jams and cutting them into a scene with F. W. Murnau’s 1922 horror masterpiece. It was not without it’s challenges: shooting in widescreen 4K color and cutting together with 4:3 vintage black & white footage, faking eye-lines to create a relationship, matching lighting and more - but we’re thrilled how it came out.
The sound you hear is his actual improvised jam on set - no music was added in post. He’s just that good. And as for the guitar - they sold out the day the video was released.
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Metallica Gutarist Unveals His Vampire Guitar
