Welcome to Honee Tree Studios
A R T I S T D O C U M E N T A R I E S
We are Tori and Kahrin, two best friends having a blast capturing artists’
process | personality | purpose
Mission
LISTEN
We all deserve safe spaces to share our souls and truly be heard.
ALLEVIATE
The pressure of figuring out how to best share our story can be stressful sometimes.
CONNECT
When others see themselves in your story, true connection happens.
Our Roots
Both being musicians, we understand how important it is to feel heard when it comes to sharing our work. We also understand how overwhelming it can be to figure out
how and who to share it with.
We do this work because we need it ourselves.
When we decided to team up, the first question we asked ourselves was…
What are we rooted in?
HONESTYHUMILITYCONSISTENCYCARE
Simply put… we care about delivering high-quality, honest stories every single time.
Get to know us
Here are some of our favorites.
Kahrin Spear
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Fall 2018, John Carroll University
“So what are you going to do when you graduate?”
I had always planned to continue my basketball career overseas for the travel and language learning, but I was burnt out. I was ready to do something else. Anything else.
I had exhausted myself mentally weighing all the options and finally decided to give meditation a try:
“What is my professional purpose? What am I here to contribute?”
20 minutes into the meditation, an entire scene unfolded as I watched some version of me conduct an interview.
I laughed.
This has to be a mistake. I don’t even own a camera nor do I know anything about video.
It made no sense, but at least now I had something to say when the next person asked about my post grad plans. In that next conversation, one thing led to another and suddenly I had a mentor.
In 2019 I started my career freelancing full time and working as an apprentice for Jurell Sison, founder of Living Person Media.
I then worked as a Production Assistant and Creative Copywriter for Clockwork 9.
In 2021, I started working as a freelance editor for Storybox Cinema and discovered my true love of storytelling.
Now, I serve Honee Tree as our co-founder, creative director, and lead editor.
Even now, I can only laugh. What a ride.
Tori Kurtz
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Willingness (that’s me!)
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Spring 2013, Savannah College of Art & Design
“So which are you going to major in? Sound Design or Film & Television?”
It felt like an impossible decision to make, but my heart was pulling me to Film & Television.
Fall of 2013 everything changed. After a belittling comment from a classmate, I lost all confidence in myself that I belonged in this industry.
So I switched into Sound Design keeping a minor in Film & Television.
Upon graduation I pursued music full time, leaving video on the back burner.
It wasn’t until the fall of 2019 that video came back into my life. In searching for a videographer to help me capture behind-the-scenes video of my music production, I met Kahrin.
A cosmic shift occurred that day having coffee together at Rising Star. She gave me hope.
”Whatever you need, I will champion you,” she said.
In hindsight, this has been one of the most full-circle moments in my life so far. Little did we know that three years later we’d be working side by side as Honee Tree Studios.
“Stories are the communal currency of humanity.”
— Tahir Shah