“We are seasoned professionals who love history, nature and storytelling!”
ABOUT US
Patricia Bradley – Producer and Director
Patricia’s design expertise is drawn from corporate design and product development where she conceptualizes & develops consumer products from first sketch to manufacture. Her company, Tiger Bleu® Productions, Inc., co-founded with Michelle Mullen in 1998, consults with leading fortune 500 companies such as Hasbro, Mattel, and Spin Master on megabrands such as Disney Princesses, My Little Pony, Spiderman and Cubby Hill. Patricia’s execution in design and video development have long been paramount in her consulting offerings in business to business venues, and is now made available direct to non-profit, organizations and individuals. She has a lifelong passion for history and the craft of story. For Patricia, Film fosters the platform to harness many of her multi-disciplinary passions funneled into one place, allowing her to design and produce multi-media storytelling expriences.
Originally born in Chattanooga Tn., Patricia spent many a summer running thru the foothills of WNC, attending Camp Flintlock in Tuxedo in the 60’s and 70’s. It is here she discovered mountain folklore told by campfire, and the art of oral storytelling techniques as told by mentors Bill & Bootie Ross, directors of Flintlock Camps. One Life, One Legacy® Films is a natural evolution of Patricia’s lifelong journey as an artist, designer and filmmaker. The daughter of an advertising director, Patricia was at home on a commercial shoot, or watching her father prepare Ad storyboards for national campaign pitches. His art supplies, photography and film equipment were always at the ready. “It’s been a part of my life, since day one.” At the age of eight Patricia asked for a tape recorder for her birthday, in order to record bird songs, and make personal audio observations and field notes in her sketchbook. In 1998 Patricia enrolled in the New York Film Academy for a grueling 7 day a week program to produce 3 shorts in traditional film production using Steenbeck editing machines. “It was wonderfully hard to manage my day job as a sr. toy design manager for Mattel, then literally jump a train from Long Island and run on foot to class in Manhattan for weeks on end. I loved it. I survived and have invested every moment since then thinking in multi-media”.
In 1999, Patricia returned to these NC mountains with her film crew to document and record many of the oral tales she had experienced as a child, as told by Bill Ross to 98 campers at the Green River Preserve. It was of upmost importance to capture these tales as told from a master storyteller and mentor. She’s so happy she did, as these tales represent a piece of the very best in ourselves and our history. Storytelling is to be enjoyed, shared and preserved. Patricia holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and is a graduate of The New York Film Academy.
Michelle Mullen – Producer and Director of Research & Content
Michelle’s corporate Product Development and Brand expertise customizes every One Life, One Legacy® Films project to showcase compelling content and story. Whether crafting films with archival assets and well-researched written content or researching and developing consumer products, Michelle is happiest when she is creating a product that offers consumers something unique. She recognizes that organizations, businesses, non-profits and even individuals ARE their own brands, and crafts films with clarity and creativity. She enjoys scouting for archival materials and historical research that dovetail with personal interviews to craft a narrative which enriches the client’s story and purpose. Michelle’s roles include Content Writer, Researcher, Archivist and Permissions, Soundtrack, Planning and Production Developer, Budget and Marketing.
A native Texan, Michelle has Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Theatre Arts and English from Texas Tech University. Additionally, she’s a graduate of The Children’s Institute of Literature in Connecticut and studied Art History and Literature at The New School in New York City. Her literary interests include Historical, Children’s, Playwriting and Sprituality.
With a background as a Business and Brand Marketing executive at global companies, Michelle has researched consumer brands and implemented strategies to innovate product. She has written and crafted everything from marketing pitches and brand messaging to digital content and budgets for worldwide brands. During her 20 years in New York, she led creative marketing and product development for many children’s toy brands such as Barbie and Disney at the top three industry companies, Mattel, Hasbro and Spin Master. Some of her favorite projects have been writing scripts and producing accompanying music and sound design in toys featuring beloved Disney characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and Disney Princesses, as well as My Little Pony, and T.J. Bearytales. She has especially enjoyed writing and directing product video “sizzles” for the toy industry.
Content and script development also includes developing a film’s soundtrack, its soul, for Michelle and Patricia, who are very particular in their selection of the emotional “tone” for the film’s music. Cinematic soundtracks are a personal passion for Michelle, and for her, the emotional partner to a film’s visuals. Her mother was an extraordinary musician and piano teacher, instilling in Michelle a life-long appreciation of multiple music genres. Michelle’s piano repertoire focuses on film composers as well as her own original piano music reflective of the genre.
Michelle likes to read, play piano, hike & bicycle in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, and watch independent and documentary films. She most treasures time spent with her extended family and some choice beloved friends. They include two lovable and hilarious cats, both entertaining Leos as only lions can be; a silver Russian Blue named Magic and a golden long-hair who signs his name as Dan D. Lion.