Kelly Garner

About Kelly Garner

Kelly Garner has never stayed in one lane. Over two decades, he\'s moved from TV producer to network executive to founder, building Treefort Media into one of the most prolific and recognized independent content production companies in the business.He started behind the camera as a director of photography before moving into producing on series for CBS, Bravo, and NBC, then into executive roles at NBCUniversal and Syfy/UCP.That foundation led him to found Treefort Media in 2018, and what began as a premium audio studio has grown into a multimedia powerhouse producing scripted drama, documentary, true crime, branded content, and short-form narrative series for partners including Audible, Amazon Music, Spotify, Sony Pictures TV, Disney Music, Netflix, Microsoft, and UMG.Working with top-level talent across all genres and platforms, Treefort has earned Banff and Webby Awards for scripted drama, Webby and Signal Awards for documentary and true crime, and a placement on The Hollywood Reporter\'s \"40 Most Powerful People in Podcasting.\"Highlights include Moriarty starring Helen Mirren, The Cotton Club Murder, Killer Psyche with Candice DeLong, Fishpriest with Ethan Hawke, Ali in Me telling Muhammad Ali\'s story in collaboration with his estate, and companion video podcasts for Netflix and Focus Features.Out of Treefort\'s deep roots in audio storytelling came StoryRabbit AI — honored with the 2025 Webby for Most Innovative + Experimental App — which uses AI-driven speech and location-aware data to turn the world into endless stories, and quietly solves a problem museums and cultural institutions have had forever: that only a tiny slice of any collection ever gets a voice.Garner\'s visual instinct never went away and his roots in cinematography, combined with Treefort\'s deep track record in award-winning scripted fiction, have brought the company to a natural inflection point — expanding into vertical microdramas alongside its audio slate, building a diverse portfolio of short-form narrative franchises.

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   Treefort.Fm

   Apr 2018 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts

  Photography

  1995 — 1996

• Rhode Island School of Design

  BFA/Photo+Film/Video, Photography

  1996 — 1999