Documentary Films & Originals
We follow the rhythm of real life: its stillness, its scale, its sudden turns. We create investigative and observational documentaries, capturing once-in-a-lifetime moments and intimate master interviews with the same curiosity and care.
People & Power: Water for Data
Co-Produced Documentary for Al Jazeera English with Studio 9 Films
Water for Data exposes the hidden water footprint behind our digital lives. Filmed in drought-stricken Queretaro, Mexico, the documentary follows the growing tension between data centre expansion and communities already struggling for water. A human-centered documentary looking at the cost of connectivity. Human-centred reporting with cinematic storytelling.
People & Power: Water for Data
Ospina Jones Studios with Studio 9 Films for Al Jazeera English
Dir. Oliver Steven Jones
Water for Data pulls back the curtain on the world’s fastest-growing infrastructure, the data centres powering AI, streaming and cloud computing, and exposes a resource they highly depend on: water. Filmed in drought-strained communities such as Querétaro, Mexico, the film traces the collision between digital expansion and local scarcity. The result is a sharp, human portrait of a global system we all rely on, but rarely see.
Directed, produced and filmed by Oliver Steven Jones
Producer – David Santiago Torres Ospina
Executive Producer – Fiona Lloyd-Davies
Yle Finland: Ulkolinja
Ongoing International Documentary Work Collaboration
Ospina Jones Studios works with Yle, the Finnish public broadcaster, as their trusted production partner across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Together we’ve delivered documentaries, news reports, and interactive digital stories on topics including abortion (later broadcast by Deutsche Welle), traditional Christian values, migration, and Canada–US trade tensions—handling difficult access, including to an abortion clinic, research, story development, logistics, and all on-the-ground production.
Our producing enables Yle’s journalists to work safely and sensitively in complex environments. The collaboration is built on trust, clarity, and a shared commitment to human-centred documentary storytelling.
On Assignment
International Documentary work for ITV1 and X
On Assignment Series 9 & 10
From New York to Romania, we joined ITV’s On Assignment to film ex-convicts turned cannabis entrepreneurs and track wild bison in the Carpathians. Shot across three continents, these documentaries reflect our approach: intimate access, striking visuals, and stories that bridge the personal and the political.
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Ospina Jones Studios worked with ITV’s On Assignment to direct and film international short documentaries for ITN. The stories ranged from drug addiction in the United States to fire-walking traditions in rural Bulgaria, and an exclusive look inside a transgender cell block in an Italian prison.
As the filmmaker on the ground, we captured the moments, atmospheres, and emotional truth that shaped each film. From navigating sensitive environments to documenting unguarded exchanges, we built the visual and human backbone of every story.
Originals: Our Next Chapter
We’re developing our first slate of original documentaries, films rooted in the people, cultures and landscapes we’ve spent years working within across the Americas and Europe. These projects explore the human side of environmental change, identity, migration and community resilience. They’re early-stage, but they mark a direction we’re committed to: thoughtful, cinematic stories shaped by time, access and genuine connection.
Our commissioned work takes us into extraordinary places and remarkable communities. Our original films grow from those experiences, the stories we keep returning to, the people and places that stay with us. This is the long-term creative spine of the studio: films that hold space for complexity, craft and emotional truth.
If you’re interested in collaborating or learning more as these films take shape, we’d love to talk.
