About Manalo Pictures

Storytelling for Brands Helping People and the Planet Live Well

Manalo Pictures is a boutique video production and storytelling studio working with wellness, sustainability, and mission-driven organizations that depend on trust, credibility, and long-term impact.

We often collaborate with B Corps and social enterprises, and also work with privately held and early-stage companies that share those values — especially teams building products, services, and practices that support human and planetary well-being.

Our work focuses on cinematic, editorial storytelling that helps audiences clearly understand what you do, why it exists, and what guides your decisions — without hype, greenwashing, or trend-driven marketing.

Founder-Led, With Values Lived in Practice

I’m Gregory Manalo, founder of Manalo Pictures.

For more than 16 years, I produced editorial and documentary-style video content for leading technology publications and companies, translating complex innovations into clear, accessible stories. That background shaped a deep respect for accuracy, context, and the intelligence of the audience.

Alongside that work, I’ve spent decades in disciplined, embodied practices — over 25 years in martial arts and more than two decades living a plant-based lifestyle. These are lived commitments that inform how I approach wellness, sustainability, and long-term responsibility.

Manalo Pictures emerged from the decision to align my professional work with those values — serving organizations building something thoughtful and real.

Culture, Context, and Care

My approach to storytelling is informed by long-term involvement in community-based arts and cultural spaces in the Bay Area. That experience emphasizes respect for history, lived experience, and the responsibility that comes with representing people, practices, and ideas truthfully.

This perspective matters when working with brands operating at the intersection of health, culture, environment, and community. We take care not to extract stories for marketing alone, and instead focus on clarity, context, and integrity.

How We Work

Manalo Pictures works as a strategic storytelling partner, not a content factory.

Rather than producing disconnected assets, we help shape core narratives that can live across websites, campaigns, and long-term communications without losing meaning or trust. Our work often becomes foundational — brand films, founder stories, credibility pieces, or ongoing editorial storytelling.

Engagements may begin with a single project or evolve into longer-term partnerships. The goal remains the same: cohesive storytelling that supports your mission as it grows.

Fit & Alignment

We work best with organizations that:

  • Are building products or services that benefit people and the planet

  • Care about integrity, credibility, and long-term reputation

  • See storytelling as a strategic asset, not a commodity

We may not be the right fit for high-volume, trend-driven, or purely transactional content needs.