
— Production History —
Lava Lamp Films
Narrative Films

Esther: Queen of Hope
6-episode series (in post-production)— Spain - 2025
Denise Godwin — Director
LLF Team: Production Design • Location Sound • Best Boy Electric
2nd Assistant Director • Wardrobe

Once Upon a Time in Vietnam
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Sabina—Tortured for Christ
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1:34:00 run time (in post-production) Vietnam - 2024
Donald Leow — Director
LLF Team: 2nd Assistant Director • Location Sound • Boom Operator
Wardrobe Supervisor • Data Wrangler
Romania - 2022
1:57:00 run time
John Grooters — Director
James Meyer: Dialect Coach
The Traveler

The Kingdom
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Tajikistan - 2018
53:00 run time
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Directors
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Producers
Written by James Meyer and Ivana Simova
Kosovo, Albania, Montinegro - 2016
1:22:00 run time
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Directors
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Producers
Written by James Meyer with Ted Cox
Lost Sons
Lost Jewel


Tajikistan - 2015
43:00 run time
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Directors
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Producers
Written by James Meyer with Ted Cox
Tajikistan - 2013
6:00 run time
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Directors
James Meyer, Sara Meyer — Producers
Written by Ivana Simova
Lost Sheep
Reach The World


Tajikistan - 2013
6:00 run time
James Meyer — Director
James Meyer — Producer
Written by Ivana Simova
Switzerland - 2010
2:15 run time
Team Production
Documentaries & Promo Videos
Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UK — 2026
Social Impact Testimonial series:
Frankfurt (4:30)
Rome (4:30)
Alkmaar (5:20)
Birmingham Men's Workout (4:30)
Mum’s Meet (3:30)
France — 2025
“Adieu” proof-of-concept scene (3:30)
Germany — 2018-2023
“Choices” short film (1:00)
“Candlelight” short film (7:00)
Netherlands — 2019
EMDC video production course
Not Finished Yet (2:20)
Germany, Slovenia — 2017
“Worth the Risk” audio book (8:35:00)
Slovenia — 2017
Humanitarian promo video (3:30)
England — 2016
Cliff Dancer - Drone (3:00)
Turkey — 2013
2-week audio engineering
Germany — 2013
“Jenni’s Story” short film (4:15)
“Shahyar’s Story” short film (4:15)
Italy — 2013
Rome social impact promo video (3:00)
Germany — 2012
“50 Cities in 5 Years” promo (2:00)
“Broken and Beautiful” (2:45)
France — 2012
Tour de France recruitment video (5:00)
England — 2011
London 2012 Olympics promo (3:00)
Germany — 2011
Humanitarian recruitment video set:
“On Any Given Day” (1:15)
“What Would It Look Like?” (1:30)
“Change the World” (2:15)
Germany — 2010
The Art Factory promo (3:15)
Belarus — 2010
“I Am Not Alone” short film (1:30)
Germany — 2009, 2010
“How 2 Video” training series 6-video set:
Introduction (2:00)
Get Your Story Straight—Story (6:30)
Clearing Things Up—Audio (5:00)
Jazz Up Your Shots—Lighting (5:00)
Shooting 101—Filming (5:00)
Get It Out There—Editing (6:30)
Switzerland — 2009
“Friends” cross-cultural short film (1:00)
Bulgaria — 2009
Humanitarian Aid promo (3:15)
“Victor” Turkish story
France — 2008
GEM France recruiting videos (2:30)
Croatia — 2008
“The Beat” needs of Croatian youth video
Latvia — 2007
GEM promo for Canada (7:00)
Germany — 2007
TEFL Training Course video (1:44:00)
Azerbaijan, Georgia — 2006, 2007
Eurasia/Caucasus documentary (3:45)
France, Romania, Sweden, Belarus, Germany — 2006
Humanitarian Aid Short Term Team promo - 8 video set
Construction France (2:30)
Imagin’Air Romania (3:00)
One2One Belarus (3:00)
TIP.com Ukraine (2:45)
Special Events Germany (3:00)
TEFL Romania (3:00)
TREFF Germany (2:00)
Full Promo (6:30)
Morocco, Germany — 2005
EME Deaf school documentary (6:30)
GEM Morocco Outreach (8:30)
Venezuela/Brazil Amazon — 2003
"The Enemy God" background documentary (15:00)
Ivory Coast — 2002
AD2000 & Beyond / Shaping Eternity documentary (26:00)
India — 2001
Ansari Artisans documentary (15:45)
Rajput Warriors documentary (16:00)
Indonesia — 2000
Jambi Malaiu tribe documentary (14:45)
Tatarstan, Russia — 1999
Volga Tatar historic documentary (12:00)
Korea, Myanmar/Burma,
India, Malaysia, Singapore — 1997,1998
Woman as Risk Takers documentary (27:30)
Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia — 1996
GC2000 Series – Sudan (25:00)
Nuba, Nuer and Dinka stories amidst raging war
in Southern Sudan—featuring World Vision’s work
Korea — 1995
GCOWE Conference video (13:00)
Singapore — 1994-1997
GC2000 Series production office
Mexico — 1994
GC2000 Series - Mexico
Pame tribe documentary
Zoque tribe documentary
Tarahumara tribe documentary
Huichol tribe documentary
India — 1993
GC2000 Series - India
Bhil tribe documentary
Pardhi tribe documentary
India — 1990
Cornerstone documentary on Indian villages’ needs
Jyothi Leprosy Colony and child sponsorship documentary
Caleb Project people group research promo
Philippines — 1989
Help International birthing clinic documentary
Little Children’s Home orphanage documentary
Great Britian — 2026
Breeze Translate promo (2:30)
Romania — 2024
“Adieu” Read-a-Scene #1 (5:00)
“Adieu” Read-a-Scene #2 (5:00)
“Adieu” Read-a-Scene #3 (3:45)
Germany — 2023
“The Power of Film” (3:30)
Romania — 2020, 2023, 2024
Ukrainian refugee camp promo (4:15)
Italy, Germany, Switzerland — 2019
“Lily’s Story” documentary (2:00)
“Anja’s Lament” short film (5:00)
“Anja’s Lament” documentary (10:45)
Netherlands — 2017
EMDC video production course instructors; short film production
Germany — 2017
“Ordinary Human” refugee music video (5:00)
Romania — 2015
“John Vlad’s Story” (8:00)
England, USA — 2015
Euro Cup 2016 promo (1:30)
Euro Cup 2016 Outreach (4:30)
France — 2014
“Sabrina’s Story” (10:00)
Germany — 2013
“Das Duerre Kreuz” music video (3:30)
Bulgaria — 2011
“The Voice” Hari's Story (11:00)
“Making Disciples in the Balkans” (2:00)
Belarus — 2011
Eurasia/Caucasus documentary (4:30)
Switzerland — 2011
72-hr cross-cultural training video course (60 hours)
Ukraine — 2011
Zaporizhia School promo (3:30)
France — 2010
Social impact promo (2:30)
Latvia — 2010
Humanitarian Aid promo (7:00)
Germany — 2009
Carpe Amor (2:00)
Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Romania,
France, Italy, Sweden — 2009
7-city Europe recruitment video (3:00)
Ukraine — 2009
eDOT Computer training and internet café promo (3:00)
Romania, Germany — 2009
TREK Humanitarian Aid Short Term Team promo (1:30)
Italy — 2009
“Great Need, Great Hope, Great Opportunity” promo (5:00)
Sweden — 2009
Humanitarian Camp promo (2:00)
Morocco — 2009
“Advance” promo DVD 3-video set
Arab—American Encounters (2:00)
Home Support (2:00)
Advance Team (6:48)
France — 2007
Humanitarian Aid construction team promo (2:30)
Hungary — 2007
“Great Hope” recruiting promo (2:15)
Hungary — 2006
25-interview non-profit recruiting documentary (8:30:00)
Poland — 2006
Humanitarian aid promo video (4:30)
Bulgaria — 2006
Social impact video (6:00)
Germany — 2005
Social impact construction promo (3:15)
Germany — 2004
“Imagin’ Air” TEFL 4-episode series
India — 2004
Cornerstone documentary on Indian villages’ needs
Senegal, Korea, Bosnia Herzegovina,
China, England, USA — 2002
Shaping Eternity documentary
Unreached (4:45)
Sending (5:00)
Going (5:00)
Fuel Music Video (4:15)
USA — 1999—2004
“Kids Around The World”
12-country children’s cultural awareness video series
Bhil Kids (10:30)
Rajput Kids (11:30)
Kazakh Kids (8:00)
Riffi Kids (9:00)
Turk Kids (7:30)
Fulani Kids (11:15)
Khamba Kids (11:30)
Uzbek Kids (9:45)
Malay Kids (15:00)
Tajik Kids (300)
Han Kids (12:45)
10/40 Window (11:00)
Kazakhstan, Dagestan, Russia — 1995
GC2000 Series - Central Asia
Central Asia people groups documentary
Cambodia — 1995
GC2000 Series - Cambodia
Khmer Rouge and Cambodia relief efforts documentary
India — 1993
GC2000 Series - India
Bhil tribe documentary
Pardhi tribe documentary
Philippines — 1992
Help International promo
Harvest International promo
Japan — 1992
PAZ Japan TEFL documentary
Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia — 1991
Int’l Leadership Training Institute documentary & promo
India — 1990
Cornerstone documentary on Indian villages’ needs
Jyothi Leprosy Colony and child sponsorship documentary
Caleb Project people group research promo