about
Meet the Team
Jason Pamer
PRODUCER
Jason is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sypher Studios, a boutique full-content studio. He’s helped raise $20M+ of private equity across film, tech, and hospitality. He’s produced content with Steph Curry and Jada Pinkett Smith and worked with Academy Award winners like Laura Dern and Golden Globe winners Paul Walter Hauser, Michael C. Hall, and Annette Bening. He has produced multiple theatrically released documentaries with New York Times bestselling authors about poignant stories around human trafficking and environmental racism. His film, After Death, had the third-largest release in history for a documentary (2,745 screens) and is the highest-grossing spiritual documentary of all time. He’s an EP on the forthcoming Mark Wahlberg-led crime thriller By Any Means and Destry Spielberg’s first feature, Please Don’t Feed the Children. He’s a hotelier and a partner in a machine learning company. He lives in Franklin, TN, with his Greek wife and four kids.
Jens Jacob
PRODUCER
Jens Jacob is a producer from Los Angeles and is the founder of Sypher, a commercial and music video production company and Co-Founder of Sypher Studios a full service original content studio. Jens has taken his production expertise to over 33 countries working on commercials, feature documentaries, and live events. Jens is also a serial entrepreneur who has started drone, gear, logistics, and software companies over the past few years. He has a number of feature narrative and documentary films currently in development and production.
Dr. Stephen C. Meyer
WRITER
Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture in Seattle.
In addition to Meyer’s two landmark books, the New York Times bestseller Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design and Times (of London) Literary Supplement Book of the Year Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, his many other publications include contributions to, and the editing of, the peer-reviewed volume Darwinism, Design and Public Education (Michigan State University Press, 2004) and the innovative textbook Explore Evolution (Hill House Publishers, 2007).
Meyer has also published editorials in national newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The National Post (of Canada), The Daily Telegraph (of London) and The Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The Jim Lehrer News Hour, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Nightline, Fox News Live, Paula Zahn Now (CNN), Good Morning America and the Tavis Smiley Show on PBS. He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top national media.
Eric Esau
DIRECTOR
Eric Esau is an American film director known for the docu-narrative feature film The Heart of Man, which screened internationally in 800 theaters across 30 countries. He also directed the award-winning documentary Rape for Profit, executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. Through his production company Mew Studios, he has directed documentaries and commercials for international brands like Amazon, Microsoft, and Costco. His latest film, Saturn, an original narrative feature which he wrote and directed, is currently in the festival circuit.
Brian Bird
PRODUCER
Brian Bird is the executive producer of the top-rated hit Hallmark Channel cable series WHEN CALLS THE HEART, now prepping its 14th season. He has written and/or produced nearly three dozen films, including THE HEART OF MAN, THE CASE FOR CHRIST, CAPTIVE, NOT EASILY BROKEN and BOPHA! and 450 episodes of television, including TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, STEP BY STEP and EVENING SHADE. His newest TV series, HOME TO HARMONY, will come out with Angel Studios and Netflix in Spring of 2026. He is currently writing three feature films, including NORTHERN LIGHTS, THE JOURNEY and THE JOHN WOODEN STORY.