Grief has a shape. We build stories around it.
Grief has a shape. We build stories around it.
Serialized suspense told in vertical form. New episodes weekly.
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A film produced for the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation.
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A six-episode romantic comedy microdrama. One first date, one disastrous ex, every secret spilled over cocktails.
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1982 Chinatown. A girl goes missing. Her best friend follows the trail underground.
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A Chinatown girl, her father's kitchen, and the recipes we inherit. Some families say love out loud. This one cooks.
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Mournwell, LLC · New York
Mournwell was founded to make work that doesn't look away — from grief, from suspense, from the parts of a story most productions smooth over.
Based in New York, the company works across written fiction, serialized video, and film production.
Mournwell also takes on client work: films produced end to end in house, ongoing weekly series on retainer, vertical adaptation of existing footage, sizzle reels, and pitch materials.
WJ Cheung is a New York–based author and producer, founder of Mournwell, LLC, and creator of KILLIAN and The Lantern Wok.
Mournwell is a production company based in New York, working across serialized video, feature film, and written fiction. It was founded to make work that doesn't look away — from grief, from suspense, from the parts of a story most productions smooth over.
Mournwell produces its own projects alongside client work. Its own slate includes KILLIAN, a serialized suspense series told in vertical video with a parallel line of novels, and In the Dim of the Night, a feature horror screenplay set in 1982 Chinatown. Client work includes films produced end to end in house, vertical adaptation of existing footage, sizzle reels, and pitch materials.
Mournwell, LLC is based in New York City. The company's own projects are set and produced in New York.
Mournwell was founded by WJ Cheung, a New York–based author and producer. Cheung is the creator of the KILLIAN series and its novels, the screenwriter of In the Dim of the Night, and the writer of the animated feature The Lantern Wok.
Yes. Mournwell produces films for outside clients end to end — concept, script, imagery, edit, and delivery — without a location shoot or a crew, which keeps them fast and affordable. The same pipeline is available on retainer as an ongoing weekly series produced for your brand. Recent work includes the donor film for the FLEOA Foundation. Mournwell also adapts existing footage into vertical series and cuts sizzle reels and pitch materials. Inquiries go to hello@mournwell.studio. See how a film gets made.
Yes, where it serves the work. The donor film for the FLEOA Foundation was produced entirely in house, using generative tools for imagery with the script, edit, and delivery handled by Mournwell. Work made this way is labeled as AI-generated on the platforms where it is published.