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About Me

Hi, I'm Joe Hardy

One person · Full production · 72 hours

Joe Hardy — founder of Turn 72 Films

John Joseph Hardy

Joe Hardy has spent thirty years at the center of American political life — on Capitol Hill, in the defense industry, and in the corridors of K Street. He served as a legislative assistant to Senator Barbara Boxer on the Senate Budget Committee and to Congressman Adam Smith on the House Armed Services Committee, where he developed a deep fluency in how power actually works in Washington.

But the work that defines him most personally is JobRECOVERY.org — a national initiative he built to connect addiction recovery with workforce development. He drafted the Jobs Plus Recovery Act, earned bipartisan Senate sponsorship, and keynoted the Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus. It was the work of someone who knew the system well enough to challenge it.

Now he's channeling all of it into Turn 72 Films. Joe is a Democrat — proudly, and without apology — and in this cycle he's putting his company in service of that conviction. Turn 72 will be on the ground for the midterms, producing for the campaigns and progressive organizations fighting to take back the House and advance the policy agenda he's spent a career believing in.

Location
Arlington, VA
Company
Turn 72 Films
Turnaround
72 Hours
Passion
David Lynch

What I work with

The tools and technology behind every Turn 72 production.

RED Cinema / Nikon ZR
12-bit R3D RAW acquisition, Log3G10 color science, 15+ stops of dynamic range — the image foundation that everything else is built on.
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Professional color grading, RAW debayer, noise reduction, and finishing. Every frame graded by hand, never filtered.
Audio
32-bit float recording, location sound, and post mix. Voice-forward productions demand audio that holds up in any environment.
Lighting & Camera Support
Cinematic lighting design for interviews, narratives, and documentary work. Handheld, gimbal, and locked-off configurations depending on what the story needs.
Post-Production Pipeline
R3D RAW ingest, proxy workflows, 3-2-1 backup architecture, and Frame.io client review. Organized, fast, and built for 72-hour delivery.
Distribution Formatting
Broadcast, social, web, and mobile deliverables from a single production. Every format your audience is actually watching on.

My approach

Speed Is the Strategy

Your opponent just dropped a hit piece. It's 6 PM. Your phones are ringing, your inbox is full, and your consultant is already on the line demanding a response ad by morning.

No Templates. No Packages.

A rapid-response campaign ad has nothing in common with a trade association's annual video or a law firm's client pitch. Every project is built from scratch because your message isn't generic — your video shouldn't be either.

Quality Isn't Negotiable

Fast doesn't mean corners cut. Every project gets the same lens, the same eye, the same standard. Cinematic quality and political speed are not mutually exclusive. We built Turn 72 to prove it.

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