We're not going to be coy about it. We're double fisting some hardware.
Vision Impact: Dr. Boye on Gene Therapy — our micro-documentary produced with Fors Marsh for the National Eye Institute — just took home two Bronze Telly Awards at the 47th Annual Telly Awards season.
Craft — Videography & Cinematography
General — Health & Safety Branded Content
Two categories. Two bronzes. One beautiful day of filming we'd do again in a heartbeat.
The Story We Got to Tell
Here's the thing about vision research: it's easy to overlook. Until you can't see.
The National Eye Institute has been funding some of the most quietly important medical research in the country for decades. Our job was to make sure people actually knew that.
This film follows Dr. Shannon Boye of the University of Florida, whose NEI-backed research is pioneering gene therapy for inherited eye diseases — the kind that cause blindness in kids. She engineers tiny harmless viruses to act like delivery drivers, ferrying healthy genes directly to the cells that need them. Not masking the problem. Fixing it at the source.
The science is genuinely wild. And Dr. Boye? She's the kind of subject that makes a filmmaker's job easy — passionate, clear, and real. We just showed up and pointed the camera.
Episode One of Many
This film is the first in a documentary series we're building to shine a light on what NEI's research actually means for people's lives. The goal is awareness and advocacy — showing the world why vision science funding matters, not just for your eyes, but for medicine everywhere.
The look was intentional: intimate, honest, not overly clinical. This story deserved more than a talking-head explainer — and we weren't about to give it one.
More episodes are coming. We can't wait to show you.
Watch It. Then Let's Talk.
See the full project on our portfolio — and if you've got a story that deserves this kind of treatment, you know where to find us.
TigerLily is an award-winning production company based in Jacksonville, Florida. We make films that move people — and occasionally bring home trophies.