We're the Weirdos
Who Get It Right.
A Chicago-based B2B video agency built for organizations where the story is genuinely hard to tell.
Fun Humans.
Exceptional Work.
Matt Cornelison
Founder & Managing Director
Video marketing strategist and award-winning visual storyteller for Fortune 500s and elite military units. Also a former U.S. Air Guitar Champion and Robert Goulet Mustached American of the Year. He's here to guide your content strategy and make sure we're having fun along the way.
Tony Pawela
Creative Director
Award-winning creative leader and strategic thinker whose roll-up-your-sleeves style and hands-on approach has helped build successful brands, launch new products, and tell compelling stories. He's here to bring a fresh perspective and get it done. Whatever it is.
Jessica Rundell
Account Manager
Guiding clients and making sure their projects are successful, Jessica brings both creativity and organization to help Fungi deliver our best work.
Sarah Alegria
Account Manager
Client BFF dedicated to getting it done. Sarah brings a background in integrated marketing, helping clients deliver campaigns, video production deliverables, and creative solutions of all types.
Stephen Cook
Production Director & Account Manager
"I love this guy!" said every client ever. Stephen is a creative filmmaker with a knack for managing all the parts and pieces. He's here to keep your project on track every step of the way.
Demian Krentz
Post-Production Director
Over 25 years in video production delivering for clients like the Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS News, and National Geographic Channel — contributing to Emmy awards and film festival wins. Top-notch motion graphic design and 3D animator.
Jason Wolf
Creative Producer
Bringing a balance of right and left brain thinking to every project, Jason writes scripts, directs shoots, prepares the logistics, and oversees the edits.
Ian Kibbe
Associate Creative Producer
Award-winning commercial and documentary producer with work featured on NPR, PBS, Time Magazine, CNN, and Red Bull TV. Ian oversees the creative execution of your project and makes you look great.
Ross Floyd
Photographer / Director
Triple threat photographer, video director, and fun shirt wearer. Ross excels at translating the physical experience into stunning visuals through the use of beautiful and descriptive light.
Rockie Britzmann
Project Manager
Get it done while having fun. Rockie is a project management extraordinaire with flair. She even helped produce a Jack White music video nominated for Best Rock Video at the MTV VMAs.
Roxanne Pepper
Project Manager
She goes by Roxy and she's a pro at all things video project management. She once developed a company's entire offline backup system. Hard!
Kat DeBoor
Social Media Manager
Do you follow Fungi on social? Do it now. Kat shares our award-winning work, educates clients around storytelling, and models what good looks like on social.
The Name Was Written
on the Escalator.
The writing was on the wall...actually the escalator. Before Matt Cornelison started the company he was afraid the name “Fungi” was too weird for most people. One day he stepped off the el train and onto the escalator where he saw a word spray painted on the step…“Fungi”. He quickly snapped this pic and officially incorporated the next day. Crazy right?
Fungi Media was founded in 2017 by Matt Cornelison. Today it’s a growing and thriving business. But the mission is more personal. At the core, we believe everyone has a deep desire to simply be heard and make meaningful connections with their community. This can only happen when they are able to express themselves in their own way through powerful, authentic and sometimes even fun stories.
This is why the storyteller plays such an important role. It’s why Fungi founder Matt Cornelison spent his life doing it as a filmmaker. And it’s why he created a business to help brands and purpose-driven organizations do the same.
Fungi’s core team specializes in creative storytelling that includes video, photography, design, writing, social and live events. We partner with other specialists to bring the right capabilities (strategy, research, PR, paid..etc) to deliver on our clients’ unique needs. We believe this nimble approach allows us to continually put our clients’ needs first.
Ready to Make
Something Worth Watching?
We work best with complex B2B organizations that have a real story to tell and the ambition to tell it well. If that's you, let's talk.