About Wil Weldon

Wil Weldon is a video journalist, producer, author, director, interviewer, project organizer, and skilled communicator. He finds the true story and tells it as clearly as possible. Underlying all his work is a conviction to improve the world, one story at a time.

“I’ve always considered myself a writer and have been making films and videos of many stripes since the late ’80s.” Wil grew up in a small town in NC, graduated from Duke University with a degree in English, a certificate in Film & Video, and earned a Master’s in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Since 2007, he has operated Growler Visual Media. He has completed four feature-length documentaries about his “through-hike” of the entire Appalachian Trail in 2001, his brother’s conversion to (non-fundamentalist, Sufi) Islam, author Reynolds Price’s 50-plus-year career as a teacher, and “Rarefied,” about families with rare genetic diseases. He has a dog, no kids, very little debt, and a strong disdain for the Western status quo. Cycling, running, swimming, hiking, and many other outdoor activities help to keep him fit and sane.