Texas Crew Productions Inks Deal with V1

Texas Crew Productions, part of Asylum Entertainment Group, has entered a first-look co-production partnership with W. Hulsey Smith’s V1 Productions.

Texas Crew (30 for 30 Brian and the Boz, The 44th President: In His Own Words) and V1 (Straight and Level) have already joined forces and sold an unannounced project that is currently in preproduction to a premium streaming platform.

Their partnership will amplify Texas Crew’s slate of unscripted programming and leverage V1’s production framework. V1 was founded in 2019 by W. Hulsey Smith and Olive Chinaria and was built by filmmakers for filmmakers.

V1 has high-tech mobile editing bays, 53-foot camera tractor-trailers, EP trailers and mobile screening facilities. It also has one of Texas’ largest full-service postproduction houses, with facilities in Forth Worth and Dallas offering four state-of-the-art editing bays, sound design suite, sound editing, picture editing, mastering suite, and complete film and video library catalog and archive services. Additional capabilities include various editing platforms, immersive sound formats, 4K/HD HDR/SDR mastering and a 20,000-square-foot hangar studio located at Dallas Love Field, complete with broadband connectivity between remote production sites, studios, stages, sound editorial, picture editorial and mastering suites.

“Access to unique worlds is crucial—especially in the unscripted content space—so we are eager to broaden our capabilities through our collaboration with Hulsey and his team at V1 Productions,” said David Karabinas, CEO of Texas Crew Productions. “Hulsey’s real-world experience in the aviation and military genres, as well as a commitment to collaborating on a robust production infrastructure, expands our combined development opportunities, making for what will be an enduring, successful relationship.”

Hulsey Smith said, “Texas Crew values our dedication to only steadying our lens on stories that viscerally emote. We don’t believe in half measures. Levering V1’s infrastructure and development slate, together we will harness the storytelling magic that sets our projects apart from the noise in today’s content market.”