Laura Casteel is an Emmy-nominated videographer, producer, and documentarian based in central North Carolina. She primarily makes videos for the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR), but also works freelance, and is a former Associate Producer for PBSNC. Her crowdfunding videos have contributed to successful campaigns on Kickstarter and Barnraiser, and her work with musicians has been featured in The Root, American Songwriter, NPR Live Sessions, and Rolling Stone.

With over ten years of professional experience, Laura has developed an approach to storytelling that creates authentic, emotionally resonant content. This combines her training in both film studies and creative writing, which taught the importance of drawing a reader, or viewer, into a scene and keeping them there.