New Film Studio Focuses on Cybersecurity Narratives
Former investigative journalist and veteran filmmaker partner to produce candid, practitioner-led short films about the cyber industry.
- By Jesse Jacobs
- Mar 18, 2026
Red Mirror Studios launched today as the first independent film studio dedicated to the cybersecurity industry. Founded by investigative journalist turned industry executive Danielle Lewan and filmmaker Clint Howard II, the studio produces short films featuring security leaders discussing the incidents and decisions that have shaped the field.
The studio aims to shift a long-standing industry culture of silence regarding data breaches and internal failures. By providing a platform for candid storytelling, the studio allows a new generation of leaders to share lessons learned from professional missteps and high-pressure crises.
“Security leaders don’t want theories,” said Danielle Lewan, CEO and co-founder of Red Mirror Studios. “They want to hear from someone who’s been in their position and why they made the call they did.”
Lewan, an Emmy-nominated former journalist for CBS, previously served as a cybersecurity executive and has interviewed more than 250 Chief Information Security Officers regarding risk management.
Clint Howard II, who has directed documentaries and commercial projects for HBO, Netflix and Hulu, serves as the studio’s chief creative officer. Howard said the partnership is designed to bring high-level filmmaking craft to a field that has historically lacked professional storytelling.
“Cybersecurity is full of powerful stories that almost no one outside the industry ever hears,” Howard said. “Our job is to capture them honestly.”
The studio’s productions are designed for a practitioner audience, focusing on first-hand accounts of what security experts experienced, what they missed and how those events changed their operational strategies.
Red Mirror Studios is scheduled to release its first films later this year, featuring leaders from the enterprise, government and critical infrastructure sectors.