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We make movies for your ears—and movies for your eyes.

No Smiling is a multi-platform media studio specializing in character-driven, spectacle-laden stories that keep you on the edge of your seat.

Sean Cannon

Sean is a Peabody-winning producer, journalist, and cat rap pioneer. Hailed as “ahead of his time” while hosting the syndicated radio show The Guestlist, he's also hosted and produced Striped: The Story of the White Stripes, the Elliott Smith anthology Say Yes, and These Miracles Work: A Hold Steady Podcast. During his tenure at Louisville Public Media, Sean won a Peabody Award for his role packaging and developing The Pope’s Long Con from a 10,000-word written piece into a premium podcast miniseries, ultimately putting it into development as a feature film.

Boyd Holbrook

Boyd is an American actor and filmmaker. In 2007, Boyd sent a screenplay to director Gus Van Sant, who was impressed enough to give him the role of Denton Smith for the film Milk. Since then, he’s produced multiple projects and starred in TV series and films including Narcos, Logan, Sandman, Out of the Furnace, Gone Girl, A Walk Among the Tombstones, and the 2020 reimagining of The Fugitive. He’s currently slated to appear in the next installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.

Evan Mascagni

Evan is an award-winning documentary filmmaker from Kentucky and co-founder of NYC-based Player Piano Productions. He most recently directed and produced Building a Bridge, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was executive produced by Martin Scorsese. His most recent films have appeared on Sundance TV, AMC+, Al Jazeera, and PBS.

Heather Schroering

Heather is a Webby and Ambie award-winning investigative reporter. After completing her graduate studies at Columbia, she transitioned from print to audio, producing several chart-topping podcasts for Wondery. These premium audio miniseries included Joe Exotic: The Tiger King, WeCrashed, Dr. Death: Dr. Fata, and Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake. Many podcasts Heather produced are either currently in development for the screen or have already been released as TV series — namely Joe Vs. Carole for Peacock and WeCrashed for Apple TV+.

If you need help with a podcast or documentary project — or just have a wild story that deserves to be told — contact us today.

Our Work

Here are some projects members of our team have produced in the past: