Sidekick Video is a production studio built for the people bringing the green transition to life—whether you’re a founder in a garage or a researcher in a lab, we want to help you tell your story.

Sidekick was founded in Chicago by Ben Derico in 2014. We helped launch brands, produced broadcast commercials, and captured documentary films - always a helping hand by our partners’ side.

In 2022, we took a short hiatus while Ben joined BBC News to report on science and technology. There he filed stories from lithium mines in Chile, filmed with marine biologists in California, and saw some of the world’s newest robotics on display at MIT’s famous CSAIL lab.

Today, Sidekick is back and focused entirely on science and climate storytelling. We bring our experience working with big brands like Apple and Google to the labs, field sites, and startups driving the green transition.

Our goal: take complex research and big ideas and turn them into clear, human stories that connect.

Ready to tell yours?