About Us

Rafael Roy and Kelin Verrette craft cinematic, character-driven non-fiction through intimate, handheld camerawork and a collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to documentary storytelling. In 2018, shortly after getting married, they launched All Solid Things, a production company rooted in their shared commitment to documentary filmmaking. Their body of work spans documentary shorts, features, and series, as well as branded content and commercial projects.

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Rafael Roy (he/him), a native New Yorker and former editorial photographer, studied documentary filmmaking at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. His recent cinematography credits include Legends, an upcoming docuseries for National Geographic, and I am Ready, Warden, a 2025 Oscar®-Nominated short (executive produced by Sheila Nevins). He was the Director of Photography on several critically acclaimed broadcast projects, including Eyes On The Prize III (Episode 5 dir. Smriti Mundhra), and PBS Frontline: "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages". He served as co-producer and cinematographer on Lady Buds (Hot Docs 2021).

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Kelin Verrette (she/her), originally from South Louisiana, came to documentary through a background in archaeology and museum work. She began her filmmaking journey as an editor on Cipher (SF Dance Film Festival, 2018) and The Women (2020). A skilled editor, camera person, and producer, she recently worked as Story Producer on Family Tree (dir. Jennifer MacArthur) and Co-Producer on I Am Ready, Warden (dir. Smriti Mundhra).

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Together, Rafael and Kelin have developed a nimble, two-person field approach, contributing to high-profile documentary work including the Emmy®-nominated Through Our Eyes. They provided dual-camera coverage for Ellen Goosenberg Kent’s Rebuilding Hope: The Children of 9/11 and collaborated on Ferguson Rises (Tribeca Audience Award 2021), with Rafael as cinematographer and Kelin as Assistant Editor.

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They are currently producing and editing Forty One, a vérité feature chronicling the historic first platoon of women to train at the formerly all-male Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California.

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