Narriforge’s history started from the backdrop of the 2020 lockdown, researching the changing landscape of media to find a unique way of helping tell today’s most motivating stories. Founder David Liu started learning various topics within film industry on the weekends to balance his corporate day job in software.
In 2022, Narriforge was established, expanding from scoring and film composing to video production and post-production services.
In 2025, David Liu left the software industry after 20 years to pursue filmmaking and immersive media full time and finish his debut film project.
In 2026, Narriforge announced the release of their first in-house feature documentary, TO BE SEEN.
Today, Narriforge accommodates the needs of its varied customers to deliver the production needs of this unique media era.
Meet the Team
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David Liu
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, COMPOSER
NARRIFORGE OWNER/FOUNDEREngineer by day, and artist by night (and weekends).
An Austin-born filmmaker, producer/director, and composer. Since 2020, David has worked to approach filmmaking and the arts with a mixed approach using software and engineering skills to bring new possibilities to life. Working on both commercial and documentaries, his recent work continues to use interactivity and technology in new mediums.
In 2025, he left the software and tech industry after 20 years to pursue film and immersive media full time.
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Joshua Simonsen
PRODUCTION TEAM
Having worked on Netflix sets and across the Cinema industry, Joshua has worked on many of the Narriforge-based projects in various production roles to ensure the successful in-budget delivery of customer projects.
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Morgan Honaker
POST PRODUCTION SOUND TEAM
Morgan is best known for her sound supervisor and sound design work, ranging from feature films, broadcast, recordings, and video games.
She commonly works on many of the core film and immersive projects fielded by Narriforge.
Additional Collaborators
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Tom Hammond
SOUND EDITOR, SOUND DESIGNER, RE-RECORDING MIXER
Tom is the founder of Soundcrafter. He has been the supervising sound editor and/or re-recording mixer on many of Richard Linklater’s films and at least 100 other narrative and documentary films. He intermittently teaches and quest lectures in the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas at Austin. He received a BFA and MFA in film/video production from the California Institute of the Arts. Earlier he studied physics and music composition at Whitman College.
www.soundcrafter.com
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Cory Morton
DP/CINEMATOGRAPHER
A Director of Photography from PA that has decades of experience in production.
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Chris Todd
DP, CO-PRODUCER
For over the past decade, Chris has been working with and leading teams of creatives on film sets, working with notable names including Terrence Malick, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Douglas Trumbull. In his most recent years in the film industry, several of his films have been featured in numerous festivals including Fantastic Fest, Fantasia, Leeds International, and the Chattanooga Film Festival where "The End of Decay" received the "The Dangerous Vision Award".