Behind the Scenes

The Handbuilt Mission

If you have met Dalton Paley, the founder of Handbuilt, and you were told the idea for the company started during a debate about where new ideas come from it would likely not surprise you. 

 simplaWe started by telling the story of an off-grid home long before van-life became a thing, it was also the story of how following your dreams relentlessly will inevitably lead you were you’re suppose to be. And while the volume of work we have created has fluctuated year to year, the mission has not. 

We seek to tell compelling stories whether they are about living simply in the mountains or growing into old age with a life partner. We’d like to keep doing that and we hope that if you’ve read this far, you might go a little further and give us a buzz to help tell your story. 

Meet The Team

Dalton Paley

Dalton Paley

Owner / Director

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Samantha Levi

Samantha Levi

Photographer / Lifter of Spirits

Sam does her own thing real well and we are periodically graced with her gifted ability to see the big picture.

Daniel Bowersox

Daniel Bowersox

Director / Sound Engineer

Danny is the guy you’d be lucky to have on every production you do, he can make what is being created sound real good, and also do about everything else on set.

Tyler Dunham

Tyler Dunham

Producer / Director

Already an award winning director as a founder of MakeWild.co, Tyler occasionally steps in to make our dreams a reality.

Zara Findlay

Zara Findlay

Producer / Project MGMT

Zara is a herder of creatives with expansive vision.  She has basically seen it all from her work at little know companies like Apple, Facebook, and the Dallas Cowboys.