Family watching home movies

Your family's story,
one month at a time.

You have thousands of videos on your phone. You never watch them. Your Family Archive is a simple system for turning that digital chaos into 12 watchable videos a year — one for every month.

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You have thousands of videos.
You never watch them.

Modern families capture more footage than any generation before them. Birthdays, first steps, school plays, ordinary Tuesday afternoons. It all piles up in iCloud, Google Photos, old hard drives, and text message threads — unseen and unorganized.

The tools that exist are either too simple (cloud storage that just piles up) or too expensive and complex (boutique film editing that costs thousands). There's been no practical middle ground — until now.

Family archive materials

"Families are excellent at capturing life. They're poor at curating it."

Introducing Your Family Archive

A simple, teachable system for creating 12 chronological video assemblies per year — one for every month. Not polished films. Not raw chaos. Something in between: watchable, enjoyable, and yours forever.

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

12 videos · 12 months · 1 complete year

Chronological

One assembly per month. Browse your family's history the way you actually remember it — by time.

Watchable

Lightly edited for audio and color. No dead footage. No technical chaos. Just your family's moments, made enjoyable.

Platform-Independent

Your archive lives on your own hard drive. Not locked in iCloud. Not dependent on any subscription service.

How it works

01

Gather

Collect all your footage from your phone, iCloud, Google Photos, and old hard drives into one place.

02

Assemble

Sort by month. Pull each month's clips into a simple timeline in DaVinci Resolve or your editor of choice.

03

Clean

Trim dead footage. Do basic color and audio correction. You're not making a film — you're making it watchable.

04

Archive

Export and store your 12 monthly videos on your own hard drive. Your family's story, owned by you, forever.

Family watching home movies together

"Memories deserve to be experienced, not merely stored."

— TJ Daly, Mr. Home Movies
TJ Daly, Mr. Home Movies

TJ Daly

Filmmaker · Father · Mr. Home Movies

Hi, I'm TJ.
I built this system for my own family.

I'm a filmmaker and father in a large blended family in Denver, Colorado. For years I watched our family footage pile up — on phones, in iCloud, on old hard drives — never watched, never organized, slowly disappearing into digital obscurity.

So I built a system. Every month, I create one chronological assembly of our footage. Basic color correction. Basic audio cleanup. No polished film — just our life, made watchable. My kids love scrubbing through them. So do I.

Mr. Home Movies exists to teach this system to other families. Through free YouTube content, courses, and community — and for families in the Denver area, I'll help you build it yourself.

Choose your path

Free

YouTube Channel

Watch free tutorials on the Your Family Archive system, gear reviews, and workflow guides.

$29–$99

Digital Courses

In-depth guides and courses that walk you through building your complete family archive step by step.

Popular

$15/month

Community

Join a paid community for direct access to TJ, advanced Q&A, and a network of families building their archives.

Denver Area

Concierge Service

TJ will personally help you organize your entire media library and build your Your Family Archive system for you.

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