
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.

"Families are excellent at capturing life. They're poor at curating it."
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.
12 videos · 12 months · 1 complete year
One assembly per month. Browse your family's history the way you actually remember it — by time.
Lightly edited for audio and color. No dead footage. No technical chaos. Just your family's moments, made enjoyable.
Your archive lives on your own hard drive. Not locked in iCloud. Not dependent on any subscription service.
Collect all your footage from your phone, iCloud, Google Photos, and old hard drives into one place.
Sort by month. Pull each month's clips into a simple timeline in DaVinci Resolve or your editor of choice.
Trim dead footage. Do basic color and audio correction. You're not making a film — you're making it watchable.
Export and store your 12 monthly videos on your own hard drive. Your family's story, owned by you, forever.

"Memories deserve to be experienced, not merely stored."
— TJ Daly, Mr. Home Movies

TJ Daly
Filmmaker · Father · Mr. Home Movies
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.
The Your Family Archive course is in development. Leave your email and you'll be the first to know — plus get free tips on building your archive in the meantime.
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