First-Names Films LLC · ZOLL Medical Corporation
Creative Partnership
Since 2022, First-Names Films has partnered with ZOLL Medical Corporation to create world-class, high-impact video content. See some of our work below.
The Chase
Narrative
A four-chapter narrative comedy following April Chase — a fictional country music star — as she's introduced to the world of ZOLL Medical ahead of the Annual Sales Meeting.
Impact Stories
Documentary
Short documentary films highlighting real patients, families, and first responders whose lives intersected with ZOLL technology. Each story is shot and edited with the care of independent documentary filmmaking — character-led, emotionally honest, and grounded in lived experience.
TOZA
Narrative
Five narrative films — an introductory piece and four vignettes — exploring the human stories behind ZOLL's product ecosystem. Each film is anchored in a different setting and a different emotional truth about why the technology matters.
Products & Events
A catalogue of product and event content: twelve product promo videos, two annual meeting highlight films, and the speaker introduction films that preceded each live on-stage interview.
Twelve concise product films — one per device or solution — built to communicate clinical value with clarity and visual precision. Each runs approximately one minute.
End-of-event highlight reels capturing the energy, moments, and spirit of each Annual Sales Meeting — produced on-site and delivered same-day or within 24 hours.
Short narrative films that established the emotional context for live on-stage interviews — setting time, place, and feeling before a speaker took the microphone.
About
Writer · Director · Actor · Producer
Jeff Ryan is a director, writer, and producer from Gillette, New Jersey, and the founder of First-Names Films LLC. His feature films — YouthMin: A Mockumentary (Peacock), Mass Hysteria (Amazon), Mean Spirited (Shudder/AMC+), and Mooch — have earned critical recognition and screened at festivals worldwide. Jeff's acting credits include Netflix's Orange is the New Black, AMC's Turn, and the Sundance hit The Way, Way Back.
His ongoing collaboration with ZOLL Medical draws on every dimension of that experience: directing, writing, and producing content that translates life-saving technology into stories people actually feel.