ABOUT MOONBEAR
For the creators who treat every frame like it matters.
MoonBear was born for the creatives.
In the long nights where good enough wasn’t enough.
We watched talented filmmakers and editors fight against tools that were either too generic or painfully over-engineered. We saw colorists spend hours chasing looks that should have been seconds away. We saw storytellers compromise their vision because the right assets simply didn’t exist.
So we built them ourselves.
What began as a small collection of cinematic LUTs forged in real productions has evolved into a complete creative arsenal trusted by the teams behind campaigns for Adidas, NASCAR, Bulgari, L’Officiel and some of the most ambitious independent projects in the world.
We didn’t set out to build another preset shop. We set out to build the kind of tools we wished existed when we were cutting our own work — assets with soul, precision, and the quiet confidence that comes from being tested in the fire.
The Moonbear Code
We believe craft is a contact sport.
- The Edit is the Arena Every timeline is a battlefield. Every grade is a fight for emotional truth. We build tools for those who show up ready to win.
- Precision with Soul Like elite performance science, our assets are engineered with obsessive attention to detail — then refined by artists who actually use them.
- Belonging to the Standard This isn’t a marketplace. It’s a training ground. A place where serious creators come to raise their level alongside others who refuse to settle.
What Sets Us Apart
- Real Production DNA — Every LUT, title, transition, and effect has been stress-tested in actual commercial and narrative workflows.
- Performance Longevity — Through Creative Pass we give you an evolving system that keeps your work sharp season after season.
- Uncompromising Quality — We’d rather release fewer assets than release anything that doesn’t meet our standard.
- Creator-First Philosophy — Speed without soul is empty. We obsess over both.
The Creative Arena
Moonbear isn’t a passive shop. It’s an active training environment for visual storytellers who treat their craft like athletes treat their sport.
Through Creative Pass, weekly drops, and a growing community of editors, colorists, and directors, we’re building something rare: a place where ambition meets belonging.
The work is hard. Your tools shouldn’t be.
Step into the arena.
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MEET THE FOUNDER
A look behind the scenes.
From filmmaking to marketing, Derek Yancey Jr. is the the creative mind and founder of MoonBear, ShotClubAI and CreativePas
Founder, CEO
Derek Yancey Jr.
Derek Yancey Jr. is an award-winning film director, cinematographer, software creator, and multimedia entrepreneur whose career bridges the artistry of the camera and the architecture of the tools behind it.
He is the founder of CreativePass, a mobile post-production ecosystem built to put a full finishing workflow in a creator's hands, and of MoonBear, a creative studio-agency. He is also a co-founder of ShotClubAI.
As a pioneer of cinematic title presets, Mr. Yancey helped define a category that has since become a staple of modern post-production, and his tools have been used to edit and finish video for brands including Lashify, NASCAR, Adidas, L'Officiel, and Playboi Carti. He has partnered with Tropic Colour, a leading name in the filmmaking and color community, to bring his craft to creators at scale.
Mr. Yancey's work is grounded in cinematography, where it is defined by a distinct command of light. He is known for his use of chiaroscuro, building high-contrast, atmospheric separation between light and shadow paired with natural lighting environments that lend his images a deliberate, painterly depth.
His technical and artistic foundation runs through every venture he leads, from the films he directs to the software he builds for the people who make them.