AJ Hochhalter.
Award Winning Composer, Producer and Creative Consultant.
Film & Music
AJ Hochhalter has worked with some of the largest brands in the world such as Facebook, General Electric, Mercedes Benz, and National Geographic. His work has been heard on the stages of The Oscars (Body Team 12: Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short) and The Sundance Film Festival (Blood Brother: Grand Jury Prize Winner Feature Documentary). AJ works as a commercial composer with agencies all over the nation and his catalogue is exclusively represented by Musicbed.
AJ produced "NEAT: The Story of Bourbon", a documentary spotlight on the bourbon industry and was responsible for guiding the film through production. He eventually signed the film to an international distribution deal. NEAT held the top spot on iTunes for best selling documentary films of all-time and was picked up and licensed exclusively to Hulu.
Writer & Creative Consultant
AJ is a creative advisor to numerous bourbon companies, large fashion brands, celebrity chefs, e-commerce retailers, health care providers and film production companies. He enjoys offering guidance that helps his clients grow and create- through unique positioning and storytelling. He regularly secures press from major outlets such as Forbes, Vogue, CNN, and the LA Times. AJ is a regular contributor to Huckberry, while also assisting new investors navigate the bourbon industry through barrel procurement and complete brand start-ups. AJ has the ability to turn a novel idea into something real. As the perennial creator and storyteller- he also has experience working in series development for commercial brands as well as streaming services.
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“AJ is the real deal”.
-Steve Zahn (White Lotus, Dallas Buyers Club)