Goatee Train Productions was formed in 1991 during a high school class titled 'Media and Visual Literacy' (pictured here), where media productions could be turned in for grades. GTP focused on Super 8mm films and even produced a radio show (which wasn't actually aired but recorded to tape). (Left to right: Mike, Chandler, Rusty, and me (Jason); not pictured: my brother Eric who was not in the class but was a great sport during our sometime-arduous filming conditions and would be there when Mike would show up absent).

We (the proverbial "we", that is) are just one guy. Everyone else in the group found real-life jobs. That's me on the far right in the picture. Thankfully, I don't have those glasses anymore. Regretfully, I don't have that awesome mullet.

It's a meaningless combination of words probably derived from the fact that we would often film near railroad tracks and, since it was the 90s, goatees were "in". The name started as a label to slap onto our creative output and kinda stuck around but didn't become official until early 2015.

That's a rendition of the Super 8mm film format, signifying the simple beginnings of the company and a fondness for the format.