Afterburn Advisory

About Afterburn Advisory

Afterburn Advisory is a film and media company that builds lasting legacy for athletes and entertainers through advisory-led engagement. Influence fades. Legacy burns forever. Every relationship starts with advisory: understanding exactly where your narrative stands before anything is produced. What you own, what is exposed, and what needs to be addressed first. That foundation determines everything that follows. From there, our work spans two disciplines. Media builds public presence through brand voice and visual identity, ghostwriting, social strategy, podcasting, and web design, all built to make your name impossible to ignore. Film preserves your story: feature length documentaries, scripted narratives, episodic storytelling, docudrama, and short identity films, each format built for a different depth of story and a different purpose. What ties it together is Legacy: the long-term frameworks that protect what you've built and extend it beyond any single season, role, or spotlight. An athlete navigating a career pivot. An entertainer building a body of work beyond the stage. Each needs the same thing, a record that outlasts the moment it was made for. Afterburn's work has already produced three documentaries centered on athlete legacy, with more in development. Afterburn is led by Founder and CEO Mike Calendrillo, whose own path runs on both sides of the arena and both sides of the stage, from institutional sports marketing work with organizations including Orlando City SC and the Orlando Magic to a career as a recording artist, writer, producer, and actor with more than 56 IMDb credits. That dual experience shapes how Afterburn works: we don't just document success, we help build what comes after it. If you're ready to work at the strategic level before anything is produced, we want to hear where you are and what you're building toward.