Vaulted Pictures is the brainchild of Simone Banos, Penny Kjellberg and Peter Schnall. Working closely with many musicians over their careers they saw a need for successful musicians to find projects without the constraints that can often come with the corporate structure of major record labels.
A grass roots, labor of love, we produce an award-winning quality film and audio recordings featuring successful musicians who dream of working together but wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity.
The films feature behind the scenes, intimate footage of the artists working and rehearsing together culminating in an on-stage duet performance. The resulting film and album-quality audio recording bring the audience along on an intimate journey with two musicians beautifully connecting with each other through the music.
Founding Partners
Peter Schnall
With 18 EMMY nominations and 7 wins, PEABODY Award director, producer and cinematographer Peter Schnall recently completed “We Are Our Time” a documentary about Martha Graham Dance Company which premiered March 27, 2026.
In October 2022 Peter’sindependent feature documentary Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes permiered nationally as a special on PBS.
After nearly ten years as an independent, Peter began a remarkable six-year stint as Producer/Cinematographer and Senior Producer of the National Geographic Television weekly series Explorer.
When Oprah Winfrey wanted a trusted filmmaker to document her month-long humanitarian sojourn to South Africa to draw attention to the plight of children with AIDS and her work with Nelson Mandela, she turned to Peter; and when the U.S. Secret Service granted and allowed, for the first time, a documentary crew to imbed inside their top-secret organization, it was Peter Schnall and Partisan Pictures who were granted access.
Executive Producer, Director, Cinematographer
Simone Banos
With proprietary software that allows for powerful, 100% organic social media results, Simone Banos’ data-based methodology enhances the reach of a person, product, or brand into an untapped (and already waiting) public
As head of social media and digital marketing for musicians known world-wide, including, legendary bassist Ron Carter she create a digital marketing machine that ensures musical legacies will live on forever.
Simone’s unique ability to reach a global audience solely organically means Vaulted Pictures productions enjoy a tremendous golobal reach with maximum return for the artists involved.
Executive Producer ,Head of Digital Marketing
Penny Kjellberg
As General Manager for legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter (since 2017) Penny Kjellberg brings a lifetime of experience in PR, marketing and production to Vaulted Pictures
As President of The Kjellberg Studio, a NYC Public Relations and Marketing agency she handled major national projects including Vidal Sassoon’s Sponsorship of the 1984 Olympics, Clairol’s sponsorship of the movie Steel Magnolias the making of Mr. Mister’s hit music video to name a few.
For Ron Carter, she handles studio bookings, music publishing, merch sales and legacy projects such as his jazz-gospel album Sweet, Sweet Spirit, his on-line discography and bringing in social media expert (and Vaulted Pictures partner) Simone Banos to create a powerful digital presence where none existed before.
Vaulted Pictures benefits from Penny’s knowledge of every aspect of a professional musician’s demands combined with her ability to create unique projects that are “outside the box” and the expertise to market and sell them.
Executive Producer, Head of PR & General MarketingContact Us
If you are a musician and have a dream project, please tell us about it. Perhaps we can make it happen…
info.vaultedpics@gmail.com