Turn one meaningful memory into a real film.
Answer guided questions and see three private hand-painted preview frames free. If you love the direction, finish the five-minute Signature Story for $99. Narration, music, and the final 4K film are included.
See the script and three real frames before checkout. No card to preview; no subscription.
Making it for someone else? Start it as a gift.
Prefer hands-on help? Check project fit for a done-for-you film from $499.
Have a complete book? See Archive Edition pricing.
Wrote your book in MemoirMaker? Open your memoir and choose “Make it a film” — it imports here and signs you in automatically.
Still shaping the book? Read
How to Write a Memoir That Resonates.
See the result before you start
Price a complete manuscript
Start. Preview. Decide. Finish. Share.
The product turns your source story into proof first, then completes the film automatically only if you choose to continue.
A finished book is optional. A story is enough.
MemoirMovies can turn a complete manuscript into a feature-length keepsake, or guide you through one meaningful memory and shape it into a short documentary film.
I have a memoir manuscript
Upload a book, family history, autobiography, or highlights draft. We keep the narration in your words and build a scene-by-scene film you can review and direct.
- Best for full life stories, books, and long family histories.
- Instant price estimate from your word count.
- Three private preview frames painted automatically before checkout.
I have one story to preserve
Answer guided questions about a memory, tribute, love story, founder story, or legacy message. We draft a polished first-person script, then turn it into a film.
- Best when there is no book yet.
- See three private painted frames free.
- Finish the five-minute film for $99. No subscription.
Different stories need different starts
Not a slideshow. A film.
Consistent characters
Uncle Joe looks like Uncle Joe in every scene — and ages correctly as your story moves through the decades.
Period-perfect imagery
Hand-painted scenes with cinematic Ken Burns motion, in the right era — 1950s, 1978, today — true to the period in every detail.
Narrated in your voice of choice
Pick a narrator, add a music score, and we assemble the finished film — every scene editable.
Authors, families, and the people helping them
Because they'll actually watch it
You spent years living your story and months writing it. A film is how the people you wrote it for will actually experience it.
How much video the average American watches each day, versus how long they spend reading.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey
American adults who didn't read a single book last year. Nearly all of them watch films.
Pew Research Center
A book is read alone, once. A film gets the whole family on one couch — at the reunion, the anniversary, and long after you're gone.
The reason we built this
If you can attach a file to an email, you can make a film
Upload your book
Word doc, EPUB, PDF, or plain text. Get an exact price on the spot while three private frames are painted automatically — no card required. Wrote it in MemoirMaker.ai? Choose “Make it a film” beside the memoir and it will arrive here securely—no second login or upload.
See proof before you decide
The three frames come from your own story, not a generic demo. Review them and your exact one-time price before choosing whether to finish the film.
Finish automatically
Payment starts painting, narration, music, chapter rendering, and final 4K assembly. Included re-rolls let you refine images afterward if you wish.
Be in your film — without ever facing a camera
Real documentaries cut from the story to the storyteller — sitting in a study, telling it in their own words. Your film can do exactly that, and you never record a single frame of video.
- One photo — any clear snapshot — becomes a cinematic interview setting. You pick the look: cozy studio, business casual, or evening.
- Two minutes of your voice and the entire film is narrated by you.
- No camera, no crew, no studio. Choose which moments cut to you on-screen — smiling or serious — and we generate the interview footage.
You approve every clip before it goes in your film.
We add the pictures. You keep your voice.
Archive narration preserves your manuscript word for word. Review the private proof before checkout, then refine any image with the included re-rolls if you wish.
Upload my memoir for three private framesFor authors turning books into movies
Can I turn a full book into a movie?
Yes. MemoirMovies is built for full memoirs, autobiographies, and family-history books. Long manuscripts become longer films, so you can also upload a highlights edition if you want a shorter movie for family sharing. If you are still shaping the manuscript, start with How to Write a Memoir That Resonates. Curious how books get turned into movies in general, fiction included, or want to see some of the best-known book-to-film adaptations? We cover both. For a practical walkthrough of your options, read How to Turn Your Book Into a Movie: A Realistic Guide for Authors.
What do I control?
You control each section, scene image, title card, narrator, music cue, and cutaway choice. The system assembles the film, but the story remains yours at every step.