HISTORIC INSIGHTS

Our team of experienced historical advisors work in both the US and the UK to bring history to life on stage, screen, and in person for events and museums. Having an experienced on-set historical advisor to answer questions and work with your crew can be a great support to everyone - from advice for costumes, props, hair & makeup, to training actors and coordinating movements. We also help our clients to balance historical accuracy with artistic design, along with temporal and budgetary limitations. The illustrious members of the Historic Insights team have the technical expertise and historical knowledge to guide filmmakers in portraying the past in the most effective way possible. From training actors as 19th century soldiers to guiding set decorators to finding just the right details, we are here for both research and hands on consulting. We are prepared to make history happen with you.

***Darrell R. Rivers,***
***Chief Historical Advisor***

Darrell Rivers is an experienced living historian in early-modern military history with a wide breadth of knowledge and expertise in portraying history on stage and screen and for public events. As an on-set advisor Darrell is an extremely valuable asset for the myriad questions that inevitably arise in period productions. Darrell also coordinates the Historic Insights team to bring professional research and hands-on consulting to clients and their productions.
Darrell’s expertise includes, but is not limited to, the American War of Independence, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Italian Risorgimento, and the American Civil War.
He has also coordinated and consulted on many history related events including school educational programs, non-profit living history events, and commercial conventions and displays. Darrell is a former Associate Staffer for the Cultural Attache of the Embassy of Iraq in Washington DC, an Eagle Scout, and an active community leader and historic preservationist, and splits his time between Southern California and London. Darrell is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a member of the Crimean War Research Society, the Heraldry Society, and speaks Italian & Arabic.

***David H. Kerner MBA ,***
***Producer & Historical Advisor***

David Kerner is our leading producer and coordinator at Historic Insights, as well as being an essential historical advisor and researcher. David's professional drive allows us to make seemingly impossible projects come to life. David is a graduate of The American University School of Public Affairs, and Hofstra University Zarb School of Business MBA program in International Business.

***Patrick Kreeger,***
***Historical Advisor***

Patrick Ryan Kreeger is an historian, antiquarian, and appraiser with extensive experience in militaria, historic automobiles, numismatics, and curiosities. Most notably, Patrick was featured as our historic firearms appraiser on Storage Wars Season 10, and played a key role on and off screen for HBO’s Family Tree (2013).

***David Grace,***
***Historical Advisor & Armorer***

David Grace has been a living historian for over thirty years, attaining vast experience on a wide array of historical weaponry and tactics used by Western mlitaries in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. David is the *Historic Insights* set armorer and crew weapons trainer. He acquires and handles on-set weaponry, and is our leading tactical advisor, training actors and crew alike in the handling and use of historical arms. Notable for work on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2019) both on and offscreen.

additional team members

BRETT GIBBONS - Military Historian, Historical Firearms Expert (The Explosion Show, 2020)

KENNETH J. SERFASS - US Grant Historian & Presenter; Music Historian (Family Tree, 2013)

TYLER MORGAN BURNS-BRISCOE - Historical Artificer & Construction (Family Tree, 2013)