Paramount+: Bodyguard of Lies

Premiering on Paramount +

We at Mighty Oak and Kaleida Studio are proud to have designed the graphics and archival treatments for the impactful documentary Bodyguard of Lies, which premiered at the prestigious Tribeca Festival in 2025.

Contrary to popular belief about the war in Afghanistan, the United States has never waged a campaign that the American public knows less about. For twenty years, across four presidential administrations, top public officials and military leaders told us emphatically that victory was around the corner, that our sacrifices were yielding meaningful progress, that we were witnessing the birth of a bright, new democracy. None of it was true.

BODYGUARD OF LIES is the first unvarnished draft of the history of the Afghanistan War. With access to government insiders, confidential documents, private audio recordings, and never-before-seen footage, the film tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through a fresh lens, showing how government officials persistently sold the American public on the war’s winnability, pushing exaggerated metrics to win congressional appropriations while burying internal reports suggesting the war was spiraling toward disaster.

The film weaves together a shattering tale of lies, corruption, and corrosive culture that will make us question everything we’ve been told about this war—and the wars still to come.

Graphics & Animation: Mighty Oak & Kaleida Studio

Director: Dan Krauss

Producer: Bobby Johnson

Executive Producers: Dan Krauss, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Craig Whitlock

Producers: Alex Gibney, Ahmad Sharifi, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Brad Hebert, Susan Zirinsky, Terence Wrong

Graphics Producers: Julie Gratz, Megan Barbour, Daniel Shepard, Emily Collins, Michaela Olsen

Lead motion graphics designer: Julie Gratz

Lead type designer: Liz DiBello

Motion graphics artist: Ivo Stoop