REEL 004 — EST. 2011
Direction / Cinematography / Post

WE SHOOT
WHAT MOVES
PEOPLE.

An independent production house based between Austin and Los Angeles, building commercials, documentary shorts, and brand films for clients who want more than coverage.

Selected Work
Documentary Short · 2025

Ninety Feet Down

A profile of the last commercial sponge divers on the Gulf Coast.

Brand Film · 2024

Cast Iron

Campaign film for a fourth-generation cookware foundry.

Commercial · 2024

Long Highway

National spot for a regional trucking cooperative.

Music Video · 2023

Low Water Mark

Single-take performance film shot on 16mm.

Documentary · 2023

The Line Cooks

Six kitchens, one service, told in real time.

The Studio
13

Ron Sanford Productions was founded on a simple premise: most commercial work looks the way it looks because nobody fought for anything better. We fight for the shot, the take, the cut that actually earns its place.

Thirteen years in, the crew is small on purpose — a tight roster of directors, DPs, and editors who've worked together long enough to move fast without losing the craft.

We work across advertising, documentary, and narrative branded content, usually for clients who've outgrown the stock-footage version of their own story.

Recent Clients
LONE STAR FOUNDRY GULFSIDE CO-OP BLACKLAND COFFEE PECAN STREET AUDIO ROUTE 71 TRUCKING MARFA LIGHT & POWER