Arrakis Films
Arrakis Films brings a cinematic, editorial eye to Los Angeles weddings, pairing documentary-style photography with Super 8 film and modern video to capture real emotion with the polish and craft of true filmmaking, built by a director and producer duo.
Los Angeles Wedding Photographer & Videographer for Cinematic, Film-Inspired Photography
Wedding Vendor Key Details
Location: Los Angeles, traveling statewide
Category: Wedding Photographer & Videographer
Style: Cinematic, editorial, documentary-inspired
Specialties: Super 8 film, combined photo & video coverage
Capacity: Intimate to full wedding day
Offerings: Wedding photography, wedding films, engagement sessions
Fun Fact: Founders Andrew and Roma bring a background in commercial campaigns and music videos, having created work for brands like Nutella, Adidas, and Mercedes, before turning that craft toward weddings.
Cinematic Craft, Built for Real Emotion
Andrew, a Los Angeles based photographer and founder of Arrakis Films, leads the editorial direction of every shoot alongside producer Roma. Their photography treats light, silhouette, pose, and composition the way a fashion magazine would, while staying rooted in documentary reality. Rather than staging a scene from nothing, Andrew looks for the fashion inside what actually happens on the wedding day. The approach has picked up international recognition, including a Grand Jury win at the FFTG Awards, Best Short Documentary at Venezia Shorts, Best Director at the Seattle International Fashion Film Festival, and Best Cinematography at the Prague International Film Awards.
Weddings are shot on both digital and medium-format film. Digital, captured on Sony A7R5 cameras, delivers resolution built for editorial print, while medium-format Hasselblad 503 film adds depth, characteristic grain, deep color, and a timeless feel digital cannot reproduce. In Los Angeles, that combination is built around the city's long golden hours and dry air, with the day planned around pockets of light rather than fighting the harsh midday sun.
Arrakis Films scouts venues ahead of time and helps couples build a timeline around the best light, bringing their own lighting for anything shot after dark. Couples who feel camera shy are guided with calm, simple direction rather than long, complicated posing, and the wider Los Angeles region, from city venues to open landscapes like Joshua Tree, gives Andrew settings a single city venue cannot.
Photo and video can be booked together under one visual language and one agreed timeline, since Andrew and Roma work as a team across both rather than as separate vendors. Based in Los Angeles, Arrakis Films covers LA County and Southern California, including Orange County and Santa Barbara, and travels further for destination weddings.
Coverage ranges from six to ten hours depending on package, with one or two photographers on the day for larger weddings. Every couple receives a private online gallery with unlimited downloads and full print release, so the images are truly theirs to keep and share.
Meet Andrew, the filmmaker behind Arrakis Films in Los Angeles:
"We're Arrakis Films, a cinematic photo and video studio built on true, fierce beauty. Our background is in commercial campaigns, music videos, and documentaries, with work created for brands like Nutella, Adidas, and Mercedes. That experience shaped how we work with composition, atmosphere, rhythm, and emotion, teaching us to create images that feel polished, intentional, and alive without ever becoming artificial. At Arrakis Films, we don't just document weddings, we craft cinematic stories. From documentary-style photography to Super 8 film, we blend timeless techniques with modern artistry to create something truly unique for every couple."
- Andrew
