Brand video & photography — for startups
Look like the company
you’re about to become
Brand films, founder content, and customer stories — shot by a 2x Emmy-winning cinematographer and full crew needed to make your business stand out from the crowd.
Trusted behind the camera for:
APPLE
LAUNCH DARKLY
CROWDSTRIKE
VISA
THATCH
PEETS COFFEE
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P R I M A R Y U S E C A S E S
Built for the moments that matter most
Every piece has a job: attract talent, win deals, or build your brand.
Tell us your goal and we’ll work with you to make your company look ten times your size.
BUILD YOUR PRESENCE
Brand & founder films
A company story that makes your raise feel inevitable, and a founder who owns the camera.
CLOSE MORE DEALS
Customer testimonials
Customer stories and brand films your sales team can be proud to send and buyers believe.
WIN THE TALENT
Careers & culture video
Turn your careers page into a dynamic and compelling place that talent fights to join.
CAPTURE THE MOMENT
Event films & photography
Launches, offsites, and announcements, captured into content you'll use all year.
W H Y A D L E R C R E A T I V E
Two Emmys. Now pointed at your story.
Most startup video is a coin flip — you book a freelancer and hope the quality meets your expectations. Adler Creative is led by a two-time Emmy Award–winning director of photography: the lighting, audio, and quality networks pay a premium for, aimed at your business. The craft is making the camera disappear and your story come to life.
S E L E C T E D W O R K
The reel does the talking
Brand films, founder interviews, customer testimonials, and photography. Here’s a sample of what our director of photography has shot for a teams like yours.
Production that punches above your stage
There are cheaper cameras and bigger agencies. Here's why teams pick us instead.
Best-in-class production quality
Two Emmys is the difference between footage that looks fine and footage that looks like the company you want to become.
We advise you on what's worth making
Most studios make whatever you order. We start by telling you what'll move the needle — and what to skip — before you spend a dollar.
Work with the principals
You deal directly with the people holding the camera and cutting the edit. No account layer, no juniors learning on your shoot.
T H E P R O C E S S
Fast and seamless
Four easy steps to go from an idea to a tangible asset you’re proud of.
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Discovery
A 30-minute call to pin down the goal, the audience, and where this lives. You leave with a clear understanding.
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Production day
Emmy-level lighting, broadcast audio, real direction, makeup handled. Your only job is to show up and talk.
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Pre-shoot prep
We help plan the day - shots, people, and what great looks like. You approve everything before a camera turns on.
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Edit & deliver
Delivered as raw footage or edited packages that meet your project goals.
W H O W E A R E
Eli Adler
Director & Director of Photography
Eli Adler is the eye behind Adler Creative, and a two-time Emmy-winning Director of Photography with more than 40 years behind the camera.
He has spent his career making people, places, and stories look their best. For startups, that matters more than it might seem. Founders, customers, and employees aren't actors. Eli's craft shows up not just in the quality of the footage, but in the ease he brings to an interview that makes the camera disappear and a natural story come through.
The result is production that feels polished without feeling overproduced: honest interviews, beautifully lit spaces, and founder stories, customer films, event coverage, and photography that feel like they actually belong to your company.
Adler Creative gives startups the care, taste, and professionalism usually reserved for much larger companies — without the layers, handoffs, and overhead that come with a traditional agency.
The stuff you’re probably wondering
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That's the whole first call, and it's free. Tell us your goal, whether it’s hiring, closing deals, or launching new products, we can guide you on the right plan and roughly what it costs.
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Every shoot is led by our 2x Emmy-winning Director & Director of Photography and staffed with the specialists as needed — sound, lighting, additional camera operators, plus an editor and colorist in post. You get network-grade resourcing without an agency's bloat or junior staff.
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Most single-shoot projects deliver in 2–3 weeks from the shoot day; larger brand films run 3–4 weeks. We commit to a delivery date in writing before we start, and we hit it.
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Yes. We're based in San Francisco and travel regularly. Travel shows up as a transparent line item in your quote.
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Both. Many clients book a single shoot day and walk away with video and a full set of stills. Portraits, team, product, and behind-the-scenes pictures you can leverage across the company.
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Collaborative, honest, and straightforward. We're here to guide the process, bring ideas to the table, and keep things moving.
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Absolutely. A lot of our best work is for teams that aren't public yet. NDAs are standard and we're careful with anything sensitive.
Let’s make something special
Tell us what you're building and where it needs to live. We’ll work together on a recommendation and price. No pressure.