We write before we shoot
Every project has a script or a documented interview plan, even a thirty-second spot. Shoot days are expensive, and the cheapest way to save money on them is to decide in advance what the camera will see.
About Ninth Row Films
Eleven people, two edit bays and a rule: nobody on the crew meets the script for the first time on set.
We started in 2016 as two friends with a borrowed camera and a client who ran a barbecue restaurant. Ten years and a hundred and forty films later, the studio is still small enough that the director answers your emails.
How we work
Three habits that explain most of the difference between our films and the ones your competitors commissioned last year.
The same crew, project after project
Our director of photography, sound mixer and gaffer have worked together for six years. They finish each other's setups, which buys you an extra hour of useful shooting every day.
Fixed prices, written down
You get a quote that lists crew, equipment, locations and revisions. If we run over because of weather or our own schedule, that cost is ours.
Ten years in Atlanta
- 2016
First paid job
A four-minute film about a barbecue restaurant on Memorial Drive, shot over two days and edited in a spare bedroom.
- 2018
Moved to Midtown
We rented an old print shop on Spring Street, built a sound-treated edit bay and hired our first full-time editor.
- 2021
First broadcast documentary
The Last Run, about a retired railway crew, aired on two regional stations and travelled to nine film festivals.
- 2024
Second edit suite
A calibrated grading room with a reference monitor let us offer finishing for footage shot by other crews.
- 2026
Hundred and forty films
Commercials, music videos, patient stories and one very long wedding highlight reel we do not talk about.
The people who answer your emails
A small core team, plus a bench of freelancers we have booked for years.
- Imani BrooksFounder and director
- Luis FerreiraDirector of photography
- Hannah WeissExecutive producer
- Ravi MenonLead editor and colourist
- Tasha GreerSound mixer
- Oren BlakeWriter and story editor
Meet the crew on a discovery call
Thirty minutes, no slide deck. Bring the idea, even if it is only a sentence.