About us
A small studio that takes the work seriously and itself less so.
Nasirized is three people, a lot of glass and a strong opinion about pacing. We've spent nine years making films for brands that need to be remembered, not just seen.
On location · Dubai · Remote worldwide
We started because good films were being made for the wrong reasons.
Too many brand videos are built to satisfy a brief rather than to move anyone. They look expensive and say nothing. We wanted to make the other kind — films where the craft is in service of a point, and where you can still feel a person behind the camera.
That means we say no to projects we can't make well, and we ask uncomfortable questions on the first call. What is this film actually for? Who is watching, and on what? What happens if it works?
Nine years and a hundred and eighty films later, the process has barely changed. Small crew. Real preparation. Everything cut and graded in-house so the person who shot it is in the room when it's finished.
- Films delivered
- 180+
- Brands served
- 60+
- Organic views
- 42M
- Behind the lens
- 9 yrs
Films delivered
Brands served
Organic views
Behind the lens
How we work
Four things we won't compromise on.
Story before spectacle
A drone shot nobody remembers is an expensive drone shot. We start with what the film needs to say, then decide what it needs to look like.
Small crew, high craft
Three people who know each other's rhythm beat twelve who don't. Sets stay calm, days stay short, and the work gets better.
Fixed quotes, no drift
You get a written scope and a number. If the brief changes we re-quote in writing before we shoot, never after.
Built for where it plays
A film cut for a cinema screen dies on a phone. Every deliverable is framed, paced and mixed for the platform it lands on.
The team
Three people, and the freelancers we trust.
You'll meet all of us. There's no account layer between you and the people making the film.
Nasir Ahmed
Founder · Director / DP
Nine years behind the camera across commercial, music and documentary work. Handles creative direction and shoots most projects personally.
Sofia Marchetti
Producer
Runs scheduling, crew, permits and budgets. The reason shoot days finish when they're supposed to.
Dean Okafor
Editor & Colourist
Cuts and grades everything in-house. Specialises in short-form pacing and film-emulation grades.
Milestones
Getting here.
What we shoot on
- Sony FX6 · FX3
- Anamorphic & vintage primes
- DJI Ronin stabilisation
- Aputure LED lighting
- Licensed drone unit
- DaVinci Resolve grading suite
- 2017
One camera, one room
Nasirized starts as a solo operation shooting local businesses on borrowed glass.
- 2020
First national campaign
A regional retail spot runs nationally, and short-form becomes half the studio's output.
- 2023
Post moves in-house
Edit, grade and sound mix all come under one roof, cutting delivery times roughly in half.
- 2025
A studio of three
Retainer clients across four countries, and a documentary short on the festival circuit.
Got something worth filming?
Tell us the deadline and the idea. We'll come back within one working day with an honest answer on scope, timing and budget.