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Trust is everything.

Now in its twelfth year, Nice Shot Films stands as one of Northern California's most trusted names in wedding cinema — a distinction earned through a founder whose background spans filmmaking education and an active commercial production career. In 2024, California Wedding Day Magazine named us Best Videographer in Northern California, a peer-voted honor, and we have been named a Favorite Videographer finalist by the American Association of Certified Wedding Planners multiple times. The region's top planners and venues return to us again and again because trust, once established at the highest level, is not easily replaced.


 
 

Serving California & beyond.

Bookings worldwide.


 
 
Best Wedding Videographer in Northern California
— California Wedding Day Magazine, 2024
 
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Meet the Owner

David spent over a decade teaching filmmaking before founding Nice Shot Films in 2014 — bringing a rare combination of academic rigor and cinematic instinct to an industry that often prioritizes trends over craft. That approach has earned recognition from the people who know this industry best: California Wedding Day Magazine named Nice Shot Films the Best Videographer in Northern California, and David was invited to serve on the Executive Board of the Wedding International Professional Association's San Francisco chapter, where he championed ethical standards across the event industry.

 

Five-Time Nominee for “Best Videographer” by American Association of Certified Wedding Planners
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