Creative Producer · Videographer · Photographer
Riverside, California
Available for brand, commercial, documentary and editorial work.
I make video and photographs that feel like something.
Selected Work
Brand stories, documentaries, athlete films, photography and the quieter moments between them.
Past Projects
A Place to Be
Brand Film · Creative Direction · Cinematography
Vixen & Beard
Zeke — An Ongoing Athlete Portrait
Sports Film · Photography · Athlete Storytelling
The Work Between Games
An Ongoing Visual Journal
Film Photography · Portraiture · Documentary
Moments on Film
From the idea to the final frame.
I work across film, photography and creative production, helping shape projects from the first idea through the finished piece.
Concept development
Visual direction
Story development
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Brand films
Commercial video
Documentary storytelling
Athlete films
FILM
Brand + editorial
Portraiture
Product + lifestyle
Film photography
PHOTOGRAPHY
I’m drawn to work that feels observed rather than manufactured.
Real environments. Natural performances. Details that tell us where we are. Enough direction to make the frame intentional without polishing all the personality out of it.
Whether I’m working on a commercial project or documenting something already happening, I want the final piece to feel like there was a reason to make it.
Story first. Everything else supports it.
Based in Riverside. Built around making things.
I’m Marvin Sandoval, a Creative Producer, filmmaker and photographer based in Riverside, California.
My background comes from building brands from the inside, which means I tend to think beyond the individual photograph or video. I’m interested in the story, the audience, where the work will live, and what it needs to communicate once it gets there.
I work with brands, organizations and people who want thoughtful creative without making everything feel like an ad.