Stōkt Studios | Austin, TX

For the moisturized man…. There’s nothing I love more than creating pieces that use paradox’s and a fun script to tell a brands story. While also poking fun at traditional commercial styles… and showing behind the scenes. All in one sweet capsule. The BTS dialogue is about 99% accurate to how we are off camera as well🤣 Featured brand: @wildromanofficial (thanks for the product buddy @dominicfusco ) Director/ DP/ edit/ color: @batesmadeit DP/ AC/Talent: @bytorbs Talent: @zacharypolivka #commercial #director #cinematography #behindthescenes #filmmaking

A compilation of fun moments and lessons learned as a commercial director. Never a dull moment when your job is to create cool stuff. 🎥 All work done through my production company @stoktstudios based in Austin, TX. #videography #director #commercial #camera #videoproduction camer

a trip that almost didn’t happen. the short recap of my first time in new york, blizzard included. helping @stoktstudios capture the process of shooting a documentary for @goruck #NYC #Stokt #dreamcometrue #bytorbs

After 15 years of building GORUCK along side her husband Jason she’s finally taking her turn in the spotlight. From collegiate runner to CIA Intel Officer, Emily’s story is one for the ages. Her tenacity and passion for building community has been at the core of how we bring rucking to the world. #goruck #rucking #internationalwomensday

Sharing the stories of motherhood, heritage, African culture, and a sense of home. It was an incredible honor creating the launch campaign for @nineteen60.co - a family owned brand infused with Nigerian roots and spirit, and local to Austin TX. The intentionality and detail that went into each of their products needed to be reflected by the cinematography and pacing, and I think we accomplished just that. Thank you to @chloechiangatx for having us in your beautiful space! Nineteen60 “Bring Culture Home” launch campaign (Director’s Cut) Directed by @batesmadeit Production company @stoktstudios Shot, edit, color: @batesmadeit Client: @nineteen60.co Set: @chloechiangatx #commercial #videographer #videoproduction #austintx #cinematic #editor #director #healthandwellness

Namaste… 🥂 Incase it isn’t obvious, we like to have fun when making commercials. @gracie_norton recently brought me on to direct and shoot this campaign for her brand @goodinaturals (their first official campaign too, which was an honor to bring to life)🌟 We wanted to check every box with this one. Vibey visuals. Humorous skit content. Narrative storytelling. This paints the FULL picture of the brand, and allows their audience to truly relate to the brand and its personality. It also gives the brand an arsenal of content to deliver across multiple marketing channels. Shoutout to @joeymiuccio for immaculately playing the “jacked beach boyfriend” role🤣🤝 Special thanks to @macnorty for handling all the logistics behind the shoot💥 #commercial #videographer #director #skit #editor #videoproduction #cinematic

An. Entire. Campaign. Wow. I first started working with @notabilityapp app back in February of this year. I immediately clicked with their team, and when the energy is right… such amazing things can be accomplished, especially when you’re trying to push your creative thresholds. Fast forward to May, the team approached me to direct and create their entire back to school campaign… which, for an Ed-tech platform, is the biggest and most important time of the year from a marketing perspective. So uhh, yeah, I was freaking honored and up for the task. The goal was to create relatable, authentic pieces while educating their audience on the new features of the Notability app. We did this by featuring REAL students from @stanford & @uofcalifornia Here’s a slideshow of the hero commercial we created for the campaign, along with sneak peeks of other moments from the marketing rollout. Head over to @notabilityapp to see all the full pieces. Weeks of pre-production. 4 days shooting in San Fransisco. Massive shoutout to @clearychiz for trusting me with this task, working through ALL the ins and outs of what it takes to produce a campaign like this, and just being a rockstar through it all. Also shoutout @bytorbs for being my right hand man during the week in SF - I truly couldn’t have done it without you buddy. Shoutout @philzcoffee #commercial #videographer #production #tech #cinematic #director

Film a run club but make it a bit more… cinematic.🎥 Had to see what all the hype was about at @goodpainathletics … holy epic. The energy was REAL. Shoutout to @griffin.wooden for building such a sick community. #filmmaker #austintx #videographer #running #runclub

Visceral. Discipline. The first official trailer of the documentary I have been working on all year with @joeymiuccio - “The Iron Pilot”, following Joeys journey as he trains for and competes in his first Ironman at the end of the year. The goal with this doc is to show the dichotomy of training for such a physical feat, while balancing the life of being an on call airline pilot. Along with showing each of the disciplines (swim, bike, run) in ways that they’ve never been captured. Capturing Big Joes journey has been such an honor, and I can’t wait to show you guys the full film. Full film coming when the job is done. January 2026. #ironman #documentary #austin #videographer #filmmaker

It’s amazing what boundaries you can push when you have a team behind you. The goal of this commercial was to create an essence of hydrating, thirst-quenching flavor for the 6-product lineup, through set design and poppy, vibrant visuals. Safe to say we created that vibe with @ashleybluedef and @iamniaivy 💅 @vitamasques @target exclusive release, “Summer Refresh” Director @batesmadeit DP @batesmadeit Client @vitamasques Gaffing @wanderlustvp PA/ Model @takumiionthebeat Edit + Color @batesmadeit Brand Rep/ Art Design @kelscurls @priscillia.jpeg MUA @denise.mua @a.r.i.e.l.beauty #commercial #beauty #director #colorgrade #cinematographer #editor

It was a pleasure creating with @dovemencare and @alexsless , capturing Dove’s Whole Body Deo spray in action🧼 Here are some fun frame / clips from the project🎥 Shot, edit, color by @batesmadeit #commercial #colorgrade #videography #austintx #cinematography

In the journey of being a creative, there are chapters that have “prove it” moments. Moments where you have an outlandish idea, and your mind fills with doubt about your ability to execute it… but you do it anyways. You lean on the hours you’ve invested into learning and perfecting your craft. This commercial concept from the director (Connor Bates) was to feature a classic Ford muscle car facing a sandstorm in the backroads of Texas. Symbolic of American muscle cars preserving their value and character over their many years. It would prove to be a doozy of a vision with the complexities of filming on narrow, unpredictable dirt roads, along with the fact that the sandstorm elements would have to be generated with CGI in post. NOTE: no AI was used in this commercial. Every shot of the car is proprietary and original (not stock footage). We put our all into this project. Weeks of pre production, a fast paced 1-day shoot, and weeks of laborious editing. Bear in mind, this is a Ford spec ad (no formal endorsement or involvement from Ford), so the team’s effort was based on pure passion to creative something awesome. And I’m proud to say I think we did just that. “American Muscle” - Ford featuring @fonzian Director @batesmadeit DP @jjdvisuals @batesmadeit Visual Effects @robotic_cowboy Drone Op @briankimble Edit + Sound Design @batesmadeit Talent + Car Owner @fonzian Voice @nateboyer37 @ford #commercial #ford #musclecar #specad