Cinema-grade.Founder-minded.
A California film studio for robotics, AI, energy and hardware companies.
Sebastian Werz · FounderBuilt by someone who builds.
Sebastian Werz went through Y Combinator (W17), founded WERZ in 2018 and directs its launch films, product demos and company films. He takes the first call on every project.
He also founded 1971 Hook, now in 45 Whole Foods stores, so he has launched a product of his own and knows what a launch film has to do for the company behind it.
Three things we hold to.
Skin in the game changes everything.
We run our own companies, and spend your budget like our own.
Cinema-grade craft. AI-powered workflow.
Cinema cameras on set, AI in pre-production and post.
The Cosmic-1 launch film →How a project runs.
Scoped in one call.
A free 30-minute call with Sebastian. You leave with the scope, a timeline and a price, and we sign an NDA before scoping when you need one.
Scopes and budgets →Built backward from your date.
The script, shot list and delivery date are locked before anyone films. Hemlock (YC F26) went from the scoping call to a wrapped shoot in four days.
The Hemlock case study →Filmed on site, with a real crew.
Cinema cameras such as RED, a second camera, boom audio and lighting, at your lab, factory or field site anywhere in the US. Sebastian is an FAA Part 107 drone pilot for site-scale aerials.
The full production process →Made for technical companies.
Robotics, AI, advanced energy and deep tech teams, from YC launches to multi-year field records.
Read the case studies →On set.
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A free 30-minute call. You leave with scope, a timeline and a price.
Not ready for a call? Send a brief — written reply within one business day — or estimate your budget in two minutes.
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- launch films featured by Y Combinator (Cosmic Robotics, Rhem Labs)
- 4 days
- Hemlock (YC F26): scoping call to a wrapped shoot
- 100K+
- impressions on Rhem Labs’ launch
- 45
- Whole Foods stores for 1971 Hook