The Heist

A story-centric creative production company blurring the lines between live action and animation. Innovative.Visual.Storytelling.

02/27/2026

Your year on just got a glow-up. ✨

Checkpoint is a brand-new feature that transforms your activity into a custom animated recap, bespoke for every user and built to scale across millions of very-online-lives.

See how we did it in the link in bio.

01/22/2026

For the 2026 Brand Photo Library, we partnered with to capture real owners in their element.

Active, dynamic, and actually doing the thing. We pushed the direction to match the passion, energy, and grit of the businesses behind it. 📸

Photographer:
Director:
Art Director: I Graham Nhlamba
Director of Production:
Executive Producer:
Senior Producer:
Producer: Jackie Martian
Production Coordinator: Finley Jacobson

Check out the full case study on our website.

01/16/2026

This is in action. A design, motion and live action campaign built to show what AI can do when it’s fully integrated into everyday workflows. 🔥

Executive Creative Director:
Creative Director: .j I
Director of Production: .ca I
Senior Producer: I
Motion Design: I Daniela Perez I I .sarroca I I
Editor / Colorist:

Full case study on our Heist website.

01/15/2026

Real business owners, real photos. 📸

For @ Quickbook 2026 Brand Photo catalogue, we collaborated with @ Intuit to push the visual direction forward, creating a more elevated, dynamic, and active image library.

Photographer: @ Brad Torchia
Director: @ Jacob Hinmon
Art Director: @ Jessica Luch I @ Graham Nhlamba
Director of Production: @ Michelle Buhler
Executive Producer: @ Laura Kanter
Senior Producer: @ Shelby Shelman
Producer: @ Jackie Martain
Production Coordinator: @ Finley Jacobson

10/31/2025

The Heist does Halloween! We love our clients, but sometimes we just want to make something freaky. Please enjoy this open call for creative, and Happy Halloween!

06/27/2025

Behind the scenes of our latest studio shoot for On

Director & Editor:
Producer:
Executive Producer:
Colourist:
Director of Photography:
Photographer:
DIT & BTS: .elli
1st AC/Grip:
Gaffer:
Cam Dept Assistant:
VFX: .sarroca
Gaussian Splat: .3d

06/23/2025

On - Moving Together (2025)
Partnering with On’s local running community, we created an anthem that celebrates shared movement.

Director & Editor:
Producer:
Executive Producer:
Colourist:
Director of Photography:
Photographer:
DIT & BTS: .elli
1st AC/Grip:
Gaffer:
Cam Dept Assistant:
VFX: .sarroca
Gaussian Splat: .3d

06/04/2025

A launch video for the Razr Ultra ft. that feels very Heist 💛
Shot in the Arizona heat and powered by iced coffee, an infinity pool, and the best crew around.

Director: .elli
Artist:
Script:
Producers:
DP:
Music Video DP:
Edit: .elli
Colour:

$Literally a tiny fraction of all the work we've been doing with these past few months.$

03/31/2025

Literally a tiny fraction of all the work we've been doing with these past few months.

12/02/2024

We were enchanted to meet… the Bestie Bundle.

Here’s a peak behind the curtain on our latest social campaign for with 💕💕

Prod Co
Dir
Prod
EP
Video Edit .elli
Photo Edit Tyson Rider

08/23/2024

A behind-the-scenes look into the behind-the-scenes series featuring the world’s elite tennis players as they prepare for championship season.

All four episodes are out on Hilton’s YouTube channel now! 🎾🎥

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