The premier video post-production facility in San Francisco, serving clients nationwide. Yes, We Deliver! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38
Editors Roger and Michael founded Rough House in 1988 for creative “rough cuts” with one of the first digital editing systems. Today, Rough House is the longest-operating post house in San Francisco and has evolved into a full service production facility in SOMA. In the past year we delivered...
• 320 Broadcast spots for Honda
• 436 Localized spots for California Closets
• Over 100 Online video
s for Bare Escentuals
• 25 Broadcast spots for the San Francisco Giants
• 3 Product Launches produced for Google
• And many more projects for ad agencies, production companies, and corporate clients
Rough House produced the world’s most-viewed viral corporate video, Corning’s “A Day Made of Glass” with over 25 million views on Youtube.
Operating as usual
The latest video from Eric's band Shutups, an editor's very long night of editing. New album releases 10/21!
The official music video for 100Punk by Shutups, taken from the album "I can't eat nearly as much as I want to vomit", out October 21st via Kill Rock Stars. ...
Sad to lose one of our friends, Jim Nisbet. Jim designed and built our many colorful edit consoles over the years. Some had unique features, such as a sawed-in-half bowling ball at the bottom of a leg. But across Europe, Jim was best known as an author of noir novels and a poet. Cheers, Jim!
Specializzato nell’hard boiled, ma anche poeta, raccontò la California degli eroi che non sanno vivere. Qui il premio Strega Sandro Veronesi ricorda l’amico e il grande scrittore
President Joe Biden hosted the United We Stand Summit at The White House on September 15th. We worked with our partners Kontent Films and Beast Editorial in San Francisco to provide color and audio finishing on four videos shown at the event. The summit brought together leaders, experts, and survivors to form strategies to repudiate hate-based violence in the United States.
View a recording of the summit: https://unitedwestand.gov
LIVE White House events and press briefings with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other administration officials.
It's always a pleasure collaborating with Postmates! Thanks for bringing us on to create the promotional video for The Weeknd's partnership with Monty's Good Burger, in support of the "After Hours Til Dawn" Menu. Directed by James Hagedorn, color by Royal Muster.
Watch the clip here:
Monty's Good Burger and Postmates Link for The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Menu
Donations will be made to The Weeknd's XO Humanitarian Fund.
Created in collaboration with ACEs Aware, our ACEs Storytelling video series is available online now via the Office of the California Surgeon General official website.
Directed by Jennifer Steinman Sternin, produced and edited by Michael Pickman-Thoon, and shot by Cliff Traiman in San Francisco, Orange County, Kings County, and Sonoma County.
https://osg.ca.gov/2022/08/01/aces-storytelling-an-educators-story-with-principal-allie-greene/
Rough House producer Michael Pickman-Thoon & Tomorrow Media director Randy Field filmed a spot with environmental author/activist Bill McKibben for ThirdAct.org in Berkeley, CA.
2022 has been a busy year at Rough House and we are excited to head into summer! Take a quick look at some of our client collaborations so far.
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In collaboration with Anecdote Creative, our senior editor Eric Stafford worked his wizardry on the latest drop video for A24 and Donni Davie's Half Magic Beauty. Check it out below:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ceyqy0sFxCe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
halfmagicbeauty • Original Audio
We collaborated with ACEs Aware to create the first video for their ACES Aware Storytelling series, produced for the California Surgeon General and Department of Public Health. Directed by Jennifer Steinman Sternin, shot by Cliff Traiman and produced by Michael Pickman-Thoon.
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The first video in the ACEs Aware Storytelling Series features pediatrician Dr. Eric Ball, from Children’s Health Orange County (CHOC), and a compelling case study on the importance of applying his ACEs Aware training to help his patients, their families, and his clinical staff, cope with the psyc...
Big thanks to Bob Kendrick for including excerpts from our award-winning documentary (co-produced with Tomorrow Media) "Crime of the Big Leagues" in "The Road to Integration," the latest episode of the podcast Black Diamonds. It features segments from our interview with Lester Rodney, a sports columnist in the 1930’s and 40’s, and highlights his fight to desegregate Major League Baseball.
The short film is on permanent display at the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City. Listen to "The Road to Integration" here:
Bob Kendrick takes an in-depth look at the history of baseball's segregation, and the forces who paved the way for Jackie Robinson to break the color barrier.
Liz Sheridan in Randy Field's comedy short from 1997.
Randy Field's indie short comedy, featuring Laraine Newman (original Saturday Night Live cast) and Liz Sheridan (Seinfeld's mom). The entire SF production…
Celebrating Opening Day with the sizzle reel of Giants spots we edited a few years ago.
From our friends at Rough House Pictures.
Congrats to Kiana Moore and our friends at Vox for The Beauty of Blackness, now playing on HBO Max. Color graded at Rough House by Roger Krakow. VFX by Eric Stafford.
Our work for a proposition on the CA ballot in November. Motion graphics by Eric, editorial by Michael. Product filming by Cliff & Jon at Drool Visuals. Directed by Harper Lawson, Agency - GMM.
It looks like candy.It smells like candy.It even tastes a lot like candy.But it’s not candy. It’s an addictive poison.Together, we’re mounting the campaign t...
Our promo for a 18-record set from Waxworks Records. Crafted by Eric.
Our friend and colleague David Weissman made this short doc about the artist known as Beeple. Wow!
Filmed originally in 2019, take a deep dive into the mind, creative process, and career of the incredible, Mike Winkelmann; better known as Beeple. Our NVIDI...
Our friend Randy made a short film about our friend Jack!
This is "JACK and the UNABOMBER new final.mp4" by Tomorrow Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
A fine get together with all our friends from Kendo at Mothership in the Mission.
Filming Adam Fletcher of Blackstone, client of cybersecurity company WIZ, for their testimonial video in NYC a few weeks ago. Loved the cityscape. 🎥🎬
Happy Rough House Day - it's our 33rd anniversary! Last weekend in LA I stopped into my favorite Italian market in Culver City and ran into Jini Dayaneni, RH employee #1 - 1989.
Ever done goat yoga? 😀🐐
Client: Facebook
Motion Graphics:
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One of our very favorite projects. The renowned American violinist Ezinma talks about life on her own terms.
Client: Vox Creative - Vox Media, LLC.
Brand: Straight Talk Wireless
Color: ROUGH HOUSE • San Francisco
We’re proud to share our sizzling demo reel. We loved creating, and co-creating, great content for clients. Give us a shout if we can help your brand shine.
The virtual conference we edited for Illumina featuring Nobel prize winners, genomics industry leaders, and Bill Gates is available online. Working with Jack Morton/Chicago, our team of eight editors delivered ten shows for a worldwide scientific and medical audience.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlaheBYxNv0rWH1kjzRzY9ruJ
Always a pleasure to work with our amazing CA Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.
Watch CA Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’ message for all those struggling or recovering from trauma. Month
Here's a spot we produced for the city of Davis. Free, easy testing. Very smart!
Preventing the spread of COVID-19 is everyone’s job—and that means everyone who lives and works in Davis should get tested up to twice a week. It’s easy, pai...
After working on a doc about the Negro Leagues, this is pretty cool news!
In a monumental change for the sport, Major League Baseball announced it was elevating the 1920-48 Negro Leagues to major league status, a move that not only seeks to right a cosmic wrong that has shadowed the game for a century but also forces a wholesale recalibration of its record book.
Yikes! Don't forget to hire security.
Officers from SFPD’s Northern Station responded to a report of an armed robbery at...
Remembering and celebrating Cecilia Chiang today. It was a great honor to work with director Wayne Wang on this touching tribute a few years ago.
Director Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB) takes us into the world of Cecilia Chiang, the woman who introduced America to authentic Chinese food. Chiang opened her internationally renowned restaurant The Mandarin in 1961 in San Francisco and went on to change the course of cuisine in America. The film....
Here's our new video for grassroots org PA Stands Up!
This is "Pennsylvania Stands Up" by Action SF on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
CA VOTING INFO
Election day is Nov. 3
Check your voter registration: https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/en/Details
Registration deadlines
Online: Oct. 19
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 19
In person: Nov. 3
Absentee ballot deadlines
Request: Oct. 27
Return by mail: Postmarked by Nov. 3
Return in person: Nov. 3 by 8:00 p.m.
Early voting
Oct. 5 - Nov. 2, but dates and hours may vary based on where you live
Additional information
You can also register and vote on Election Day
My Voter Status - California Secretary of State
New video for our new friends in North Carolina. Get out the vote!
Our newest spot for CA Dept of Health. "Don't make the same mistake: Wear a mask and keep your distance every time you go out."
Cuando se trata del COVID-19, es mejor prevenir que lamentar. Usa mascarilla y mantén tu distancia. Especialmente con tu familia. Aprende más sobre cómo pued...
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It's always a pleasure collaborating with Postmates! Thanks for bringing us on to create the promotional video for The Weeknd's partnership with Monty's Good Burger, in support of the "After Hours Til Dawn" Menu. Directed by James Hagedorn, color by Royal Muster. Watch the clip here:
2022 has been a busy year at Rough House and we are excited to head into summer! Take a quick look at some of our client collaborations so far. . #video #videoproduction #sanfrancisco #branding #creative #edit #ad
Celebrating Opening Day with the sizzle reel of Giants spots we edited a few years ago.
Ever done goat yoga? 😀🐐 Client: Facebook Motion Graphics: @rough_house_sf . #videoproduction
One of our very favorite projects. The renowned American violinist Ezinma talks about life on her own terms. Client: Vox Creative - Vox Media, LLC. Brand: Straight Talk Wireless Color: ROUGH HOUSE • San Francisco
We’re proud to share our sizzling demo reel. We loved creating, and co-creating, great content for clients. Give us a shout if we can help your brand shine.
Ready for Black Friday? The famous doctor in Scene One will see you now. Edit by Michael, VFX by Eric, color by Roger. Directed by Brian Bacino, produced by Brody McHugh for Baker St. Advertising. Produced by Kevin Hayes for Waypoint Films. Kevin Emmons, DP.
Editor's cut on a new Giants spot for Hispanic Heritage Month. Produced by Antonio Ayala for Vanishing Pictures, directed by Jason Zavaleta. Edit by Harry Manning, color by Roger Krakow, post produced by Michael Pickman-Thoon.
Our SPECIAL version of the trailer. It works!
#TBT Designing our Presidio Film Center home, circa 1999.
Edit Room Construction Safety Video Security cam footage by Eric & Elijiah
Rough House is closed this week for a little remodeling. Just moving a few walls around. Change is good when it's change for the better.
Happy Holidays from Rough House!
World Series Special! Our friends at Sirius Sound added some sweet audio sweetening to our sizzling Giants Sizzle.
Celebrating our wining season with the SF Giants. Here's our Sizzle Reel from the 25 commercials we worked on. Beat LA!
Watch our beloved Home Grown talent: Posey, Belt, Crawford, Duffy, and Panik in the newest San Francisco Giants commercial "Home Grown!" Post-Production by your Home Grown team here at Rough House! "mmmm, that's good baseball." #EvenYear #WeAreSF #WeAreGiant
Our second SF Giants spot for 2016. Edit by Eric & Roger. Go to roughhouse.com to see all the spots as they release.
oops... Happy Valentine's Day!
Since it's the start of an even year, here is a piece we cut for the Tonight Show in 2010. Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays from all the Roughhousers! www.roughhouse.com/happyholidays2015.html
We had a fun ART opening last night for Bill Groshelle and Brendan Cahill's creation Operation Dragon. Here is just a clip of the party.
Michael Morse: We'll miss you.
Our second spot for the FF Bowl, now with the teams announced.
Now airing: Our fun spot of the year! VFX by Eric, edit by Michael, color by Roger, Exec. Produced by Todd. Directed by Mike Woods and produced by Scott Wickman for Baker Street Advertising.
One more time... our small contribution to the 2014 World Champion SF Giants. Thanks, guys!
Our latest NW Honda spot celebrates summer in the blustery northwest. Edit by Michael, grphx & efx by Eric, color by Roger, post sup by Todd. Directed by Brian Bacino, produced by Brody McHugh for Baker Street Advertising. Stay dry!
The Rough House version of SF Giants TV spot "New Guy" with Michael Morse is now airing. Check out the Super new ending - created by Michael, Eric, Roger, Elijiah and Todd. Directed by Brian Bacino and produced by Baker Street Advertising. Go Giants!
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