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A studio built on
a cinematic eye.
Hotels Filmed is a London-based studio making cinematic films for hotels and resorts worldwide.
Hotels Filmed was founded by Sergey Shishkin and works as a small, senior team. Since 2019 we’ve made more than a thousand films for over 120 properties in 20 countries — among them Four Seasons, Rosewood, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Kempinski and Marriott — from private islands to city landmarks.
We work small and senior. A compact crew moves through a property without disturbing a single guest, and the same eye that shoots the film carries it through the edit and grade. Aerial and underwater cinematography are handled in-house, so there’s no second vendor to manage.
From the director
Most hotel films look the same. We start somewhere else.
The usual recipe — a drone opener, posed smiles, music doing the emotional work — photographs a hotel. It doesn’t make you feel one.
We lead with ambient sound before music, hold on one real human thread, and slow down on the texture of a place at the hour it looks its best. Cinematic discipline, with unscripted human truth at the centre — that’s the whole studio.
— Sergey Shishkin, Founder & Director
The studio
Small studio, long reach.
Every film carries one creative vision, led by founder Sergey Shishkin. Around that sits a tight in-house team and a trusted network, so the work moves fast and travels well.
01
Direction & post, in-house
One eye carries each film from treatment to final grade.
02
Social, managed
Content calendars and channel management — the films keep earning.
03
A producer network
Vetted local crew across Asia, Europe and beyond — no full unit to fly in.
How we shoot
Five principles behind every film.
- 01Editorial, not documentary
A point of view and a feeling — not a walkthrough.
- 02One message per film
Built around the one thing it must make you feel. The rest is cut.
- 03Restraint in the grade
Straight cuts, soft dissolves, never overtreated.
- 04Natural light, real movement
Available light, smooth moves, shallow focus.
- 05People, unforced
Real staff and guests, never posed. Human truth at the centre.
Working to your brand’s standards
Every major flag hands its creators a strict video guideline — tone, lighting, music, logo, talent releases. We read it and shoot to it. We’ve produced films to St. Regis’s own brand video standards; we’ll do the same with yours.
What hotels say
“It’s such a pleasure to work with you. We’re more than happy to welcome you back.”
“We’re surprised with the number of videos — it goes beyond our expectation.”
“Thank you for your time and effort. We appreciate your contribution very much.”
“We love your work, and want to collaborate across our other resorts.”