About
Heavyweight Pictures is a film production company: director and cinematographer Muneeb Rehman, producer and director Bernardo Velázquez, and producer and editor Sean Mazza. We make films for brands, musicians and artists, designers and events, and we make each one to be watched to the end.
Our work includes TIDAL Rising for TIDAL, The Lead Up for Amazon Music with Kim Petras, Alexa Stories for Amazon Alexa, God’s Architect for MKH Developments, a film for tequila brand Cosa Salvaje’s promotional event, a film shown at designer Amy Bond’s fashion show, two films for fashion and art photographer Mandy Martin, and social ads for Ba Fang Construction.
Director & Cinematographer
Muneeb is a cinematographer and director based in Burbank, California, working across narrative features, music and documentary-led brand films.
The feature thriller Dying to Sleep (2023), shot by Muneeb, won Best Cinematography at the Los Angeles Movie Awards, the Miami Indie Film Awards and the LA Independent Film Channel Festival, shared with Mikey Hermosa. Muneeb holds a BFA from Southern Methodist University.
Producer & Director
Bernardo is a producer and director, and the filmmaker behind Brightchild Media, a studio making “dreamlike films for the digital age.”
Producer & Editor
The hero piece, made for the screen it will play on: a show, a launch, a website.
Cosa Salvaje · Event filmGod’s Architect · Episode 1: Simka Malibu
9:16 cuts for Reels, TikTok, Shorts and paid social, framed for the phone from the start.
Ba Fang Construction · Backyard ADU adSimka Malibu · God’s Architect · vertical cut
Series and recurring portraits that hold one look across every instalment.
Frames pulled from the shoot and graded with the film, for press and posts.
A call with Muneeb and Bernardo. No account layer.
A treatment you approve before anything is shot.
The shoot, with Muneeb directing and behind the camera.
Delivery in every format you need, on the date you need it.