Thomas Hughes Films

“When Courtney Cox and David Arquette hired Thomas Hughes Films to videotape their wedding, it was a real turning point for our company,” Thomas Hughes recalls. “When such a discerning, high-profile client entrusts you with documenting their day, it is truly an honorable and humbling experience. In many ways this wedding took our company to a new level with our services and the quality of videography as a whole.”

Since then, THF has added innumerable high-profile clients to their resume while videotaping hundreds of weddings for Bay Area (and Southern California) brides and grooms: Robin Williams, baseball great Jason Giambi, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, actresses Alicia Silverstone and Ashley Scott, and director Baz Luhrman.

“We approach each wedding with the same philosophy: everything about our client’s experience has to be perfect. These videos create everlasting memories for the entire family. Now, thanks to High Definition filming, every time a client revisits their wedding day video they’ll appreciate its superior quality.”

“I remember when we shot the first wedding on HD for Grammy-winning record producer Walter Afanasieff,” Thomas adds. “Sony lent us the cameras because they cost $100,000 each! The image quality was amazing! Now we offer that same crystal-clear video to all of our clients.”

Thomas and Anita believe that a video is a very personal thing. That’s why, since they began videotaping weddings in 1985, they’ve made the process very much a collaboration between THF and the couple.

THF has a reputation for being unobtrusive and working wonderfully with other vendors. Using broadcast-quality digital cameras, high-end wireless microphones and state-of-the-art editing suites, they create elegantly edited wedding videos that are tailored to each client’s individual needs. “We employ slow motion to prolong special moments, black & white to make them timeless, and carefully selected music—all of which are blended together into a treasured video that will take you right back to your wedding day,” says Thomas.

Additional services include photomontages and wedding love stories. THF’s work has been featured on Oprah, A&E’s An American Wedding, Lifetime Television’s Million Dollar Weddings and other TV productions.