Real people. Real stories.
It begins with story.
And at the heart of every story is people.
Featured Films
I take a decisively documentary approach to non-fiction visual storytelling to create powerful, compelling, and beautiful stories about the human experience. I tell subtle and poetic narratives defined by a natural aesthetic. I tell stories that drill down to the raw, honest, emotional truth.
Story doesn’t have to be complicated. It just needs to be honest.
UCLA | DATA THEORY
SIDE BY SIDE | UNBROKEN
IM/PERFECTION
SCHURIG CENTER | NEW NORMAL
AMERICAN EXPRESS | FROM PASSION TO PRACTICE
DIET COKE | UNLABELED
side by side | dear timberlie
stoveteam international | caballo de troya
Featured Photography
Photography was my gateway into visual storytelling, where color and light intersect in a single frame. A fleeting moment captured in a fraction of a second tells a complex story of a moving world.
MY MOM’S MOM
LUZ ES ESPERANZA
16 SQUARE BLOCKS
From Hawai’i to Los Angeles
About
Andrew Hida (pronounced hee-da) is an award-winning director, director of photography and editor based in Los Angeles, California. As the creative lead at Hida Visuals, he works with some of the world’s largest agencies and brands, and mission-driven nonprofits and advocacy organizations to produce high-quality, high-impact visual narratives. From concept and design to post-production and delivery, Hida Visuals handles all aspects of non-fiction content creation.
collaboration
Clients
& Partners
Every client is a creative partner. Every production is a collaboration. And every project is unique. From documentary film and editorial features to branded content and commercial productions, my teams are smart, nimble, flexible, and able to scale to every client’s needs.
SIDE BY SIDE | SAN ANSELMO, CA
“With an intuitive understanding of our work and the traumatic histories of our young people, Andrew developed a concept – letter writing between pairs of direct care staff and clients – that allowed the narrative to come directly from their words and experience.”
VERbatim | new york, ny
“Andrew and I have worked together for over 7 years and I would not take on a project without thinking of how he might play a part. Editor, Director, D.P., Andrew is talented in all and approaches each with flair and vision, and perhaps above all, with clarity and calm.”
USPSA | INDIANAPOLIS, IN
“Andrew took the time to talk through different strategies and ideas to ensure we get the most value out of our videos. In the end, our videos got double the amount of views on social media than our previous promotional videos.”
schurig center | larkspur, ca
“Andrew immersed himself in their lives, resulting in candid, emotional, inspirational and touching footage of lives changed and rediscovered. Andrew created connections with these families and they shared with us how much they enjoyed time with him during the filming. They felt respected, honored, and thoughtfully portrayed.”