Apache

Apache is an independent boutique post-production studio specializing in color grading, digital intermediate work, and picture finishing. Founded in Santa Monica in July 2014, the studio began as a specialist color-grading house and has expanded its offering to encompass online conforming, editing, mastering, and final delivery for commercial, documentary, feature, episodic, and music-video projects.

The studio combines creative color work with technical finishing services, using DaVinci Resolve suites and ACES color-management pipelines. Its Santa Monica facility is Dolby certified and supports Dolby Vision HDR mastering for theatrical and streaming delivery. Apache also offers remote grading sessions, enabling clients and creative teams to participate beyond the studio.

Post-production capabilities

• High-end color grading for commercials, documentaries, features, episodic television, and music videos
• Editorial conform, online editing, and title or graphics integration
• Picture finishing and final delivery mastering
• Dolby Vision HDR mastering and ACES-based color workflows
• Remote color-grading sessions

Apache's work spans commercial advertising, branded campaigns, feature documentaries and narrative films, streaming entertainment, and short-form content. Its commercial portfolio includes national campaigns for brands such as Chevrolet, Microsoft, Taco Bell, T-Mobile, Lexus, State Farm, and Pop-Tarts.

Selected work

Recent and notable projects associated with the studio include The Blue Angels, Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman, Earnhardt, Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer, Andy Kaufman Is Me, I Was Born This Way, Things Will Be Different, and Art For Everybody. Apache artists have also contributed color and finishing work to Microsoft Copilot and T-Mobile Super Bowl campaigns.

As an active, privately held studio, Apache operates as a focused finishing boutique rather than an advertising agency or an affiliate of Apache Corporation, the unrelated oil and gas company.