Young, scrappy filmmakers from Brooklyn proving that vision beats budget, across features, shorts, and branded work.
Hollywood isn’t
required anymore.
We’re award-winning filmmakers who started on zero-dollar budgets and grew into national TV and global brand partners, without waiting for anyone’s permission.
From features and shorts to branded series and documentary TV, every project gets the same standard: intentional, high-craft storytelling that never feels like an ad. We also bring award-winning crews to other indie creators’ projects.
This year, Rugby-Otis is opening its doors to more brands and filmmakers who want to make something people actually care about.
Founded by the team behind 52 films in 52 weeks, a Southeast Emmy-nominated series, and a hand-built fantasy feature with 1.1 million trailer views. Reach out at info@rugbyotis.com.
600+
VFX shots, 1.1M trailer views
films in 52 weeks, acquired by multiple streaming platforms
Latest Films
Big, borderline impossible ideas, made with small crews, borrowed gear, and whatever we can build ourselves.
Cardboard Island: A Fantasy Epic Built by Hand
A crew of five and a 120-page script full of effects we had never attempted became a fully realized world of puppetry, practical explosions and 600+ VFX shots. Now partnered with CK Films and heading out on a national tour.
The Poor Man’s Palace
A comedy shot across New York City with SAG actors, Broadway performers and 15+ named talent.
Feature Film
Happy People
A seventeen-year-old artist comes home from the hospital to a frightened family, a fraying best friendship, and a support group of strangers, and learns that a beautifully messy life is still worth living.
Feature Film
I Love You in Every Season
A trilogy following a couple through the beginning, breaking point, and aftermath of their relationship.
Short Film Trilogy
Give Us Some Time to Get Used to Each Other
Fresh out of college, Will and Jane move into their first home together. Between a sharpie-stained wall he can’t stand, a fire that never gets lit, and silences neither of them knows how to fill, they have to find out if they still know each other at all.
Feature Film
The Rise and Fall of “Little Rock”
Long after the air guitar band broke up, its surviving members reunite to honor their lost frontman.
Short Film
In the Bathroom
A couple locked in their tiny bathroom, a petty argument, and a reckoning with love, all before someone has to pee.
Short Film
