About this vendor
Story and Wedding Company
Phoenix, AZ, is home to Jay Smiley Films, and it's where Jay pours his heart and soul into crafting personal stories and wedding films that are all about your unique love story. Your film will reflect the celebration's authentic moments of emotion, joy, and in between moments, making a film you rewatch over and over. Your story is built to last!
A Storyteller at heart
Filmmaking found Jay Smiley. As a child, Jay remembers being surrounded by tons of VHS tapes that his parents had. The family would spend hours watching them, everything from classics like Stand By Me and Hook to Imitation of Life. These films had one important factor in common: they hit right in the feels. They were raw and genuine, using storytelling in a masterful way. When Jay Smiley Films gets to tell your unique love story, the aim is for you to watch your film later and genuinely feel that love all over again.
A Wide Range Of Services
Jay Smiley Films offers various services to capture the celebration's raw, authentic beauty and emotion and transform it into a timeless work of art. You can personalize a package to suit your needs and budget, with options ranging from destination weddings to a second shooter and digital file downloads for the finished product. You can find out more today by reaching out directly to Jay Smiley Films and sharing your vision.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Same-Day Edits
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Video
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Documentary
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2023 'Best of Weddings'
Best of Weddings
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out of 5.012 reviews
JJ is the kindest, most hardworking videographer my husband and I could've asked for to videograph our wedding. He was flexible with the many schedule adjustments we had because of...
our 2-ceremony wedding and special circumstances. He took into account was what most important to us and made sure that he focused on those aspects for the wedding video and extra recordings. Our video turned out beautiful and am so happy that we get to keep this video to rewatch as often as we want. Wedding days tend to be hectic and are difficult for you to stay in the moment as the bride or groom. But having a reliable and trustworthy videographer to capture these memories for you is priceless. JJ understood our budget limitations and worked with us to what we could afford. We are so lucky to have him as a part of our wedding, and capture one of the biggest events in our lives.
Jay was punctual, professional, and provided everything we requested and more!
Jay is amazing! We couldn't be happier with the work he did. Our video is perfect and gives us the chills every time we watch it. Jay has a very kind and easy going personality, it...
was great to work with him. Watching our video feels like experiencing our wedding day all over again. Jay did an incredible job to not only show impressive and beautiful shots but also capture the relationships with our loved ones in this video. Please consider Jay to be your videographer, you won't regret it. Thank you Jay for your fantastic work :) Anna & Robbie
We originally didn’t want video, we hired an amazing photographer and thought that would suffice. My now husband asked me to talk to a few videographers just in case & I’m SO GLAD ...
I found Jay! He was the first person I spoke with and I immediately canceled the rest of the appointments! He asked many important questions, you can tell he was cared about our story. I trusted that him and his team with all control over creativity. After watching our video, not only am I glad we chose to add video, but deeply grateful to Jay for being a part of our special day.
My Husband and I got married back in October 2021. Jeffrey was amazing! We did a virtual meeting initially, and he was very attentive to everything I wanted to include on our spe...
cial day as well as in our video. He was extremely organized and punctual, and remembered every detail even though we Had spoken months before the event. He remembered things that I did not even remember :) He even came to my home a few days before the wedding to interview some of my guests and wedding party, which I was so grateful for. He was able to capture the very special words of the people we loved. He captured all of our special moments and is very talented on which moments to include in the videos. He also sent us the raw footage, and I was amazed at how he clipped and cut and put moments in slow motion. he has a great way of creating the perfect wedding videos. He also is very punctual in responses to the many many texts throughout the months Before & After our wedding! I am sorry Jeffrey for bugging you so much! thank you for your patience with me (as I am not a tech savvy person so he sent the videos to me multiple times) This is a gift we will cherish forever. thank you again for all of the time you put in to our wedding! God bless you!!
Jeffrey is a very professional and kind person..He helped us during the Wedding planning with ideas for the video. The final Wedding video is absolutely amazing..We feel like mo...
vie stars..
Jeffrey was able to capture all the special moments of Ceremony and Reception..He was always available to answer questions we had. He had great suggestions and helped us with atimeliness.
Was very punctual. We would like to highly recommend him.
I highly recommend Jeff for your wedding videography! Jeff captured our day so beautifully and re-watching our wedding video brought back all the same wonderful feelings we had on ...
our wedding day. Jeff was very professional to work with and carefully listened to our needs. He genuinely cares about the couples he works with. We are thrilled with how he pieced together all the special moments into our wedding video and glad we have the raw footage of everything to look back on.
We're late in posting our review, but wanted to make sure to share our positive experience with Jeff! We went back and forth on wanting a videographer at our wedding. I was worried...
that I would miss some of the key moments because of how hectic the day is and how fast it goes. Jeff was very patient with all of my questions and was so helpful through my decision process. In the end I'm so glad that we decided to have videography and hired Jeff. He was so easy to work with- he listened to our needs and his pricing is beyond reasonable. We appreciated that he wanted to meet us in person so that we could get to know each other and make sure that the partnership was a good fit. After our meeting, he put together a custom package for our needs and was very respectful of the items that were most important to us. He worked great with our photographer- which was super important to me. Jeff is kind, friendly, creative, and easy going- exactly what everyone needs for a videographer! We got our trailer about 2 weeks after our wedding and the other videos about 4 months after the wedding via Google Drive (which is super accessible and easy). Jeff even went above and beyond and sent us the raw footage of our first dance and the toasts. We had a great experience and loved working with Jeff!
Jeff was the nicest and most flexible person to work with! He showed up on time and worked until the end of the night to capture every important moment of our wedding. He did an un...
believable job. The energy of our wedding and reception came through on the video and that’s exactly what I wanted! Every time I have showed the video he created to someone they have cried. We got a ton of compliments and now have something to watch forever to remember our day. Thank you so much, Jeff!
Jeffrey is an amazing professional with a passion for videography. He went above and beyond my expectations for our wedding video. The angles, images, moments and emotions he captu...
red were absolutely phenomenal! I don’t get overly emotional but watching it back I tear up every time & others have commented at how much you can feel watching the video- all because of Jeffrey’s talent. He was a pleasure to work with, always there before us, positive yet calming and delivered amazing work quickly. Highly recommend!
Jeffrey was our videographer for our wedding and he was AMAZING. He was very quick to respond and very understanding and helpful with my thousand questions before the wedding. We m...
et before the wedding and he was great at giving suggestions without taking over completely and helped me to make a plan for our big day. He asked tons of questions about what my preferences were and if there were specific things I wanted in my video. He captured our day so beautifully, our teaser video and our wedding video are so perfect and captured us perfectly. My husband and I were so happy we had Jeffrey helping us on our big day!! He captured so much more then we thought and was so kind during the entire process!!
We asked JJ at Auteur to be our videographer because we had seen his previous wedding videos and felt greatly impacted by the soft, yet polished quality of his work. He put every ...
effort into scouting out two different shooting locations, writing out thoughtful questions to interview us, and capturing every moment of our wedding, from getting ready in the morning to our send-off at the end of the reception. He was very adept at balancing directing us and receiving feedback from our end in order to find the best way to capture the essence of our relationship on film. From all this work, he drew out our story in the most meaningful, yet concise, way complemented by movie-quality cinematography. He paid close attention to detail when putting together our wedding video and always kept us in the loop about his progress. JJ is a great communicator and is very attentive to both technical details and the relationship with his clients. He has a unique ability to blend his film-making skills with his genuine interest in people and we would highly recommend him as a videographer for any kind of occasion, not just weddings!
Contact
Tempe, Arizona, Phoenix, AZ | Arizona & Worldwide
Jay Smiley Films