About the studio
TwoFive Studios is a production studio and ongoing content partner. Founded by filmmaker Zander Yates, it was built to combine the craft of a production company with the consistency of an in-house team.
The studio exists because of a simple observation: ambitious people do valuable work, and almost none of it is visible. Not for lack of talent — for lack of a system. Most don't need another freelancer. They need one partner who handles strategy, production, and execution, and owns the result.
So the work splits three ways: ongoing content partnerships for brands and people building an audience, commercial production for campaigns and brand films, and a limited number of weddings each year.
Creative enough to make you look exceptional. Structured enough to make it happen every month.

Division I — Liberty University
Where the name comes from
There's an old parable about a man who hands three workers different amounts of money before leaving on a journey. Two of them put what they were given to work and double it. The third, afraid of losing his, buries it in the ground where it will be safe. When the man returns, it's the one who buried it — the one who risked nothing — who's judged the harshest.
It comes from Matthew 25. It's also the reason this studio is called TwoFive.
The lesson was never really about money. It's that potential left buried is worth nothing at all. Most people and businesses are sitting on something genuinely valuable — hard-earned expertise, a real story, a craft they've spent years getting good at — and almost none of it is visible. Not because they're lazy. Because putting it out there feels risky, or self-promotional, or like one more job they don't have time to learn.
That's the entire job here. You already have the talent. The studio makes sure it doesn't stay in the ground.
Founded by Zander Yates
Zander played Division I basketball at Liberty before moving into filmmaking and building the studio. That world runs on preparation you can't fake, film sessions that expose everything, and the understanding that consistency — not intensity — separates people over time.




Athlete to operator
Game plans before game days. Every shoot is scouted, scripted where useful, and scheduled to respect your time.
The content calendar doesn't depend on motivation. It ships because the system says it ships.
Athletes review tape; the studio reviews analytics. What worked gets repeated. What didn't gets cut.
The best content comes from a real partnership — the studio works like it's on your roster.
Division I doesn't accept 'pretty good.' Neither does the edit.
Zander understands driven people because he is one. That empathy shows up in how your story gets told.
What the studio stands for
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The work is done as if it matters beyond the invoice.
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Do what was said, the way it was said it would be done.
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The standard is the work itself — never 'good enough.'
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Clients are partners, not transactions.
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Brands are built over years, not posts.
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Showing up every month beats showing off once.
Find Zander online
Former Division 1 athlete documenting life through filmmaking, business, and lifestyle. Every platform the studio manages for clients, Zander uses himself.