Jacob Roper

Director and cinematographer creating music videos, short-form campaigns, and visual content for independent artists.

Worked with Grammy winners 500M+ TikTok views 60M+ Spotify streams Music videos Short-form campaigns Tour content

The work

Artists I've worked with

From Grammy winners to artists with half a billion TikTok views — every project starts with understanding the artist's sound and building visuals that make people feel it.

GoldFord
Director · Cinematographer
GoldFord
Directed and shot a full content campaign across multiple releases — music videos and 50–150 short-form pieces that hit 1.8M+ views on a single post. 3.4M monthly Spotify listeners.
Mon Rovîa
Director · Cinematographer
Mon Rovîa
Directed and shot a cinematic visual campaign across the mountains and lakes of the American West. 500M+ TikTok views, 2.5M monthly listeners, Nettwerk Music Group.
Iman Jordan
Grammy Winner
Director · Cinematographer
Iman Jordan
Directed "War" and "Going to a Town" for the Sony Music artist who won the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award at the 2025 Grammys. Has written for Rihanna and Alicia Keys.
Shwayze
Director · Tour Content
Shwayze
Directed the music video for "Slice of Sunshine" and served as sole content creator for the 23-date Permanent Shwaycation Tour 2024 — daily social coverage across East Coast, Midwest, and Canada.
Dom Kennedy Niko G4 Jay 305
Cinematographer
Dom Kennedy
Niko G4 · Jay 305
Served as cinematographer for the OPM West Coast hip-hop crew — one of LA's most respected independent rap collectives led by Leimert Park legend Dom Kennedy.
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What Roper Studios delivers

Every project starts with a creative call to understand your sound, your audience, and your release goals — then we build visuals around that.

Short Form Content
Up to 3 hours of filming at one location. Raw cinematic footage cut into short-form clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts — no full music video edit.
Cinematic Music Video
Full creative concept, up to 6 hours filming across two locations, cinematic lighting, professional edit, and 3 promo clips.
Artist Rollout Package
Full shoot day, music video edit, 10–15 short-form clips for TikTok and Reels, BTS teaser, and ongoing social management to grow your streams.
Director's Production
Full creative direction, multiple locations, advanced lighting, cinematic edit, 5 promo clips, and behind-the-scenes content.

Mon Rovîa
Featured project

Mon Rovîa

Afro-Appalachian folk artist born in Monrovia, Liberia and raised across America. Jacob directed and shot a full visual campaign capturing the vast natural landscapes that define Mon Rovîa's sound — mountains, lakes, forests, and golden hour light. The result was a body of work that matched the emotional scale of his music.

Mon Rovîa
Mon Rovîa
Mon Rovîa
2.5MMonthly listeners
500M+TikTok views
BonnarooFestival debut 2024
NettwerkMusic Group

GoldFord shoot
GoldFord campaign

50–150 posts.
1.8M views.
One shoot.

The most efficient way to build a content library is to capture everything in one day and cut it into weeks of posts. That's exactly what Roper Studios did for GoldFord — one shoot that produced the music video and an entire short-form campaign across TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

View the full GoldFord case study →

Watch the work

Music videos

A selection of music videos directed and shot by Jacob Roper — across genres, locations, and artists.

GoldFord
Music Video
GoldFord
GoldFord
Music Video
GoldFord
Iman Jordan War
War
Iman Jordan
Iman Jordan Going to a Town
Going to a Town
Iman Jordan
Shwayze Slice of Sunshine
Slice of Sunshine
Shwayze ft. Claire Wright
Niko G4
Music Video
Niko G4
Niko G4
Music Video
Niko G4
Demo Reel
Demo Reel
Roper Studios

Tour content

Shwayze
Permanent Shwaycation
Tour 2024

Jacob was embedded with Shwayze for the full 23-date run as the dedicated content creator and social media manager. Every night — show footage, crowd moments, backstage, travel days — captured and posted daily to keep the audience engaged for the entire tour.

Oct – Nov 2024 23 show nights Daily content strategy East Coast + Midwest
Pembroke, MA Oct 3
NYC, NY Oct 4
Washington, DC Oct 5
Philadelphia, PA Oct 6
VA Beach, VA Oct 9
Charlotte, NC Oct 10
Asheville, NC Oct 11
Charleston, SC Oct 12
Jacksonville, FL Oct 13
Atlanta, GA Oct 22
Louisville, KY Oct 25
St Louis, MO Oct 26
Cleveland, OH Nov 1
Pittsburgh, PA Nov 2
Toronto, CA Nov 3
+ 18 more dates

GrammyAward Winner
Iman Jordan · 2025
500M+TikTok views
Mon Rovîa
60M+Spotify streams
GoldFord
23Tour dates
Shwayze 2024

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Roper Studios is booking music videos, content campaigns, and rollout packages for independent artists ready to take their visuals seriously.

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