Our studio
Collaborative creators. Storytellers first.
Roto Flight Media is a Santa Barbara cinematic studio. Since 2020 we've shot the Central Coast's listings, brand films, and broadcast stories, in the air and on the ground, one team from brief to delivery.
Our mission
Two principles. One way of working.
One crew, every trade.
Pilot, ground camera, and edit under one roof. You brief one team, and the same people carry it from the first call to the final cut.
Beyond drones.
We're known for the flying, but the story leads. Interviews, product, lifestyle, and the edit that ties it all together, planned shot by shot before we roll.
Meet the team
Four creators. One mission.
Cyprian Lewicki
Founder
Filmmaker and drone technologist. Designs and builds custom drones, leads production, and brings a deep technical foundation to every shoot.
Sierra Gordon
Production Manager
Videographer and photographer with an eye for authentic moments. A Santa Barbara City College film production graduate, she keeps every set professional and moving.
Shay Lyon
Post-Production Manager
Editor across narrative, commercial, and social projects, with strong audio and camera fundamentals. California Polytechnic graduate.
Tary McCullough
Editor
14 years of editing and graphic design. Ensures every project ships polished and on time.
Why Roto Flight Media
Aviation-grade craft. Studio-grade storytelling.
Our pilots are FAA Part 107 certified commercial drone operators. We plan and fly inside controlled airspace, around the coastline, over events, and near sensitive sites, filing our own LAANC authorizations and waivers. Not the same discipline, or the same results, as a hobby drone.
FAA Part 107 certified
Licensed commercial pilots, not hobbyists. Certified to fly legally in restricted airspace, along the coast, and over events.
Santa Barbara, born and based
Founded here in 2020. Central Coast light, coastline, and architecture. We shoot it like locals because we are.
Custom drones, in-house
We design, build, and tune our own platforms. Including FPV cinema rigs purpose-built for the shot list. Off-the-shelf is the floor, not the ceiling.
Cinematic post-production
Decades of combined editing experience across film, brand, and commercial work. Color, sound, motion graphics, and delivery all happen under one roof.