04 / About

How the work
actually gets made.

Sarah Wolff Bensimon

Sarah Wolff Bensimon

I picked up my first camera at 11 and haven’t put it down since. The thrill is the same now as it was then: watching an idea take shape, then making it as well as it can possibly be made.

Right out of college that turned into Peace Belt Productions, my own company managing bands, booking tours and producing music videos. Alongside it came a non-profit theater company and an Off Broadway production, The Love Letter You’ve Been Meaning to Write New York. Those years were a crash course in everything production asks for: small budgets, big ideas, midnight load-ins and a show that goes on no matter what.

Advertising came next. At VaynerMedia, that meant building VaynerProductions, the agency’s in-house production company, and producing more than fifty television commercials, including its first broadcast and Super Bowl spots. At Laundry Service and Cycle Media, the focus turned to authentic, culture-first storytelling with athletes and artists. At iHeartMedia, TheStudio became a full-service internal production company serving ten divisions. At Hayden5, the production and post team grew from 8 to 35, delivering for Apple Music, Sony, Toyota and Converse. Most recently at Movement Strategy, a production department went from five editors to a 20-person, revenue-generating team, along with the launch of Movement Creator Studios and the agency’s first AI production workflows.

Nearly two decades in, there’s a network of directors, producers, editors, crews and specialists around the world, and productions in 12 countries across Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Knowing who to call, who to trust and how to put the right people together is a big part of the job.

WOLFF. is the natural next step: an experienced hand for whatever needs to be figured out, fixed, built or delivered.

Let’s work together →

Along the way

From band vans to boardrooms.

Leadership case studies →
  1.  

    Peace Belt Productions

    Founder

    Band management, touring and music videos.

  2.  

    Non-profit theater company

    Owner & Producer

    Produced the Off Broadway play The Love Letter You’ve Been Meaning to Write New York.

  3. 2012 – 2016

    VaynerMedia

    Production Supervisor

    Built VaynerProductions and produced more than fifty television commercials.

  4. 2016 – 2017

    Laundry Service / Cycle Media

    Executive Producer

    Athlete and culture-led storytelling for Nike, Hennessy, BMW and LG.

  5. 2017 – 2020

    iHeartMedia

    Vice President, TheStudio

    A 75-person internal agency serving 10 divisions on a $5M P&L.

  6. 2020 – 2024

    Hayden5

    Executive Producer, then Head of Production & Post

    Grew the team from 8 to 35 for brands and agencies worldwide.

  7. 2024 – 2026

    Movement Strategy

    SVP, Creative Production & Influencer Partnerships

    Built a revenue-generating production department and Movement Creator Studios.

  8. Now

    WOLFF.

    Founder

    Independent production leadership for agencies, brands and studios.

Brands along the way

Airlab · Amazon Beauty · Amazon Books · Amazon Fashion · Amazon Home · Amazon Music · Anheuser-Busch · Axe · Be The People · Bee · BMW · Bravo · Bud Light · Budweiser · Chips Ahoy · Converse · Crocs · Don Julio · Dove · e.l.f. · GE · GitLab · Google Pixel · Halo Dream · Hennessy · iHeartMedia · Intuit · Johnnie Walker · Knorr · LG · Maybelline · Mountain Dew · Nike · Oculto · Osteo Bi-Flex · Prime Video · Quaker · RITZ · Ruby Tuesday · Sonic · Sony · Sour Patch Kids · Stella Artois · Swedish Fish · Toyota · Woosh

How I lead

Close enough to the work to make a difference.

Staying hands-on is deliberate, because the details shape the result. That has meant art-directing props, pitching in on wardrobe, hair and makeup, styling food, shooting behind-the-scenes photography, stepping in to direct and covering shoots when colleagues couldn’t travel. Whether building a department or standing on set, I do what the work needs, and I never ask anyone to do something I wouldn’t do myself.

Even if that means jumping through a window to unlock an Airstream, taking BTS photos and headshots when budgets are tight, or stepping in as an account lead to support the team.

On set