No, we're not cowboys, but we do break wild stories and ideas, nurture and work with them, until they gallop with purpose. 

Buckaroo is a Los Angeles based full service production company that delivers projects end to end. Commercials, docs, narrative, and digital content are all in our corral. We like to make people laugh - we like to make people cry.

No matter the project size, we’re looking for collaborators to partner with. Be it intimate lifestyle doc style content or elaborate commercial spot, we have the crew and experience to execute.  

So, let’s create together!

Nikolas Smith

Photo by Kurt Iswarienko

Nikolas Smith is a filmmaker with many disciplines, working on narrative and commercial projects as a director, producer, writer, cinematographer and sound designer. His short films have played at festivals across the United States and his commercial clients include Disney, Lays, Proctor & Gamble, Ralph’s, Sleepy's, WorldWide Golf, and Hyundai. 

His lifelong fascination with the moving image turned into an education at Chapman University where he received a Marrion Knott Scholarship and the Linus Toh Excellence Award while studying under Tom Mankiewicz.

He lives in Los Angeles, learning about life from his two daughters, while developing feature length, commercial, and digital content. 

Always with a bend toward narrative, his straightforward approach, searches for elegance and honesty.