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“After countless concerts at the historic Wiltern Theater and decades of driving past the green art deco monolith at the corner of Wilshire and Western known as the Pellissier Building, I’ve always wondered what lived inside. It’s been a source of fascination for Angelenos since 1931, especially for Jijo Reed”.
With over 100 films to his name, Jijo Reed has redefined what it means to be a force in Hollywood. He is the visionary founder of Sugar Studios, Los Angeles’ premier 12,000-sq-ft post-production powerhouse inside the iconic Wiltern Tower. Reed revolutionized the indie film landscape by bringing every post specialty—Editorial, Color, Sound, VFX, and Deliverables—under one roof. By removing the disjointed outsourcing of traditional post-production, Reed created a seamless system that saves producers time and money while giving filmmakers both efficiency and excellence. This bold model unleashes the full creative firepower of top industry artists, positioning Sugar Studios as the game-changer for independent producers. But Reed’s story doesn’t stop at the screen. In 2005, he made history by diving to the wreck of the Titanic in a submersible while directing a documentary—an achievement fewer than 200 people worldwide can claim. From the depths of the ocean to the heights of Hollywood, Jijo Reed’s relentless vision continues to set the standard for cinematic excellence.
Vice Is Broke is a raw, rugged deep dive into the rise and fall of the Vice Media empire, directed and narrated by chef-turned-filmmaker Eddie Huang, who spent years honing his craft as a documentarian inside the Vice ecosystem as the host and producer of travel series Huang’s World.
Sugar Studios recognized by a panel of industry professionals as #1 Post Production Studio of 2025 – Media Entertainment Business Review
Cameron Woodward sits down with Jijo Reed, founder of Sugar Studios and talks about how his background as a drummer informs his approach to editing, and how Sugar’s in-house team fosters trust, speed, and synergy.
Post Magazine features Jijo Reed, owner of Post Production Company Sugar Studios and his take on AI
I won't lie….this business can kick your ass sixteen different ways….which is why it's always important to have help.
On this episode, David Voigt sits down with noted producer and and founder or Sugar Studios Jijo Reed to discuss the in's and out's of the film and television industry along with his legacy in it and how a place like Sugar Studios is unique in what it provides and so very much more as we go somewhat ‘inside baseball' on so many of the moving pieces that come into the art of production on so many levels in Hollywood.
In this conversation, Thomas Manning chats with Jijo Reed about his LA-Post House Sugar Studios and the evolution of his filmmaking career.
Reed is an Emmy-winning producer who has worn many hats in the film industry, from working as a post-production supervisor on movie trailers such as Martin Scorsese’s Casino and James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day, to executive producing dozens of film and television projects. Notable upcoming projects from Sugar Studios include the documentary Vice is Broke, which premiered at TIFF in 2024, and the feature film Waltzing with Brando, starring Billy Zane as Marlon Brando.
Alan Ng of Film Threat interviews Founder and CEO of Sugar Studios, an all-in-one premium post-production studio, specializing in independent film.
Below The Line Podcast with Sugar Studios …Shepherding an independent film from script to screen is hard: financial constraints don’t change the amount of work to be done. But when it comes to post-production, Jijo Reed, Founder and CEO of Sugar Studios, thinks his company can be part of the solution. Sugar Studios offers everything from Dailies and Editorial to Color, Mix, VFX and Deliverables under one roof: a synergistic opportunity that, for an indie project, can mean the difference between picture lock and post-production limbo. Jijo and I also discuss the state of the Industry, what runaway production means for LA, and the potential impact of AI on the post-production process.
Movie Maker chronicles how Jijo Reed went from “Punk Rock to Post” with Sugar Studios