'I'm so happy': Local attorney reunites couples with wedding footage after silence from videographer
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City attorney held an event on Monday for couples to pick up footage from their wedding days after allegations that a local videographer failed to get the job done.
News 4 has been following allegations against Stephen Austin Films since last month.
Austin's website identifies his business as a luxury wedding film company based out of Oklahoma City. Some of his clients reached out to News 4 claiming Austin was being uncommunicative and holding onto footage from their wedding days they had already paid for.
"It was all provided to me last Friday," said attorney Noble McIntyre at the Monday event he organized.
McIntyre's own daughter was impacted by Stephen Austin Films, and he reached out to News 4 after viewing the first report about Austin's alleged business practices.
McIntyre said during an initial interview with News 4 that he would help couples who were trying to get their videos back free of charge. The number of clients reaching out to him about their personal ordeals with Austin exploded.
"That's how it blew up to where we went from two or three to a list of 60," said McIntyre.
Of those 60 clients, McIntyre said only a little over 20 of them had weddings that had been shot, with some couples waiting upwards of a year to get their footage. McIntyre said he was able to get ahold of Austin's attorney, and gave them a February 17 deadline to get the footage to his team. McIntyre also provided portable SSDs to load the video clips on for each couple.
"I'm so happy that she's going to be able to finally get that kind of closure because it's been so long," said Kirsten Parker, who picked up videos for her sister on Monday.
Parker's sister had her wedding in November 2023.
News 4 also spoke with Hannah Mazur and Matt Mazur who tied the knot last October. They said they didn't suspect anything was wrong until they saw News 4's reports.
"I saw the news story and then another news story, and that's when we were like, okay, like something's going on," said Hannah Mazur. "I don't know how we would ever, you know, begin to express how thankful we are. We wouldn't have been able to do it by ourselves, that's for sure."
The Mazurs said they were the most excited to watch each other coming down the aisle and precious moments with their family members.
"I haven't seen my ceremony," said Hannah Mazur. "Like I didn't see my flower girl. I didn't see Matt walking down. So I'm excited for that and then first look with my dad."
McIntyre said it's been worth every extra bit of his time to help the couples.
"Watching them see this footage for the first time and then seeing them tear up a little bit and just relive that moment when they thought this footage was gone is very satisfying," said McIntyre.
News 4 also asked McIntyre, since he's been in contact with Austin's attorney, if Austin has any remorse for what he's accused of doing. McIntyre said he doesn't think Austin intended for things to get so bad.
"I think what happens is when people start having problems in their lives, it's like a snowball," said McIntyre. "It just builds and builds and builds, and it was just baby steps to a big problem. I think that if he could roll it back and do things differently, he would."