SHORT FILMS
Screenplays & Pilots
THE BURNING FIELD OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR (NEW FEATURE DRAMA/THRILLER)
Logline available upon request.
The HOUSE THAT ATE THEM (NEW 1 HOUR TV HORROR/DRAMA; DEVELOPED IN THE MENTORSHIP MATTERS PROGRAM)
Logline available upon request.
The Way we say pizza (Feature Drama, 80’s era)
Logline available upon request.
Austin Film Festival (Second Rounder)
Sundance Lab (Second Rounder)
Launch Pad Screenwriting Competition (Second Rounder)
WeScreenplay (Semi-finalist)
ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship (Quarter-finalist)
illvill (1-hour pilot Crime Drama, 90’s era)
Logline available upon request.
Mentorship Matters (Winner)
ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition (Semi-finalist)
ABOUT ME
Born and raised in Chicago. Currently living in Los Angeles.
Punk rock, skateboarding and baseball enthusiast
Northwestern University alum
Writer/Filmmaker
I'm a child of Mexican immigrant parents who loved going to the movies. I remember seeing E.T., Repo Man, Porky's and The Dark Crystal. They didn't discriminate what I watched. Maybe, they should've. I love 'em.
My taste in music was heavily influenced by the neighborhood Party Crews and older cousins that were part of the Party Crews. As a little kid, they exposed me to New Wave and House music. My neighborhood of Little Village was a great source of underground music. By my teenage years, as everyone was getting into Gangsta Rap, I gravitated to Hardcore Punk and Industrial music. By the mid-90's, I was at the infamous Fireside Bowl — a decrepit bowling alley that moonlighted as a music venue — catching every punk and ska show possible.
1995 — I saw Larry Clark's KIDS. Nothing was the same after that. Suddenly I realized I could make movies about the world I lived in. I felt empowered to tell my stories. Tell my friends' stories. Tell my hood's story. Tell the stories of those who don't get a chance to share their own stories. Been at it for a long time now. Not stopping anytime soon.
CONTACT ME
Feel free to contact me. Let me know what you think. Looking for a writer/director/fellow Cubs enthusiast? Here I am. Thanks!