About Me
Originally from Austin, Texas, I am a Latino filmmaker known for his work with online power-house Rooster Teeth Productions, helming such projects as Lazer Team 2, the comedy-horror series Haunter, and the popular web-series Immersion. Most recently, I completed production on his latest short film El Gato Feo, a Spanish language western about two sisters on opposite sides of the Mexican Revolution. Currently, I am producing a new short film entitled, “Juana Pelos”, directed by Maria Mealla (Bring Me an Avocado, “La Macana”). With this short, I have been selected for the 2024 Southern Producers Lab with the New Orleans Film Society.
I have over 10 years of experience as a director, leading both large teams of complex films and smaller crews on branded content and original YouTube content. Most recently, I’ve worked for The Slow Mo Guys, the Forward with Andrew Yang podcast, and worked as an editor on Suzanne Weinert’s latest short film, “A Guy. A Girl. A Ford. A Love Story.” As an editor, I cut trailers, short documentaries, sizzle reels, unscripted YouTube content, narrative short films and podcasts. I’ve even edited VR for Oculus! Anything we can dream up, I can help get it done.
Directing on the set of Haunter S2 at Rooster Teeth Studios in Austin, Texas; this set was a recreation of the Kennedy Gold Mine located near Sacramento, CA. Photo by Richard Casteel.
Writer/Director
“El Gato Feo” - Narrative Short - Writer/Director/Producer
Lazer Team 2 - Narrative Feature - Co-Writer/Co-Director
Haunter - Half-hour Comedy Series (16 episodes) - Co-Writer/Director/Showrunner
Immersion - Web Series (8 episodes) - Director
“Breakthrough” - Narrative Short - Co-Writer/Director
“Orcs Must Live” - Comedy Short - Director
“Let’s Play Live!” - Documentary Short - Director
“Shaft Shots! A Social Media Camera App for Your Member Only” - Comedy Short - Writer/Director
“Winnipeg, Manitoba” - Music Video - Guns of Navarone
”Mother Falcon Issues 1-5” - Music Video Series - Mother Falcon
Editor
“El Gato Feo” - Narrative Short - Dir. Daniel Fabelo
“A Girl. A Guy. A Ford. A Love Story.” - Narrative Short - Dir. Suzanne Weinert
The Slow Mo Guys - Web Series - Editor/Sound Designer
“Farming Abroad: Coffee Harvest in El Salvador” - Documentary Short
“Let’s Play Live!” - Documentary Short - Editor
RWBY: Volume 1 & 2 - Animated Series (28 Episodes) - Editor/Sound Editor
A Simple Walk to Mordor - Web Series - Editor
Producer
Juana Pelos - Producer (Directed by Maria Mealla)
Forward with Andrew Yang - Podcast - Editor/Co-Producer
The Slow Mo Guys - Web Series - Various Episodes
Immersion: Shark Week Special - Pilot Episode - Story Producer
World’s Greatest Head Massage - Short Doc - Producer
Connected - Short Doc - Producer
Scripts In Development
“36 Weeks To Go” - Narrative Short (Co-Writer)
As events throughout a 36-week pregnancy unfold in reverse chronological order, two middle-aged parents cope with the tragic news that their unborn child has a fetal anomaly.
Grande - Action/Adventure TV Pilot
During the Mexican Revolution circa 1914, two estranged sisters and a band of female freedom fighters cross the Rio Grande into Texas to retrieve a cache of guns and liberate a small town from rogue Texas Rangers.
Devils - Horror Feature (Story By) -Written By Jory Balsimo & Aaron Leggett - Quarter-Finalist ScreenCraft Horror Competition 2020
A woman running from her past joins up with a man searching for his missing brother. Treacherous forest roads, wolves, and bandits are lesser dangers to that of the true evil that awaits them on the edge of the old west Kansas wilderness.
Photos courtesy of Richard Casteel, Tom Craven & Connor MacRae