Rare disease awareness short film: “5th Birthday”

As many of you may know by now, we have been working with the AMAZING Patricia Weltin, she heads the Rare Disease United Foundation and Beyond the Diagnosis generating awareness, research, and a place for many families affected by a rare disease to discuss, join together and figure out how to better the lives of those affected....

For the love of Bourbon

I love to be behind a camera, looking at the world through a viewfinder. It really doesn’t matter if I’m filming on a commercial set, or capturing live action for a documentary; behind the camera is my happy place. Unfortunately, as a filmmaker, most of your time is spent elsewhere. You have to take care...

Going downhill never felt better.

As filmmakers, we are always looking for the next project that will challenge our storytelling abilities. Sometimes the challenge consists of explaining in simple terms the inner workings of a highly specific tech product, or from creating a visual representation of a complex concept in a way that is appealing to the end consumer. When...

Directing my latest music video: The lead actor.

In this case, my job was easy. Way to easy. Tony Almont aside from being a legendary singer and songwriter, he’s evolved throughout the years as an actor taking different roles in a few movies, short films, and theatrical plays. In all of the above, he has blown me away. Tony has the main quality I...

Directing my latest music video: Framing.

Tony Almont is a very close friend, but it’s weird because he’s also someone that I’ve admired since my teen years, I used to save up money to buy his band’s cassettes (yes, cassettes boys and girls) and play them all the freakin’ time, just ask my mom. I knew every song by heart and...

“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 6

“Be like water my friend” has to be one of my favorite quotes, it comes from the great late Bruce Lee, it refers to our ever-changing world and how we must try to adapt quickly and try to have a good time while doing so. This quote lives with me every single day. I’m still struggling...

A labor of love

I remember sitting in natural science class when I was a kid and hearing about the expected life cycle of a human being. You are born, you grow, reproduce, grow old, and then you die. At the time that progression sounded about right, and we all assumed that would be the case for most of...

Commercial Storytelling

Whenever I sit down to craft a story, be it for a personal project or for a commercial assignment, I like to use the four pillars of storytelling as a basic framework. The four pillars are people, places, plot, and purpose. You need a balance between these four, go too heavy on one of them...

“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 5

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Ok, I got that out of the way. Sorry. I’m in between of being very excited about the film, tired from all the hours I put into my work and thinking about being a new father in April, all the same time. The most recent cut of the doc looks great, it’ so easy now...

A dream come true.

I normally don’t need much of a reason to pick up a camera and start shooting. To me, every second I spend looking at the world from behind a lens is an opportunity to get better at my craft. I welcome every project with enthusiasm, so when I was approached to work as the DoP...