For the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure to work on a project with an institution that stopped being a client and became family to me, Beyond The Diagnosis. Beyond the Diagnosis unites art and science to inspire research and innovation of treatments for people living with rare and neglected diseases. It’s a beautiful, honest, and...
“Funny Pains” (2020) is now free to watch
It’s been a long road to get here. L O N G. But here we are, not only did our documentary come out during the weirdest year up to date, but we were able to land a deal with the Tubi (tubitv.com), owned by Fox, Tubi has come in to compete with the biggest streamers...
A new documentary in the making!
We started the process of selling our first documentary “Funny Pains” in different Film Markets around the world and the US, and boy, that is one hard task to accomplish. I’ve learned a lot, mostly just exercising more patience and getting to know this uncharted territory in my filmmaking career. The abundance of new docs...
“Funny Pains” is going to the Cannes Film Market!
YES! Hewes Pictures has selected our documentary to show at the Cannes Film Market during the festival. It feels like a dream, but it’s true and I cannot be happier! It took us a year to land all the amazing talent for 3 awesome roundtables discussing comedy, but it was so worth it. We have...
“Jack & Yaya” (2018) A documentary film
A few months back a friend shared a Craigslist post with me, it basically said we are looking for an editor that knows what he or she is doing and needs to be gay/trans friendly. Having almost finished my documentary and having learned so much from it (especially in the post-production phase) I decided to give...
How I went from directing fiction to documentaries
It’s my father’s fault, I’ve been in love with movies since I was a little kid because of him. He raved about so many movies constantly, quoting dialogues, and telling the same stories of how and when he took my mom to see the great films of the lates 70’s and early 80’s, I would...
Aaaand we’re back to posting here!
So fatherhood cuts your time in less than half, who knew! I have a brand new life filled with endless love, endless nights (when she wakes up 6 times), and the endless pursuit of getting shit done when it comes to my work. I made the huge decision to work from home until my little...
So we had a baby
Hey! Yes, yes, it’s been a long time since I’ve stopped by our award-winning blog (<– not true), I have a 2-month beautiful baby girl that has taken over my life, and I’m more than glad to give it to her, I was lucky enough to be able to work from home and be around her...
“Funny Pains” documentary: Post-production Vol. 8
I’m the type of person that cannot live without music, I have a soundtrack for all the different eras of my life, I have a song assigned to most people in my life, the undeniable power of music has a strong hold on me. You can catch me listening to The Traveling Wilburys in the...