FILMS
The Ballad of Tita and the Machines (Short Film 2023)
Writer, Director
When Tita, an elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an AI humanoid to fill in for her picking strawberries, she attracts the engineers' attention because their humanoids cannot do her back-breaking work.
Acuitzeramo (Short Film)
Writer, Director, Producer
Tensions run high and family secrets are exposed when an aging gay Mexican man meets the estranged son of his recently passed partner.
BROKEN SUNFLOWER HEARTS (Short Film)
Writer, Director, Producer
When his ex-boyfriend shows up on his doorstep a year after separating, Anthony weighs the impact it will have on his life and young daughter, Luna.
CRY NOW (Feature Film)
Producer
Latino boho artists and musicians rule in this lyrical love story straight outta LA's famed Boyle Heights neighborhood. Vincent, an LA street artist meets and falls in love with Chicana tattoo artist Luzy. But a vengeful lover will try to stop their relationship. The hip and eclectic alt-Latino soundtrack features music by Very Be Careful, Hermanos Herrera (from Santa Paula), Irene Diaz, and others and the artwork of famed muralist El Mac.
THE INVITATION
(Short Film)
Producer
The story of The Invitation, which aired on the Showtime Network, revolves around six key integrants of an art gallery. The futures of the artists, gallery director, and financier depend on whether or not they can resist the temptations of fame, love, lust and greed.