Filmography
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Spring 2022 - Present Director, Co-Editor, Producer, Cinematographer, and Co-Sound Designer in Untitled Experimental Documentary on Liza Lay, Outsider Art, Border/Latina Artist
Summer 2023 Director, Co-Editor, Producer, and Co-Sound Designer in Las Cartas de Doña Evangelina
Summer 2015 – 2021 Director, Co-Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and Co-Sound Designer in GUMARO
Summer 2014 – 2019 Director, Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and Sound Designer in WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY
Winter 2016 – 2017 Director of a multi-media and interdisciplinary Arts Laboratory, where more than 35 experimental videos and performances have been made that weave the literary, performative, visual, and media arts.
Spring 2017 Sound Recorder and Boom Operator in Manuel Huerta’s Doña Carmen
Spring 2014 Director, Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and Sound Designer in Aprendiendo/Learning – In Process
Fall-Spring 2013-2014 Personal Assistant to Bertha Alicia Aguilar Garcia’s short animation film named Los Niños de Wyvernwood
Summer 2013 Assistant Director and Assistant Producer of Bertha Alicia Aguilar Garcia’s Los Niños de Wyvernwood
Summer 2013 Director, Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and actor in Gabby’s Apartment/El departamento de Gabby – In Process
Spring 2012 Director, Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and actor in Charla de Familia/Family Talk
Fall 2011 – 2012 Director, Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and actor in Tiempo Libre/Free Time
Fall 2011 – 2012 Director and actor in MetaEarth Take 2
Fall 2011 Director, Editor, Producer, Co-Cinematographer, and actor in Asombros/Wonder
Spring 2011 Director, Editor, and Producer for The Eternal
Spring 2011 Director, Editor, and Producer for The Future
Fall 2008 – 2011 Facilitated New Media Photography, Video, Text, Sound, and Online Art Projects for LA CO-MEDIA’s (Los Angeles Media Collective) community groups in ANIMO Film and Theater Arts Charter High School, CASA LIBRE-FREEDOM HOUSE, Francis Blend Special Education Center, and the Wyvernwood Apartment Complex.
Summer 2010 Cinematographer and Co-Editor for a Journalistic Interview with Governor of Oaxaca Gabino Cue, Professor Hinojosa from UCLA, Oaxacan-American Actor Damian Delgado, and an Oaxacan-Angelino Chef; for LatinoCalifornia.com and OaxacaCalifornia.com
Spring 2010 Director, co-Editor, and co-Cinematographer for a 5-Minute Documentary on Wyvernwood Gardens Apartment Complex Historic Preservation and Los Angeles Conservancy Campaign, titled !Somos Wyvernwood!
Winter 2009 Editor for a 1-hour photographic and audiovisual timeline of Monseñor Romero’s Life and Assassination
Fall 2009 Editor and Cinematographer for a 30-Second Advertising Clip for the Los Angeles Theater Center
Summer 2009 Director, Editor, and Cinematographer for a 30-Minute Documentary on the Los Angeles Theater Center’s Summer Conservatory Program
Summer 2009 Director, Editor, and Cinematographer for a 5-Minute Documentary on the Los Angeles Theater Center’s Summer Conservatory Program
Summer - Winter 2008 New Media Photographer and Facilitator for the LA Freewaves “Hollywould” 2008 New Media Festival REMAPPING-LA Project for community groups in LACER Star-after school program at La Conte Middle School, Gay and Lesbian Elder Housing, Hollywood Street Cleaning Crew ‘Clean Streets’, and Oasis of Hollywood.
Spring 2007 Engaging the Los Angeles River, New Media Project Photographed and Produced
Fall 2006 Los Angeles River Blues, Co-Written, Co-Directed, Co-Cinematographed, Co-Edited, and Co-Produced
Fall 2006 Experiments with the Digital, Written, Directed, Cinematographed, Edited, and Produced
Spring 2006 UCLA Undergraduate Documentary Thesis Production, Inside the Wolf, Written, Directed, Produced, and Cinematography
Spring 2006 UCLA Undergraduate Screenwriting Thesis Feature-Length Script, Exiles of a Labyrinth, Written and Edited
Winter 2005 UCLA Undergraduate Documentary Production Messages in the Night, Documentary
Fall 2005 UCLA Undergraduate Documentary Production Fairytales and Happy Endings, Documentary
Fall 2005 UCLA Undergraduate Documentary Production We, American Students, Documentary
Winter 2004 UCLA Undergraduate Thesis Film Production, When Life Ends and Begins Again, Written, Directed, Produced, Co-Cinematographed, and Edited
Summer 2004 UCLA Undergraduate Production, El Escape, Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited
Spring 2004 UCLA Undergraduate Production, Valerie and Chris, Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited
Spring 2004 UCLA Undergraduate Production, Malodorous Hope, Written, Directed, Produced and Photographed
Winter 2003 UCLA Undergraduate Television-Production, Duality’s Presence and Absence, Written, Directed and Edited
Fall 2003 Videographer, documentarian, and facilitator of UCLA Equal Opportunity Production (EqOP) youth outreach after-school art programs A Documentary about Shenandoah Elementary School at Shenandoah Elementary School with youth particularly interested in film and video arts
Fall 2003 5 Short Screenplays, 10 Short Stories, & 15 Poems, Writer
Summer 2003 Perspectives of the Unconscious, Documentary
Spring 2003 Super Highway to Death and Destruction, Documentary
Spring 2002 A Drama of Meaningless Proportion, Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by Diego Robles
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SELECTED FILM/VIDEO SCREENING EXPERIENCE
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Los Angeles Filmforum hosted Public Screening and Showcase of The Wyvernwood Chronicles at the Los Angeles Filmforum, where screenings of in Las Cartas de Doña Evangelina, Gumaro, !Somos Wyvernwood!, Los Niños de Wyvernwood, El Futuro de Wyvernwood, Nosotros Somos Wyvernwood, and Nuestros Videos Culturales para la Preservación de Wyvernwood screened at 2220 Arts & Archives, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
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Public Screening and Showcase of The Wyvernwood Chronicles where screenings of WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY, We are Wyvernwood, Gumaro, !Somos Wyvernwood!, Los Niños de Wyvernwood screened at the main Art Gallery of Santa Fe Art Institute, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2023
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Los Angeles Filmforum hosted Public Screening and Showcase of The Wyvernwood Chronicles at the Los Angeles Filmforum, where screenings of WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY and We are Wyvernwood screened at 2220 Arts & Archives, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
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Film screening of Gumaro at San Diego State University, University Art Gallery, 2021
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Film screening of Gumaro at CSU San Bernardino, Art Department, 2021
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Video screening of an Audiovisual-Poster & Video Art piece titled “The Embodiment of Stardust”, at the Landmark Worldwide Conference for Transformation, 2020
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Video screening of an Audiovisual-Poster & Video Art piece titled “Artists & Scientists Borrowing Language from each Other to Step Beyond”, at the Landmark Worldwide Conference for Transformation, 2020
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Film screening of WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY at CSU San Bernardino, Art Department, 2019
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Film screening of Charla de Familia/Family Talk at CSU San Bernardino, Art Department, 2019
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Film screening of Messages in the Night at Self Help Graphic and Art, 2019
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Film screening of When Life Begins and Ends Again at Granada Hills Charter High School iGranada Campus, Los Angeles Unified School District, 2017
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Film screening of When Life Begins and Ends Again, We American Students, and Messages in the Night at John Wooden High School, Los Angeles Unified School District, 2017
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Film screening of When Life Begins and Ends Again, We American Students, and Messages in the Night at Esteban E. Torres High School, Los Angeles Unified School District, 2016
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Film screening of Perspectives of the Unconscious at Self-Help Graphics & Art, 2016
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Film screening of WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY at CalArt’s Teaching-Artists Summer Residency Program, 2016
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Film screening of Perspectives of the Unconscious at Self-Help Graphics & Art, 2015
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Bijou Film Festival Screening of WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY, in the category of ‘MFA Thesis Films’, 2014
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Film Screening of WYVERNWOOD: THE GARDEN CITY, at the CalArts Black & White Theater, with a Q & A with residents of Wyvernwood Gardens Apartment Complex, curated by Diego Robles and participated by Berenice Reynaud, 2014
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MI GENTE Film Festival screening of Charla de Familia/Family Talk at CalArts, in the category of ‘Documentary Shorts’, 2013
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Bijou Film Festival screening of Tiempo Libre/Free Time, in the category of ‘Films curated by Nina Menkes’, 2012
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Bijou Film Festival screening of MetaEarth Take 2, in the category of ‘16mm Film Production Class Film’, 2012
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Bijou Film Festival screening of Asombros/Wonder, in the category of ‘1-minute 16mm films’, 2012
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MI GENTE Film Festival at CalArts, in the category of ‘Feature Length Works’, 2012
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Screening of !Somos Wyvernwood!, When Life Begins and Ends Again, and Messages in the Night at the ‘Screenings of Films by New Students in the School of Film/Video MFA Program in Film/Video and Experimental Animation, 2011
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Film screening of Los Angeles River Blues at the Echo Park Film Center, 2011
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Film screening of Experiments with the Digital at the Echo Park Film Center, 2011
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Film screening of The Eternal at Landmark Wisdom Conference for Global Transformation Participant, 2010
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Film screening of The Future at Landmark Wisdom Conference for Global Transformation Participant, 2010
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Screening of a feature-length video of photographs about Monseñor Romero’s Life and Assassination at the Santa Ana Civic Center, 2009
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Film screening of !Somos Wyvernwood! at the Lou Costello Jr. Youth Center, 2009
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Film screening of When Life Begins and Ends Again, Fairytales and Happy Endings, We American Students, and Messages in the Night at Santa Monica Community College’s Film Club, 2008
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Film screening of When Life Begins and Ends Again, Fairytales and Happy Endings, We American Students, and Messages in the Night at Santa Monica Community College’s Film Club, 2007
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UCLA Student Film Festival at the James Bridges Theater of Inside the Wolf, in the category ‘Undergraduate Documentary Thesis Films’, 2006
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UCLA Student Film Festival at the James Bridges Theater of When Life Begins and Ends Again, in the category ‘Undergraduate Production Thesis Film Showcase’, 2005
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The short film Malodorous Hope was shown at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television’s ‘Directing the Camera’ class taught, and screening curated by filmmaker Gyula Gazdag, 2004
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The short film El Escape was shown at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television’s ‘Experimental Cinema’ class taught, and screening curated by filmmaker Belinda Starkie, 2004
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The short film Valerie and Chris was shown at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television’s ‘Digital Editing’ class taught, and screening curated by artist Bill Barminski, 2004
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UCLA Television Shorts Screening at the James Bridges Theater of Duality’s Presence and Absence for the ‘Undergraduate UCLA Film & Television Students Shorts Showcase’, 2004
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Screening of A Documentary about Shenandoah Elementary School at University of Witwatersrand, South Africa through UCLA’s Equal Opportunity Production (EqOP), 2003
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Screening of A Documentary about Shenandoah Elementary School at UCLA’s Equal Opportunity Production (EqOP), 2003
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Film screening of Super Highway to Death and Destruction at San Diego Mesa Community College’s Summer Art History Class, 2003
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Scripps Ranch High School Senior Thesis Project screening of A Drama of Meaningless Proportion, 2002
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SELECTED FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION CREDITS
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Production Assistant for American Health & Fitness, 2007
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Production Assistant for Cass Warner’s documentary The Brothers Warner, 2007
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Post-Production Intern for Kirby Dick’s documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, 2006
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Production Assistant for CSI: Criminal Minds, 2006
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Assistant Director and Editor for Roberto Enrique’s Music Video "Besame", 2006
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Art Director and Producer, UCLA Undergraduate Narrative Thesis Production, Skin, 2005