Documentaries and short films
2004 Esquivel “See it in Sound”. The life of Juan Garcia Esquivel. This documentary is a homage to the extraordinary life of a Mexican composer - musician Juan Garcia Esquivel who produced the first ever Stereo Album and who was the forefather to lounge music.
Winner of the Mexican television awards, the “Pantalla de Cristal”, for best edit and sound, 2004.
Director – Camera - Editor
2005 The Bridge. This experimental short film journeys into the surreal world of two angels that exist high above Mexico cities urban sprawl. Official Selection - Tantalizing Shorts - Los Angeles 2007.
DP - Editor
2007 Papalotzin “The flight of the Monarch Butterfly”. This documentary is about a 5000 km journey from Canada to Central Mexico in a micro-light plane, flying alongside the yearly migration of a mind blowing fifty million tiny Monarch Butterflies. Cactus Film production.
Official Selection - FICMAC - Spain - Docs DF - Morelia, Special screening, 2007 MEXICO - Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, Jan 2008. "Who's Your Mama" Earth Day and Environmental Film Festival - Ohio, 2008. Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival - Doha, Qatar, April 2008. Winner for best nature in flight documentary - Festival International del Aire, FIA El Yelmo, Spain July 2008.
Director – Camera - Editor
2007 Life on the Line. This documentary follows Central American migrants crossing Mexico on freight trains and delves deep into hardships they encounter on the way, as they search for a better life and the American dream. Cactus Film production.
Official selection - Docs DF , Mexico 2007. Festival de Cine de Zacatecas - Mexico, 2007. Winner best short doc. Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival Doha, Qatar, April 2008.
Producer - 2nd Camera
Editor, Post production & Special Effects
Red Square Editing - London / Spice Girls “Wanabee” / Alabama Three / Volvo / Take Me Home / The Arts Council of Great Britain / Labour Party campaign / Sabritas / General Motors / Clorets / XX lager / Sol beer / Ford Pickups / Chevy / Trident / Mini Cooper / Leys / Nevada Tourism / Hard Rock / Spirit / Aventuera / Canal 22 / Conaculta / Canal Once / BBC / Aljazeera
Camera
BBC / ABC / Big Brother, Mexico / Road Rules, Mex / Gilligan's Island, Mexico / Hard Rock Hotel Vegas / Hotel Emporio / Starbucks / Cafeina / Acapulco Diana / Renult Clio MTV / Spirit / Human Rights Commission / Discovery Channel / Para gliding / Red Bull / Canal 22 / Wakeboard championship / Del Valle / Canal Once / Tolantongo Girls / Digi and Gabo / Starfuckers / Eco Alberto / The Bridge / WWF Mexico / Fashion Week / Comedy Central / The Monarch Effect / Cactus Film & Video / Aljazeera.
I have enjoyed a number of years working closely with Jose Cohen and Cactus film and Video Mexico. Cactus provides a professional crewing service, a large range of Cameras and equipment and a talented multilingual staff.