UNANNOUNCED HORROR FEATURE
Studio directorial debut for Paramount Players and Vertigo Entertainment.
UNANNOUNCED THRILLER FEATURE
Attached to direct period-thriller feature. Nicholls Semi-Finalist screenplay.
MILK TEETH
2020
An orphanage spirals into mayhem when a boy discovers a shadowy creature who comes to collect more than just the children's teeth…
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OVER 7.5 MILLION VIEWS ONLINE.
MILK TEETH FILM
REVIEWS
Milk Teeth blew me away with its del Toro-esque… everything. Not only is it a period piece at a boy’s orphanage, there’s a gruesome tooth fairy monster that both gives and takes away. Incredible production and art design, direction, creature effects, and cinematography. Vargas is exceptionally talented and I expect to hear a whole lot more from and about him in the future.
Michelle "Izzy" Galgana
Screen Anarchy
Channeling Guillermo del Toro, this tale about the tooth fairy makes for a memorable & haunting children's story. Some excellent direction by Felipe Vargas here, someone to keep an eye out for.
Nick
Bite Size Review
A macabre blend of WTF and cinematic beauty, via the Del Toro nightmare gallery! I love everything about this short!
Jay Kay
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
A wonderful blend of a shared nightmare AND shared battle we face growing up. It is also very well crafted -- I cringed HARD!
Macon Wilson
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
GENESIS: QUEEN OF THE SEAS
2021
A fantasy comedy kids series about a fearless 13-year-old latina with the ability to enter the murals and artwork around her! She struggles to become a surf champion, while keeping up with the fourth grade and her strict mother.
Teaser
Created for Disney Channel.
IN ANOTHER PLACE
2019
With no final destination in sight, an adventurous couple takes a leave-it-all-behind road trip north as their relationship falls apart.
GRAPEFRUIT & HEAT DEATH!
2019
An astronomy lesson on the scope of the universe sends a pair of high schoolers on an odyssey into the mind and out to the galaxies.
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THE GUIDE
2018
From a mysterious void, a guardian angel-like figure guides a man through his first romance.
SUMMER'S END
2018
On the final day of summer, a soon-to-be college student struggles to reconcile unraveling relations to his parents, girlfriend, and home.
DISTANT
2017
A couple celebrates their anniversary thousands of miles apart.
VESSEL
2017
After his wife's passing, a South Floridian carpenter carves his grandson a toy boat, as he contemplates life's voyage...
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MIGHTY
2016
An extravagant imagination and an extraordinary incident help a young girl discover the hero within her.
PROCESSING
2016
At the end of their ropes, two strangers find themselves in an unusual waiting room for the dead.
A FIERCE CALM
2015
Longing for some peace during an insanely hectic week, a frenzied teenager rethinks his chaotic lifestyle.
Writing and Producing for Film & Television.
Please reach out to representatives for Screenplay and Pilot Samples.
Additionally, all of the above films were written by Felipe Vargas, besides Milk Teeth and Genesis.
LOTERÍA
Pilot
Fantasy, Adventure, Magical Realism
Pilot Writer and Co-Executive Producer of Series in development at Norman Lear's ACT III Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and IMDb TV / Amazon.
Creators Alberto Belli and Juan Pablo Reyes.
UNTITLED FAMILY FILM
Feature
Animated, Family, Fantasy
A Caribbean spin to a beloved IP for Mattel Films, produced by beloved actor Anthony Ramos.
THE VOLUNTOURIST
Pilot
Thriller, Adventure, Satire
An ensemble mystery series set in the murky exotic world of Voluntourism. In development with Boat Rocker Studios and acclaimed author Ibram X. Kendi.
THE GUIDE
Feature
Fantasy, Magical Realism
From a lonely field in the timeless beyond, a melancholic guardian angel guides the clashing inhabitants of a house on a hill towards happiness, invisibly steering their tangled lives with her wagon full of magical items through pyramids of screens.
THE MOUTH OF THE FURNACE
Feature
Horror, Grounded Fantasy
Based on Colombia’s terrifying myth of La Patasola, this horror-fantasy feature is set deep within the Colombian jungle, where a miner’s lonely son discovers a shadowy creature who offers a way out of their poor mining town, for a price…
AFTERIMAGES
Pilot
Thriller, Fantasy/Sci-Fi
In a world where our five most impactful memories print out upon death, a detective's teenage son is accused of murdering his own estranged grandfather.
Now a fugitive, he must retrace his grandpa’s life through the memories left behind, tracking the
true killer hidden in past memories.
Based on Afterimages.
In Development with Producer Tony Jonas.
YOUNG LORDS PROJECT
Series in Development
Young Adult, Historical, Biopic
The rise and fall of the Young Lords in the 1960s, from Puerto Rican street gang to incendiary civil rights organization fighting for Latino rights.
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BREAKING THEIR SILENCE
WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE POACHING CRISIS
Documentary Feature
An orphanage spirals into mayhem when a boy discovers a shadowy creature who comes to collect more than just the children's teeth…
Co-edited with Eric Pritchard.
Directed by Kerry David.
As seen on:
OVER & ABOVE AFRICA
2018 - 2020
Various short-form documentary films for Over & Above Africa, a project-based, anti-poaching non-profit organization.
Including:
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Pangolin Tracking Telemetry Project
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Park Rangers' Bicycle Hand-over Project
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Zululand Conservation Trust Project
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Rhino De-Horning Educational Project
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OPEN SECRET
Documentary Feature
A white professor teams up with an outspoken black reverend to tackle racial bias and the unchecked sexual abuse of minors stemming back over 3 decades in a Southern school district .
Directed by Kerry David.
Coming soon...
COMMERCIAL & MUSIC VIDEO
DIRECTING
ALL THE HIGHS
By San Holo
2022
In this music video for acclaimed artist San Holo, a jogger realizes that every person he passes by has their own story - their own highs and lows.
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WELCOME TO WURSTKÜCHE
2019
A four part series of one minute advertisements, promoting the beloved Los Angeles restaurant chain of Würstkuche.
SOCCER REEL WORK
2013 - 2016
A series of videography and editing work highlighting over a dozen soccer player, including professional World Cup player George Acosta.
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