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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.

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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 20 MILLION HITS ON TIK-TOK

BY ART DIRECTOR KAT WELLS.

OVER 7.5 MILLION VIEWS ONLINE.

MILK TEETH FILM

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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

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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.

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Created for Disney Channel.

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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.

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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.

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DISTANT

2017

A couple celebrates their anniversary thousands of miles apart.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

  • Pangolin Tracking Telemetry Project

  • Park Rangers' Bicycle Hand-over Project

  • Zululand Conservation Trust Project

  • 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

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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.

CLICK ABOVE TO WATCH

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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.

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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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KAIBAE ORGANICS

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PACKAGING

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