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el mero mero

Ad Exec by day... FILM MAKER AT HEART!!!

About Me

About Me: well I was born and raised in San Antonio's Westside. I come from a middle class family that worked hard to put all of its kids through college. I have six brothers and sisters. Three are my adopted cousins but that has never been an issue. I graduated form St. Mary's University here in SA. I studied for two summers in Innsbruck, Austria (I can order beer, ask for the bathroom, say three cuss words, and ask for something else in German( Blodes arschloch, Scheisse and Willst Du ficken oder was?). Right out of college started working for Nielsen Media Research. Did that for about eight years untill I found my calling in FILM. I left a comfy job with a BIG steady paycheck, company car and expense account to work my way through the production field. I've worked on several major/and small films that have been shot here but at that time San Antonio didn't really have a steady film industry (it still doesn't but it's gettin better). About five years ago my brother and I started a webdesign and marketing firm which has kind of evolved into a small ad agency. I am still very involved in the San Antonio Film Scene. I've produced or directed five shorts in the past three years. With my latest "Encore" winning the SA 48Hr Film Expierence. Currently it is making it's way in the film festival circut. I am currently in production of a documentry and will soon shoot my first Spanish language short "Silencio" And that is a short over view of me.Some Pics from Hawaii... More to come....Myspace Contact Tables
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My Interests

Film, Film, and Film. Also, good times with friends, traveling, and reading.

I'd like to meet:

Three people I'd like to meet: 1. Federico Fellini 2. Akira Kurosawa 3. Salvador Dali

Music:

I am a fan of just about all types of music. Rock, Latin, Country, R & B, Jazz, Oldies, 80's and of course Thalia Local scene: Bombasta, Third Tree, Sexto Sol, and Laura Marie

Movies:

I really enjoy all sorts of fims. Foreign, independant, arthouse and main stream, comedy, drama, documentry, dark, horror. I like some films for their dialogue, some for cinematography, some for acting, some for directing and some for no reason what so ever.The following are just a few in no special order: Seven Samurai (1954), the Hidden Fortress (1954), Ran (1985), La Dolce Vita (1960), La Voce Della Luna (1989), North by Northwest (1959), Chinatown (1974), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Cronos (1993), Amores Perros (2000), Clerks (1994), Dogma (1999), Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994), the Last Days of Disco (1998), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980) still scares me!, Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Citizen Kane (1941), the Station Agent (2004), El Maiachi (1992), Donnie Darko (2001), Blade Runner (1982), Giant (1956), Lone Star (1995), Casablanca (1942), Apocalypse Now (1979), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Cape Fear (1962),Les Vapires (1915), and Scareface (1983).There are many, many more... including some of my films, Crazy Life, TKO, and Encore to name a few.

Television:

I really don't have too much time for TV. But I do try and catch The West Wing, Entourage, My Name is Earl and Two and a Half Men.

Books:

I usally don't have time to read much but favorite book is the Celistine Prophecy. If anyone has read it, you know that reading my profile is no coincidence. Other books, Rebel without a Crew (Robert Rodriguez's diary of El Mariachi) and just finished The House of Mirth (yes it's a chick book but a chick friend asked me to read it!)

Heroes:

Some may say it's corny but, My Dad (R.I.P.) and Mom

My Blog

The "SILENCIO" Curse continues

Well fans the curse on my Spanish langue film "Silencio" continues. We were set to begin filming this weekend and next. We put together a great cast from our firlst two casting calls. We had a great r...
Posted by el mero mero on Fri, 05 May 2006 11:22:00 PST

Back From NALIP

Just got back from Long Beach, CA. I was there for a confrence. The National Association of Latino Indepentant Producers (NALIP) i s an organization created about eight years ago by producers, directo...
Posted by el mero mero on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:22:00 PST