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STATEMENT

Perdido is a multigenerational drama about fathers, sons, and the legacies they leave each other.  It is inspired by my own personal experience trying to reconnect with my father prior to his death and my journey to deliver a song he wrote to his favorite singer, Vicente Fernandez.  While the story takes place in the early 2000’s, the central theme of “talented people never getting to fulfill their dreams and never living up to one’s potential” draws many parallels to my life now, over a decade later.  Like the lead character’s journey to fulfill his destiny, by bringing this story to life, I fulfill my own, and in doing so hope to inspire others to pursue theirs as well.


VISION

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SPOTLIGHT

Perdido was selected by Screen Craft as the SCREENPLAY SPOTLIGHT for the month of March 2017. 

Perdido was described as: 

"A tightly paced and emotionally earnest multigenerational drama 
that tells at its core a very relatable story of fathers and sons 
and the legacies that they leave each other. There are myriad 
sources of weighty, sustainable conflict—both external and 
internal/interpersonal—and the script offers an appealing blend of 
voice and cultural specificity and universality."

Perdido is Currently a ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship finalist,
the script was also submitted for the Sundance Institute
Feature Film Program Latino Fellowship
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Atlanta Film Festival Screen Play Competition

2018 Quarter Finalist 


WE SCREEN PLAY

2017, 2018 DIVERSE VOICES SEMIFINALIST 

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