Artist Statement

I've always had an interest in the macabre. Perhaps this has to do with my Mexican upbringing. As a cilld my parent would tell my siblings and I horror stories about ghost and demons and the atrocities committed by human beings that they themselves experienced. Whether or not the stories that they told me were true is insignificant, for the impact they had on me is undeniable.  The magnificent work of Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman and the modern filmmaker Guillermo del toro not only fascinates me but helped me realize that film is the medium I desire to work in. My early childhood was marked with religion (catholicism) and this contributed to an early obsession with the unknown, most specifically death and God. My early work (creative writing) consisted heavily on these two topics, but as I shifted to screenwriting they slowly became more of a second character. As of late my work has focused mainly on human obsessions and motivations. I want my work to focus on the depths of human emotion and the consequences they bring when they are pushed too far from the edge.