My name is Marco WestWood Gonzalez and I have been making short films for 10 years+ in order to practice my craft and simply because I love filmmaking. I'm from San Diego, but recently moved out to LA to try and get my foot in the door. I'm continuing to work on my shorts while I can, as well as am writing feature film screenplays I hope to be able to get out and pitch. Looking forward to working with other creatives on here and elsewhere.
You can check out some of my work here (or below in the YouTube link):
Why is this Happening to Me? Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror A post-mortem Photographer is haunted by his dead brother, and after it starts to affect his friends and family, he is forced to face the consequences of his past actions.
The Dead Don't Dream Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Drama After spending 9 years becoming a cold-hearted contract killer, Max Ridley is forced to return to his childhood hometown to care for his kid nephew.
The Final Frontier Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Sci-fi A career criminal becomes entangled in an extraterrestrial conspiracy while searching for his abducted friend, all while being hunted by a vengeful thug.
Black Hole Bannion Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Mystery A private detective collects evidence to uncover the true identity of the "Sandman", the individual responsible for manufacturing and administering an illegal dream-drug therapy that is working to turn it's patients into hopeless, broken addicts.
Sonny Days Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Horror An obsessed Crime Scene Photographer befriends a mysterious loner who helps her track down a serial killer.
The Long Night in Hell Budget: $5M - $10M | Mystery ⋄ Film-noir JR, a private detective on a downward spiral, discovers that old and new cases of his are linked in connection to a secret cult.
.. And It Only Cost Me My Soul Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Action When Vincent is enlisted by his adoptive father to collect soul-contracts, he learns that Hell and demons are real..
Where Did You Sleep Last Night Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Crime Two ex-lovers are forced back into each other’s lives when the egomaniacal predator they once stole from is released from prison.
The Bird and the Butterfly Budget: $1M - $5M | Western ⋄ Crime After her brother is murdered, a Texas Sheriff abandons the law and decides to take revenge against the vile gangster responsible.
Cerebrum
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films
Director/Writer/Editor Simon, debilitated by Parkinson’s Disease, takes back control of his body after receiving an implant in his brain that runs on a yearly subscription.
Clint
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Crime and Drama)
Director/Writer/Editor Clint, a career thief, creates an alter ego through his writing which also helps him cope with his mental health.
The Color of Blood
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films
Director/Writer/Editor Alexio, a tough guy with something to prove, is finally given a real job: to hunt down and kill the notorious mob enforcer "Black Eddie". Along the way, he's challenged by others who have witnessed Black Eddie's reign of terror first hand. The legend is becoming real...
Life After Death
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Drama and Sci-Fi)
Director/Writer/Editor In the near future, a grieving wife struggles to accept her husband's return from the dead due to his "life" insurance.
Cereal Killer
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy and Crime)
Director/Writer/Editor The hunt for a serial killer rages on with Special Agents McCallister and Romero on the case. Meanwhile, a couple of stoners may or may not have information regarding said killer. All of their lives collide in CEREAL KILLER.
Spider-Man: Syndrome
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy)
Director/Writer/Editor Spidey faces his greatest villain yet.. one almost 60 years in the making.
L'éternuement
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy)
Director/Co-Writer/Co-Editor "L'éternuement" (The Sneeze), is a comedy short we made for the San Diego 48 Hour Film Project 2019. We tied first place for the Audience Choice Award.
Scarlett has a very important deadline to make by the end of the day, but a reoccurring mystery sneeze keeps her from her work. She cannot, WILL NOT, rest until she finds the culprit and plugs them up for good..
Benjamin
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Crime)
Director/Writer/Editor BENJAMIN follows a handful of characters (all criminals of varying degree), but at it's core is about the strained relationship between two loan shark brothers who are dealing with their late father's death and the sole object he left behind for them in his will: a hundred dollar bill.
Sonny Days
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Drama and Thriller)
Director/Writer/Editor Sonny Diaz roams downtown San Diego through the nights, seeking companionship, but there is something more sinister lurking beneath his loner facade..
The Typewriter
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Drama and Romance)
Director/Writer/Editor "The Typewriter" tells the story of Orson, a young man who dresses and speaks like something out of the 1950s. Then, boy meets girl. He hopes to live out that perfect white picket fence dream, but the question is, whether or not he can still do that and live in the present..
The Exterminators: 2 Too Many
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy)
Director/Writer/Editor Carl (Ricky Romero) and Mitch (Siggy Bobonis) are back after being enlisted by WestWood, failed rapper-turned-drug dealer, to exterminate his backstabbing customers.
Loving Things
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy and Documentary)
Director/Writer/Editor A WestWood Films Mockumentary about objectum sexuals. Inspired by some stranger than fiction stuff.
Join the Gang
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy and Crime)
Director/Writer/Editor After getting roughed up by the punk po-leece, Black Midi and Gutterwater, two ignorant, self-supposed, gangster-wannabees, decide they need to get with the times and get politically correct. They hope to achieve this through diversifying their gang...
That's So Not Metal
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy and Horror)
Director/Writer/Editor Kevin the Unfaithful visits a a trio of metal-head, Satan-worshiping wannabees, looking to become part of their group.
The Woods
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy and Horror)
Director/Writer/Editor A man runs for his life from a force of inexplicable and utter evil.. until, he realizes the form of the evil isn't quite what he was expecting.
The Exterminators
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Comedy)
Director/Writer/Editor Carl and Mitch decide to take it upon themselves to rid of the so-called problem of "overpopulation". Hilarity ensues.
Positively 4th Street
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Crime and Drama)
Director/Writer/Editor After Bobby rips off their boss, Gian, Alan is forced to make a decision. He must choose between his career, in a world where the only way to survive is to move up, or his friendship to Bobby Altman.
The Schnook
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Film (short)
by WestWood Films (Crime)
Director/Writer/Editor Carlo dies a little bit inside every day he's tucked away in the witness protection program. He reminisces about the good ol' days.. deciding to take his life back.
Best Screenplay - MP Film Awards
(2022)