Oscar Moreno

Director, Producer and Screenwriter

El Paso, Texas

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About Oscar

I'm a borderland bilingual Mexican filmmaker and writer. I'm an optioned screenwriter with scripts and short films that have placed highly and won awards in festivals and contests around the world such as the Sundance Lab and the Austin Film Festival. My prose work has appeared in the New York Times, The Wire's Dream Magazine, Levadura and Somos en Escrito. My love of storytelling has stemmed from filmmaking and impacted different aspects of my life. And although I deal with different genres and subjects, my main aspiration is to bring unique, fresh perspectives to stories about the border. I feel they are necessary now more than ever. Currently seeking representation *Writes in English and Spanish *

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Male

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FATAL DRAFT Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror ⋄ Comedy A young writer suspected of murder must clear her name and uncover the identity of the killer who is hunting down her colleagues and friends.
SALVADORA Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Thriller In a future America where immigrants and refugees are hunted down by a fascist government, a young woman must use her newfound teleportation powers to rescue them while she struggles with her anxiety.
HEDGEHOGS Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy ⋄ Drama An anxious college freshman befriends a party-loving junior girl, both hatching a plan to escape with a suicidal friend from the political tensions in the Texas borderland to California.
Sanctuary Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller In order to protect a young immigrant, an activist must prevent a group of white supremacists from breaking into her home.
SLEEPWALKER Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror A woman tending to her catatonic husband discovers who's responsible for the wounds she keeps waking up with.
Alien Girl Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama Hoping to be reunited with her abducted mother, a teenage girl and her best friend run away from home to make alien contact as they're chased by their families, friends and the law.
Someday Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama A paranoid young man is visited by a woman who claims to be not just from the future, but also his wife
Narcotunel Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller A young couple must escape from a narcotúnel after they're held hostage by a cartel boss who manipulates them against each other as they find themselves caught in a turfwar.
Renaissance Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Adventure In a dystopian future, two astronauts must travel to space to seek human refugees and the works of art they may have taken with them to recover Earth's culture.
Caution: Wet Floor Budget: $0 - $100K | Comedy A shy young man must use desperate and dangerous measures to get the attention of the girl of his dreams.
Actors and Spies Budget: $30M+ | Thriller ⋄ Historical A German actress spying for the Nazis in Mexico collides with a Mexican actor that is secretly an FBI agent. Inspired by real events.
Fates Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror ⋄ Fantasy Series logline: After the noble and powerful hero of an alternate fantasy world becomes a terrifying villain, his former allies and friends must unite forces across multiple realities before he destroys them all.
Regreso Budget: $100K - $1M | Action ⋄ Thriller Targeted for death by her ex-girlfriend - a vengeful cartel boss - a recently paroled convict must strike back with the help of the one friend who hasn't deserted her.
We'll Walk Together Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance ⋄ Drama In the Juárez/El Paso border, a British student must help her Mexican boyfriend fight against the American government after they take away his student visa, as the separation across the border complicates their relationship.

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Credits

Our Lady Rosario (2018 - 2019)
Film (short) by Ink Films Inc. Director and Screenwriter A teleporter must confront her worst fears so she can save a refugee from a fascistic enforcer.
White Army - DJ FRVNK HERNANDEZ (2017)
Video Director and co-writer
Game Over (2016)
Film (short) Director, co-writer and actor A young woman becomes stuck in a timeloop reliving the day of her break-up.
Cuando No Te Vea (2016)
Film (short) Director and Writer A man becomes obsessed with recording his girlfriend.
De Lunes a Viernes (2014)
Film (short) Director and writer
La Carta de los Secretos (2013)
Film (short) Director and writer After wanting a relationship with her, a young woman dares a friend of hers to see if he really knows her. And boy, does he know her...
Hedgehogs (2012)
Film (short) Director and co-writer A college freshman and a college sophmore become friends, but their friendship is troubled by their desire to change each other.
Palabras (2008)
Director and writer A mute man goes on an adventure.

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Awards

Second Rounder - Comedy Screenplay - To the End - Austin Film Festival
(2014)
Second Rounder - Hedgehogs - Sundance Lab
(2014)
Semifinalist - La Carta de los Secretos - Make It Short Contest by Antonio Banderas Fragrances
(2013)
Best Short Film - Erizos - Love Film Festival
(2012)
Best Dramatic Short Film - The Stretlight Kiss - Sun City Film Festival
(2010)

Education

University of Texas at El Paso
(2016-2019)
Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juárez
(2013-2015)
University of Texas - El Paso
(2008-2012)