Edgar Michael Bravo

Edgar Michael Bravo

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Filmmaker and Producer

Los Angeles, California

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About Edgar

Latino writer/director Edgar Bravo has explored the residual effects of the North American and Latino culture clash. During his studies at the UCLA graduate school of film (MFA, 1993), Mr. Bravo's film "Mi Casa", which dealt with Latino immigrants in L.A., won the grand prize at the A&E national film competition. This prestigious award helped launch his directorial career and Mr. Bravo took on his next challenge: "Mi Hermano" which was the first drama to deal with the ramifications of AIDS and Latino immigrants. This poignant, edgy film garnered Mr. Bravo a Cine Eagle award and was broadcast nationally on Univision and PBS.After receiving his Masters of Fine Arts from UCLA with honors, Mr. Bravo wrote and directed the feature I'll Love You Forever... Tonight (1992), which won national rave reviews including the L.A. & N.Y. Times. The project co-starred Thomas Jane (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, 61*, Dreamcatcher). Phaedra released the film nationally. Video distribution was handled by BlockBuster and Hollywood Video. Lumiere Films (producers of 'Leaving Las Vegas') saw I'll Love You Forever tonight and hired him to complete Venus Rising (1995), a feature that required a re-write and re-shoots. They were so pleased with Mr. Bravo's take on the material, that they hired him to write the feature "The Perfect Husband". Mr. Bravo's film "Mi Hermano" was viewed by Columbia-Tri-Star and Telemundo and led to his first directorial stint in television. Mr. Bravo shot an hour-long episode of Reyes y Rey (1998), a popular police drama based in a fictional Latino border town. The episode received such high ratings that he was contracted to direct two episodes of their other co-production "Angeles", a Latino version of 'Charlie's Angels.The award winning San Francisco writers Bob Vickery and Dale Chase granted Mr. Bravo rights to their stories after they reviewed his body of work. The result was the script "Lust, Love & Repetition", which is currently in production with Mr. Bravo as director. Mr. Bravo's script "The Closing Bell" has been selected by the Telluride Indie Fest as one of the top 25 indie scripts of 2002. Mr. Bravo's great dream is to direct his script, "The Conquest Of Mexico", which depicts the beauty of Mexico before the treachery of Cortez and European diseases he brought devastated a highly developed indigenous culture.

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  • The Mormon and the Dominatrix

    The Mormon and the Dominatrix (2017)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Comedy) Director, Writer Set in the late 1980's, a 19 year old Mormon missionary thinks he's fallen in love with a dominatrix until he starts running out of money.

  • A Young Man's Future

    A Young Man's Future (2016)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Drama) Director, Writer Two college students meet one year before graduation and have bright futures ahead until one of them develops schizophrenia.

  • Julie Loves to Gamble

    Julie Loves to Gamble (2016)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Drama) Director, Writer Julie, a single, broke, 31 year-old has always dreamed of owning a business with her childhood friend. After years of failing to raise the money needed to start her company, she resorts to gambling, believing that a big win at the casino is the only way to make her business dream a reality. She meets and falls for Stan, a co-owner at a debt collection agency who promises to help invest in her company. The plan is thrown into chaos when Julie discovers her best friend's life along with her children is threatened over a debt owed to a loan shark. To save Dolores, Julie must put her own life and her love for Stan on the line. Written by Anonymous

  • The Magic Stone

    The Magic Stone (2016)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Thriller) Director, Writer A journey into the mind of a homeless man who is trying to stay connected with reality as he struggles to protect a runaway boy and the girl he loves.

  • Monster Killer

    Monster Killer (2013)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Drama and Sci-Fi) Director, Writer A 155 year old slave from the Civil War era travels through parallel worlds absorbing the energy of serial killers to stay alive and slow down his aging. He saves the life of an 18-year-old boy from certain death, pulling him into another world where he was never born and begins teaching him how to survive. Their journey together will decide if both will be free to live forever or risk their lives to save innocent people from harm. Written by Anonymous

  • Mother's Red Dress

    Mother's Red Dress (2011)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Drama, Romance and Thriller) Director, Writer Adapted from real-life stories, MOTHER'S RED DRESS, is a thought-provoking, one-of-a-kind thriller/psychodrama about a young man, Paul, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who begins to recall a memory from childhood after seeing his mother kill her abusive boyfriend. Paul leaves home for a small town in Southern California where he meets a young woman, Ashley, who inspires him to rebuild his life. Paul is hopeful for his future with Ashley until he receives an urgent call from his mother who is dying of cancer and wants to reunite Paul with his father who abandoned them years ago. Paul returns home, ready to help his mother and reunite his father, but finds a terrible and painful truth waiting for him. Written by Anonymous

  • One Hour Fantasy Girl

    One Hour Fantasy Girl (2009)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Drama, Mystery, Romance and Thriller) Director, Writer Based on a true story, ONE HOUR FANTASY GIRL is a compelling coming-of-age drama that is like no other film of its kind. Boldly honest and thought provoking, the film introduces audiences to the world of a 20-yr-old fantasy girl: Becky Lewis, who escaped an abusive mother at the age of 15, surviving on her own in LA ever since. Having always struggled for money, Becky becomes business partners with Chi, an aspiring musician, who convinces her to work as a fantasy girl, acting out any fantasy a guy wants but no sex, no nudity and 100% legal. She immediately gains two frequent customers, Roger and Bobby, who change her life forever. Becky finds herself in a web of deceit, betrayal and murder that forces her to give up her own happiness. Shaken and bruised, yet determined to make it, Becky pushes forward hoping to earn enough money to invest in real estate and make the "big bucks." Her journey leads her to find an unlikely ally who, for a moment, gives her the break she's never had. Written by Anonymous

  • The Three Stages of Stan

    The Three Stages of Stan (2003)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo Director, Writer Based upon the short stories by San Francisco writers Dale Chase and Bob Vickery.

  • Reyes y Rey

    Reyes y Rey (1998)
    Television (Action, Crime and Drama) Director Two mismatched Latino detectives go undercover to break up crime in Southern California's Hispanic communities.

  • Venus Rising

    Venus Rising (1995)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Action) Director, Editor After escaping from the island prison where they grew up, Eve and Vegas make it to the "real world." But the world they discover is not what they expected. Set in the future, "Venus Rising" follows Eve and Vegas as they try to fit into a place where people are controlled by drugs and virtual reality. Meanwhile, the prison's owners try to track down the young couple. Soon, Eve and Vegas must fight to stay alive. Written by Kingtut

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love (1994)
    Film by Alexandre Rockwell (Comedy and Drama) Miscellaneous Crew, Thanks Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in love with Mercedes, but he doesn't dance or have money.

  • I'll Love You Forever... Tonight

    I'll Love You Forever... Tonight (1992)
    Film by Edgar Michael Bravo (Drama) Director, Writer, Editor, Producer Ethan is a photographer in Los Angeles, still in his 20s, gay, and given to one-night stands that, despite his willingness, don't seem to last past the next morning. His friend Dennis invites him on a getaway to Palm Springs where other friends join them. In the course of the next few days, Dennis and Ethan's relationship goes through several changes as one plays the other, as feelings get hurt, and as Ethan witnesses other men's difficulties with jealousy, commitment, and honesty. To whom can Ethan turn for assurance? To his family, to long-time friends, to his art? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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