Felix Pineiro

Filmmaker, Director, Editor, Producer and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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About Felix

Felix Piñeiro is two-time DCASE Grant recipient and Finalist for the 2018 Chicago Filmmaker in Residence Award. He studied Film Production and Communications at Loyola University Chicago then went on to earn his MFA in Film Directing from EICAR: The International Film School of Paris in France.

His latest project is a short film entitled ADJUNTO about a struggling artist from Puerto Rico who ventured to Chicago to get clean and start over. It marks his first primarily Spanish language project. The project is produced by Quinn Nicholson (Knives & Skin, I Used To Go Here, Signature Move) with Executive Producer, Jennifer Reeder (Knives & Skin, Signature Move, Crystal Lake).

His last directorial effort was a narrative based music video for the band Local H entitled INNOCENTS featuring Michael Shannon. To date, INNOCENTS has won 4 Best Music Video Awards and has screened at a multitude of festivals including Atlanta Film Festival and Beverly Hills Film Festival. His last two shorts, "I Am Not Broken" (Chicago International Film Festival, Beverly Hills) and "Cycles" and screened at over 15 film festivals worldwide.

Other notable projects include SIGNATURE MOVE (SXSW 2017, Best Narrative Feature Outfest 2017 Dir. by Jennifer Reeder feat. Shabana Azmi, Fawzia Mirza), WRITTEN OFF starring Antoine McKay (Empire, Patriot), Chicago comedy THE JAMZ feat. David Pasquesi (Dir. Ted Tremper of The Daily Show, I Love You America feat. Sarah Silverman) indie horror film, ANGUISH directed by Sonny Mallhi (Strangers).

Gender:
Male

Ethnicity:
Latin/Hispanic

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Adjunto (2020)
Film Director / Writer / Editor
Bitter Melons (2019)
Film Editor
Funny Face (2019)
Film Director
Shadow (2018)
Film Editor
Local H - Innocents (2018)
Film Director / Editor
The Bobby Roberts Project (2018)
Film Producer
I Am Not Broken (2018)
Film Director / Writer / Editor
Hope Springs Eternal (2018)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Drive Slow (2017)
Film Editor
Public Housing Unit (2017)
TV Movie Editor
The Best Thing! (2017)
Film Editor
Written Off (2017)
Film Editor
Signature Move (2017)
Film Editor
Game Day (2017)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Weed U (2016)
TV Movie Editor
A Memory (2016)
Film Editor
The Jamz (2016)
TV Series Editor
Cycles (2016)
Film Director / Editor
Work in Progress: Anna Vanderlay (2016)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
Anguish (2015)
Film Associate Producer / Editor
A Light Beneath Their Feet (2015)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
The Secret Santa (2014)
TV Movie Camera and Electrical Department
Machine Baby (2014)
Film Editorial department
Happy Christmas (2014)
Film Actor
Dead Seriously (2010)
Film Producer
The Misaventures of Franck and Martha (2009)
Film Director
Eden (2009)
Film Camera and Electrical Department
The Surrogate (2009)
Film Miscellaneous Crew
Ponzi: Art of the Soft Sell (2008)
Film Editor
Zenia (2008)
Video Camera and Electrical Department
Rizla & McGee (2007)
Film Producer
Jihad (2006)
Video Editor
Untitled Will Clark Short Film (2005)
Film Producer
Underdogs
Director

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Awards

5th Annual Stage 32 Short Film Contest - FINALIST
(2020)
Dublin International Film & Music Festival - Best Music Video (Director)
(2018)
Independent Shorts Awards - Platinum Award - Best Music Video (Director)
(2018)
Outfest - Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature (Editor)
(2017)