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DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER

About

Manuel Alejandro Vargas was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico on July 10th 1987. A proud student of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Germán with a degree in Graphic Arts & Printing. He moved to the United States to pursue a career in filmmaking, studying at Austin Community College for film and TV production.

He has worked on a number of films, features and commercials as assistant director among other crew positions. His true passion is writing and directing. Manuel Vargas directed Argumento (2018), a drama short film about a young couple having a heated argument, shot entirely in one continuous take. He follow that up with Isabella (2019), about the emotional journey of a young girl dealing with loss for the first time in her life.

He’s currently working on a crime drama mini-series Hall Investigations (2019) with frequent collaborator Christian Sanchez. Hall Investigations tells the story of a young private detective trying to solve the mystery of a missing girl.  He’s also working on his first music video Ghost (2019), about a man who keeps seeing the same woman everywhere he goes. Shot on 16 mm film.

 

“Filmmaking is the one storytelling tool where you keep rediscovering your vision. It evolves and reshapes throughout the three stages of production to the point that it can surprise you.”