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Nestor Valenzuela

Los Angeles, CA

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Skilled freelance filmmaker specializing in directing, lighting, and grip. Jib owner and operator. Over seven years of filmmaking experience. Fluent in Spanish, beginner in French and German. Grip permit with Local 80.

Credits

6/22 – 6/22

Gaffer – Soul of Nation (Season 1)

ABC — TV — ABC News

6/22 – 6/22

Key Grip – Holiday Twist

Film (Feature-length)

6/22 – 6/22

Key Grip – Breakup Text

Film (Short)

6/22 – 6/22

5/22 – 6/22

Key Grip – Pinewood

Film (Short)

5/22 – 6/22

5/22 – 5/22

Key Grip – Untitled Documentary

Film (Feature-length) — Sound Mind Creative Group

5/22 – 5/22

Key Grip – Rhodes Creative - Direct TV Studio

DirecTV — Advertising

5/22 – 5/22

4/22 – 4/22

Key Grip – Are You Awake?

Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival — Film (Short)

4/22 – 4/22

Dolly Grip – Follow the Science

Film (Short) — Sound Mind Creative Group

4/22 – 4/22

Key Grip – Attack on Titan

Film (Feature-length) — The Asylum

4/22 – 4/22

Key Grip – NM Culture Of Respect

Corporate

4/22 – 4/22

3/22 – 3/22

Grip – The Kardashians - An ABC News Special

ABC — TV — ABC News

3/22 – 3/22

Key Grip – Gavin Haley - Lottery

Red Bull Records — Music Video

3/22 – 3/22

Key Grip – Gavin Haley - Mine

Red Bull Records — Music Video

3/22 – 3/22

Key Grip – Lugnut Inc

Top Ranked Boxing — Advertising

3/22 – 3/22

2/22 – 3/22

Key Grip – 20 in a Pack

Film (Feature-length) — Sunsun Films

2/22 – 3/22

2/22 – 2/22

Grip – First Time

Film (Short)

2/22 – 2/22

Key Grip – Ogilvy

Elta MD — Advertising — Fresh Film, LLC.

2/22 – 2/22

Key Grip – Kofi - On Me

Red Bull Records — Music Video — Black Crow Productions

2/22 – 2/22

Key Grip – Kofi X 2KBaby - Haunt Me

Red Bull Records — Music Video

2/22 – 2/22

Grip – Natural Selection

State Farm — Advertising

2/22 – 2/22

1/22 – 1/22

Gaffer – Tow

Film (Feature-length)

1/22 – 1/22

Key Grip – The Bell Keeper

Film (Feature-length) — Hank Movie LLC

1/22 – 1/22

12/21 – 12/21

Key Grip – NLE Choppa - Lick Me Baby

Red Bull TV — Music Video

12/21 – 12/21

Grip – Breathing Room: Moon'Marked Journey

Film (Short)

12/21 – 12/21

11/21 – 11/21

Grip – The Sitter

Film (Feature-length)

11/21 – 11/21

Gaffer – IG Live

#BuyBlack — Advertising — B17 Entertainment/Copper Hill Entertainment

11/21 – 11/21

10/21 – 10/21

Gaffer – Phone Swap (Season 15)

Snapchat — Digital

10/21 – 10/21

Key Grip – Bellyfull

Film (Short)

10/21 – 10/21

9/21 – 10/21

Grip – Grimcutty

Film (Feature-length) — Grimcutty LLC

9/21 – 10/21

9/21 – 9/21

Grip – 90 Fiance Tell All (Season 12)

TLC — TV

9/21 – 9/21

Key Grip – Mufasa - Weekend

Music Video

9/21 – 9/21

8/21 – 9/21

Gaffer – Restaurant Rivals (Season 1)

Discovery+ — TV

8/21 – 9/21

8/21 – 8/21

Key Grip – Bottomless Brunch at Colmans (Season 4)

AMC — Digital

8/21 – 8/21

7/21 – 7/21

Key Grip (Second Unit) – Paul's Promise

Film (Feature-length) — Damascus Road Productions

7/21 – 7/21

Key Grip – Billie Eilish Up Close

BBC — TV

7/21 – 7/21

Grip – Badflower - Don't Hate Me

Big Machine Records — Music Video

7/21 – 7/21

Gaffer – Jake And Fanny - Les Gens Comme Trois

E.47 Records — Music Video

7/21 – 7/21

Gaffer – Calvin Davis Jr. - No Other Way

Music Video

7/21 – 7/21

Grip – Karman And Hooman - Ba To Mastam

Avang Music — Music Video

7/21 – 7/21

Gaffer – How Do You Fall Out Of Love With Country Music

Film (Short)

7/21 – 7/21

6/21 – 6/21

Gaffer – Ni Aqui Ni Alla

Film (Short)

6/21 – 6/21

Grip – Lola Blanc - Here Come the Wolves

L.B Music — Music Video

6/21 – 6/21

Key Grip (A Real Boy) – Scarlett's Lab

Advertising — Brat Inc.

6/21 – 6/21

Key Grip – Woman To Woman

Film (Short)

6/21 – 6/21

Grip – Welcome To Our Home

Film (Short)

6/21 – 6/21

Gaffer – Assemble TV

Advertising

6/21 – 6/21

5/21 – 5/21

Best Boy Grip – Lucy's Last Song

Film (Short)

5/21 – 5/21

Grip (Kid Cudi) – Prime Day Show

Prime Video — Digital

5/21 – 5/21

Grip – Keke Palmer - Big Boss

Music Video — Watch Out For Keke Touring

5/21 – 5/21

Director of Photography (DP) (Co-Director) – Archangels Thunderbird - Devotion

Music Video

5/21 – 5/21

Grip – Phenohunting

Film (Short)

5/21 – 5/21

4/21 – 4/21

Key Grip – A Broken Mother

Film (Feature-length)

4/21 – 4/21

Gaffer – Farnsworth Production - Halo Training

Advertising

4/21 – 4/21

3/21 – 3/21

Gaffer – Catie Turner 'Mama'

Music Video

3/21 – 3/21

Electrician – Deftones 'Ceremony'

Music Video

3/21 – 3/21

Grip – Latin From Manhattan

Film (Feature-length)

3/21 – 3/21

2/21 – 2/21

Key Grip – One Time Live

Mandolin — Digital

2/21 – 2/21

11/20 – 11/20

Key Grip – Hotline

Film (Feature-length)

11/20 – 11/20

Gaffer – The Rebels of The PT-218

Film (Feature-length)

11/20 – 11/20

10/20 – 10/20

Key Grip – Burnout

Film (Feature-length)

10/20 – 10/20

8/20 – 8/20

Key Grip – Fairy Godmother's Apprentice

Film (Short)

8/20 – 8/20

7/20 – 7/20

Gaffer – Airliner Sky Battle

Film (Feature-length)

7/20 – 7/20

1/20 – 7/20

Gaffer – Literary Delivery

Film (Feature-length) — Western Exit

1/20 – 7/20

6/20 – 6/20

Gaffer – Asteroid-A-Gedden

Film (Feature-length)

6/20 – 6/20

Grip – Another Creative - Beverage Tractor Co.

Advertising

6/20 – 6/20

5/20 – 6/20

Second Assistant Camera – Journey To Hell

Film (Feature-length)

5/20 – 6/20

4/20 – 4/20

Gaffer – Jojo - Come Back

Music Video

4/20 – 4/20

3/20 – 3/20

Gaffer – How To Affect Gravity

Film (Short)

3/20 – 3/20

Director of Photography (DP) – The Triangle

Film (Short)

3/20 – 3/20

1/20 – 1/20

Gaffer – Collision Earth

Film (Feature-length) — The Asylum

1/20 – 1/20

12/19 – 12/19

Grip – Chicken Girls

YouTube — Digital — Brat inc

12/19 – 12/19

11/19 – 12/19

Grip – Death Rider

Film (Feature-length) — El Diablo Pictures

11/19 – 12/19

11/18 – 12/19

Producer – Joan Distracted

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

11/18 – 12/19

Director – Joan Distracted

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

11/18 – 12/19

11/19 – 11/19

Grip – Crimson Apple - Sorry Now

Music Video

11/19 – 11/19

Grip – Into The Forest - Yale

Advertising

11/19 – 11/19

10/19 – 11/19

Grip – Death Rider in the house of Vampires

Film (Feature-length)

10/19 – 11/19

10/19 – 10/19

Grip – The Bubble

Film (Short)

10/19 – 10/19

Grip – Eurotrash

Film (Feature-length)

10/19 – 10/19

Grip – The Strip

Film (Short)

10/19 – 10/19

Key Grip – Creative Images - Go Sleep

Advertising — Creative Images

10/19 – 10/19

Gaffer – Scout Expedition Co - The Nest

Advertising

10/19 – 10/19

9/19 – 10/19

Grip – Capp's Crossing, Wrong Side Of Dead

Film (Feature-length)

9/19 – 10/19

9/19 – 9/19

Assistant Director – YULU

Advertising

9/19 – 9/19

Still Photographer – Emm In Real Life - Freedom

Music Video

9/19 – 9/19

8/19 – 8/19

First Assistant Camera – Monsters Of Suburbia

Film (Short)

8/19 – 8/19

Gaffer – Muma

Film (Short)

8/19 – 8/19

Key Grip – YULU

Advertising

8/19 – 8/19

7/19 – 7/19

Key Grip – Pharmacopeia

Film (Short)

7/19 – 7/19

6/19 – 7/19

Key Grip – Boy Makes Girl

Film (Feature-length)

6/19 – 7/19

6/19 – 6/19

Gaffer – The Sea

Film (Short)

6/19 – 6/19

Grip – Watch Jessica Die

Film (Feature-length)

6/19 – 6/19

5/19 – 5/19

Key Grip – Vanity

Film (Short)

5/19 – 5/19

3/19 – 3/19

Gaffer – Rip and Burn: Chapter 2

Film (Short) — Verdant Entertainment

3/19 – 3/19

Gaffer – Cigarettes In December

Film (Short)

3/19 – 3/19

2/19 – 2/19

Grip – Starf*cker

Film (Feature-length) — Cohencidence Productions

2/19 – 2/19

12/18 – 12/18

Gaffer – The Impotence of Dreams

Instagram — Digital

12/18 – 12/18

11/18 – 11/18

Gaffer – Gabe Fleck - I Want To Be By Myself

Music Video

11/18 – 11/18

Gaffer – Point North Production - Performance Body Works

Advertising

11/18 – 11/18

10/18 – 10/18

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony A6000) – Bad Resolution

Film (Short) — Sterling Falls Productions

10/18 – 10/18

First Assistant Camera – The Phone Dead

Film (Short)

10/18 – 10/18

9/18 – 9/18

Key Grip – Dread

Film (Short)

9/18 – 9/18

Gaffer – Rose City Underground

YouTube — Digital — Hellbender Media

9/18 – 9/18

Gaffer – A Few Moral Dilemmas

Film (Short)

9/18 – 9/18

8/18 – 8/18

Director of Photography (DP) (Panasonic GH4) – Happy Dark Day

Film (Short) — Lynchpin Productions

8/18 – 8/18

5/18 – 5/18

Gaffer – Uxoricide

Film (Short)

5/18 – 5/18

7/17 – 5/18

Producer – Barrowlands - Wind and Rain

Music Video — Fair Game Film

7/17 – 5/18

Director – Barrowlands - Wind and Rain

Music Video — Fair Game Film

7/17 – 5/18

4/18 – 4/18

Key Grip – Lonesome George

Film (Short)

4/18 – 4/18

3/18 – 3/18

Gaffer – Point North Productions - Cobalt Studios

Advertising

3/18 – 3/18

1/18 – 1/18

Key Grip – Wishful Thinking

Film (Short)

1/18 – 1/18

10/17 – 10/17

Director of Photography (DP) (Panasonic GH4) – Ritual Veil - Wolf In The Night

Music Video

10/17 – 10/17

9/17 – 9/17

First Assistant Camera – 24 Corners

Film (Short)

9/17 – 9/17

8/17 – 8/17

Camera Operator (Canon XA20) – Pickathon Music Festival

Live/Special Event — PICKATHON LLC

8/17 – 8/17

Gaffer – Rich Hunter - I'm a Man

Music Video

8/17 – 8/17

7/17 – 7/17

Camera Operator – Oregon Oral Latino History Project

PBS — TV — Northwest Film Center

7/17 – 7/17

6/17 – 6/17

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) – Road to Bob

Film (Feature-length)

6/17 – 6/17

5/17 – 5/17

Gaffer (Green Screen) – Furniture Connexion

Advertising

5/17 – 5/17

10/16 – 4/17

Director of Photography (DP) (Nikon D3200) – SSQ

Film (Short) — Alder Productions Details

10/16 – 4/17

Director of Photography for production of narrative short taking place in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. Interiors, Exteriors, Day, Night, Day for Night (Int),

12/15 – 12/16

Producer – Meeting

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

12/15 – 12/16

Director – Meeting

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

12/15 – 12/16

11/16 – 11/16

Gaffer – Straight To Hell

Film (Short) Details

11/16 – 11/16

Gaffer for production using Arri Fresnel Kit, Kino LED Kit, and misc. other lights, including day-for-night interior shots.

11/16 – 11/16

Camera Operator (JVC GY-HM100U) – Fair Game Film - Flex and Flow HIIT Yoga

Advertising Details

11/16 – 11/16

Operate Camera A (JVC, camera 1 of 2) for promotional video, and operate Camera B (Nikon, camera 2 of 3) for 15 and 45 minute Instructional videos.

11/16 – 11/16

Camera Operator (JVC GY-HM100U) – Fair Game Film - Cash Oregon

Advertising Details

11/16 – 11/16

Operate Camera A (1 of 2) for production of interviews and B-Roll.

8/16 – 8/16

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) – Pickathon Music Festival

Live/Special Event — PICKATHON LLC Details

8/16 – 8/16

Day shift DIT for Galaxy Barn Stage. Set camera settings, format memory cards, take notes, switch memory cards between shifts.

7/16 – 7/16

Gaffer – Home for the Hellidays

Film (Short) — Lynchpin Productions Details

7/16 – 7/16

Gaffer for production using Arri Fresnel Kit, Kino LED Kit, and misc. lights.

7/16 – 7/16

Key Grip – Logan Lynn - Go There When You Want To Be Loved

Music Video Details

7/16 – 7/16

Key Grip for production of music video containing interiors, exteriors, day, and night shots, including dolly and jib shots.

6/16 – 6/16

Production Assistant – Wishbone

Film (Short) Details

6/16 – 6/16

Production Assistant for production of narrative short shooting in 2 locations in 3 days.

6/16 – 6/16

Camera Operator (Canon EOS C100) – Riot Cop - War Child

Music Video — Fair Game Film Details

6/16 – 6/16

Camera B (2 of 3) for production of set music video.

6/16 – 6/16

Camera Operator (Canon EOS C100) – Riot Cop - Preemptive War

Music Video — Fair Game Film Details

6/16 – 6/16

Camera B (2 of 3) for production of set music video.

2/16 – 2/16

Grip – Heroes Magnificos

Film (Short) — Nortwest Film Center

2/16 – 2/16

12/15 – 12/15

Director of Photography (DP) (Sony FS7) – Project Genesis

Film (Short) — Crown Bishop

12/15 – 12/15

11/15 – 11/15

Key Grip – Serial Killers Club

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

11/15 – 11/15

10/15 – 10/15

Gaffer – You're Swimming There

Film (Short)

10/15 – 10/15

Key Grip – The Narrative - Jevo

Advertising — The Narrative

10/15 – 10/15

9/15 – 9/15

Grip – Evolution Of Evil

Film (Feature-length) — Great Notion Film Maker Collective

9/15 – 9/15

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) – Evolution Of Evil

Film (Feature-length) — Great Notion Film Maker Collective

9/15 – 9/15

8/15 – 8/15

Script Supervisor – Vengence For Chloe Darling

Film (Short)

8/15 – 8/15

7/15 – 7/15

Production Assistant – Ain't Got Time To Bleed

Film (Short)

7/15 – 7/15

3/15 – 3/15

Assistant Director – Urban Chic

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

3/15 – 3/15

Producer – Urban Chic

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

3/15 – 3/15

Writer – Urban Chic

Film (Short) — Galeria Somnia

3/15 – 3/15

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Unions

IATSE Local 80 Motion Picture Studio Grips (MPSG)

Media

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Writer, Director - Meeting - Short Film
Director, Joan Distracted - Short Film

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Jony Jib 2 10' Kit

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Spanish

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