ALEX PACHECO Director / Producer / Editor
Alex Pacheco was born in the Philippines, and grew up Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. While studying Film at the University of Maryland, he founded damaged films llc in 1993. His recent work include the music video ‘Septembrist’ for the DC band Telegraph Melts, along with commercial and promotional work for the Brady Campaign and the William Way Community Center. He has produced music videos for The Out_Circuit and Kerosene 454. He has also produced two shorts films: the festival fave Unfortunate Man and the experimental short ‘in a cell of his own thought’. His films have been reviewed in the Washington Post, screened in New York, California, and Las Vegas, and have been compared to the work of such directors as David Lynch, Bela Tarr, and Luis Buñuel.
Alex lives in Washington DC and is currently touring the festival circuit with his debut feature, PRAXIS (2007) a film about the meaning of the universe. PRAXIS won the DC Filmmaker Award at the DC Independent Film Festival, was featured on NPR and the front cover of the Washington Blade. PRAXIS was also honored to be an Official Selection to the Cinequest Film Festival, the Brilliant Light International Film Festival of Los Angeles, New Filmmakers / Anthology Film Archives, the Takoma Park Film Festival, Gaylaxicon 2008, and the Outer Film Festival in Austin Texas.
