ALEX PACHECO Producer / Director / Shooter / 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. He has worked in film and video for more than 15 years. Some of his recent work include commercials and promos for the NGLCC, event videos for THE LEAGUE,the Television Pilot ROCKIN HARD LIFE, music videos and webisodes for Side FX Band, music videos for TRANSCONA and Telegraph Melts, along with commercial and promotional work for the Brady Campaign and the William Way Community Center in Philadelphia. He has also produced music videos for The Out_Circuit and Kerosene 454. His first dramatic short film UNFORTUNATE MAN was a festival fave, playing to sold out audiences across the country. 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’s debut feature film, PRAXIS (2007) won the DC Filmmaker Award at the 2008 DC Independent Film Festival, was featured on NPR, and made the front cover of the Washington Blade. PRAXIS played at several film festivals from NY to LA, and was later picked up for distribution by ARIZTICAL ENTERTAINMENT and released in January 2010. PRAXIS is currently available on Amazon and Netflix, and a variety of On-Demand outlets nationally and internationally.
Alex is currently working on his next project, an elusive and mysterious production entitled PHASE_SHIFT.
