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Ray Gallardo is an American film director and cinematographer known for his direction of Cafe Con Leche (2018), Callejero (2015), Above the Tin (2018), Entrenched: Prologue (2019) and his cinematography in Friend of the World (2020), The Fifth of November (2018) and Touch (2022).
In 2015, Gallardo's film Callejero, an underground fighting drama film featuring Carlos Palomino and Yaqui López,[1] screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival.[2] His next film Cafe Con Leche, also known as At the Frontera,[3] starred Gerardo Teracena and Nina Senicar.[4] It was listed in the product guide for Screen International at Toronto International Film Festival in 2017[5] and premiered at ArcLight Hollywood in 2018.[6]
Gallardo directed Above the Tin, a 2018 film made in San Diego about squash among underprivileged teens.[7] In 2019, he directed Entrenched: Prologue, a PTSD awareness film[8] that premiered at San Diego International Film Festival[9][10] and was nominated for Best Art Design at Oceanside International Film Festival.[11] Gallardo's production company Infrastructure Productions has assisted with short advertisements for Horrible Imaginings Film Festival.[12]
In 2019, Gallardo was the cinematographer for Buy Roses for Me with Jon Allen[13] and The Fifth of November starring Qurrat Ann Kadwani.[14] The following year, he handled the cinematography for Friend of the World starring Nick Young and Alexandra Slade.[15][16][17] Film critics praised his lensing[18] and use of lighting.[19] Director Brian Patrick Butler said Gallardo's use of lighting was crucial for classic black and white photography.[20] In 2022, he worked as the cinematographer for Touch starring Eva Ceja and Randy Davison.[21][22]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Cinematographer | Editor |
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2015 | Callejero | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2018 | Cafe Con Leche | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Above the Tin | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
The Fifth of November | No | No | Yes | No | |
2019 | Buy Roses for Me | No | No | Yes | No |
Entrenched: Prologue | Yes | No | No | No | |
2020 | Friend of the World | No | No | Yes | No |
2022 | Touch | No | No | Yes | No |
2023 | Like Honey[23] | No | No | Yes | No |
TBA | A Corpse in Kensington †[24] | No | No | Yes | No |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |