Andres Ramirez

Jose Andres Ramirez Ortiz is a Mexican independent filmmaker known as Andres Ramirez. While growing passionate about the world of cinema and literature, Andres started writing short stories at a young age. Later, in Monterrey, Mexico, while he was in high school, he started his filmmaking career shooting short films and music videos. At this point, writing and filmmaking became more prominent in his life, and during a summer, he went to the Pre-College Program at CCA in San Francisco. At the end of high school, he went to Vancouver Film School, where he directed and produced the first short film as a student in a film school, "Why? (2016). He is currently working on distributing his successful short film "Frame," which was presented at the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2018. At the end of 2019, he started a festival circuit run for his two more recent short films, "Shutter" and "From Charlie, with Love," which are currently seeking distribution. Andres is currently in post-production for his first VR project, "Scars and Voices: A VR Experience." He is working on his next short film in collaboration with contemporary dancer Jayde Margulis, World Needs You. Andres looks forward to developing and completing his senior thesis at New York University. He is also looking forward to continuing to develop his independent projects while collaborating with other filmmakers on other projects.