David Siqueiros

Born in Mexico City, David Siqueiros grew up in an artistic family. His father David Siqueiros "Tabaquito", was a successful bullfighter in Spain, Mexico and South America. His mother Estela Trueba, a dancer from the prestigious Mexican National Ballet Academy is a founding member of the famous Ballet Folklorico. His uncle, world renowned muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was an outmost influence in his own interest in filmmaking, starting in the late 1980s when he became actively involved in the written media as a reporter for Mexico's premier newspaper "El Heraldo". In 1983 David immigrated to Los Angeles where he worked as a reporter for the premier Spanish newspaper in the US and later as a TV producer-director for KMEX-TV. He later moved to the Univison Network directing "Mundo Latino" a daily variety show broadcast live in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America on the first Latin-Sat-Network. He settled in the US, and attended film school at UCLA and LACC landing a job as a producer-director for the top rated Italian show "Telemike" a variety show transmitted live via satellite from exotic locations around the world. In 1988 He founded "Via Hollywood" a multilingual entertainment programming source for networks such as U.S' Telemundo and Univision, Mexico's Televisa, Swiss' TV Romande, and hispanic related stories for Entertainment Tonight, TNT Network and many more. In 1990 he shot his first film project and never looked back. It was the single "Mami yo te quiero", the first Spanish rap song nominated for an MTV award that year. He quickly put together some of the most memorable campaigns in the Spanish market. His company was the first to develop, cast and shoot major commercial spots in Spanish using a never before seen two-minute format for prestigious Dailey & Associates Advertising and its most important client, Ford Motor Company. He has created, written and directed TV campaigns for clients such as Kia Motors America, Toyota Motors, Shiseido Cosmetics, Arrowhead Water, and shot music videos for stars such as Thalia and Patricia Manterola. His work earned him an invitation as a guest director for the "Angeles" series for Tri-Star TV and the Telemundo Network. He is currently post-producing "One Long Night" his first full length feature film. A project he wrote, produced and directed starring Jon Seda, Alison Eastwood, Paul Rodriguez and Karen Black.