Ruben Carrillo

Ruben Carrillo was born in La Paz, BCS Mexico in March of1969. He grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and attended San Francisco State University. Growing up with two artists for parents he was continually exposed to the arts, but it wasn't until 1986 during a video production class at his Santa Cruz, CA High School that he would make a decision that would set him on his course for the next 32 years. Starting his first full-time job as a production assistant for an NBC affiliate in San Luis Obispo, CA at the age of 19 he worked his way throughout California stopping at TV stations in San Jose (KICU), San Francisco (KDTV) and Los Angeles (Univision Network). In 1996, for the birth of his first son he moved to Honolulu, HI. In Honolulu Ruben founded Liquid Planet Studios which became one of Hawaii's largest full service production companies. In 2009 Ruben co-founded 4 Miles LLC and in 2011 he founded Carrillo Digital Inc. Through the years he has worked for hundreds of clients on thousands of shoots in 11 different countries. He has Executive Produced the Merrie Monarch and Na Hoku Hano Hano award TV broadcasts as well as Directed and acted as Director of Photography on several documentary films Including the award winning Mana I ka Leo and his latest film Voyage: Into the Depths of Kanaloa. His TV credits include Camera Operator for Hawaii 5-0, Magnum PI, MacGyver, Off the Map, Amazing Race, and Home and Away. His feature film credits include Kong Vs. Godzilla and Finding Ohana (Netflix). He has won multiple Emmy's, Telly's, a Nahoku Hano Hano award for best music video of the year and the audience award for favorite short at the Hawaii International Film Festival.