Steven J. Escobar

Steven Escobar was born and raised in Edinburg, Texas. He finished his education by graduating from The University of Texas - Pan American with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with concentration in Radio/Television/Film. In 1992, Steven began Associate Producing the musical variety show, Budweiser's Dance Time in Texas which ran for 2 years as a syndicated television series. He went on to co-create the successful music series titled, Tejano Country. In 1996, Abraham Quintanilla (Q Productions, Inc.) contacted Steven to produce Latin music videos by such artists as Selena, Pete Astudillo, and Jennifer Pena. This lead to his involvement on the Warner Bros. Film, "Selena". Steven moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and formed Jesco Film Entertainment, LLC, where he has successfully been producing and editing various television, feature film, and documentary projects. Since teaming with his partner, Joe Castro, Escobar has brought his leadership and vision to a variety of feature films projects, beginning with the horror film, Terror Toons in 2001. After a steady stream of projects, such as Near Death, The Jackhammer Massacre, and a new movie titled, Terror Toons 2: The Sick and Silly Show! Escobar is now ready to move back into producing television series' where he still works. Steven works as a picture editor on various reality shows which range from Fox's Trading Spouses and Nanny 911 to NBC's The Apprentice and The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. Most recently, Steven has been nominated for a Prime Time Emmy by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his work on The Apprentice . He is on a team of 24 picture editors nominated for Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera). In 2007, Steven won a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming" for The Amazing Race. Steven also graduated in 2017 with a Master of Science in Entertainment Business from Full Sail University and also holds a Guinness World Record for the "Highest Body Count in a Slasher Film" for The Summer of Massacre.