Pacho Velez

Pacho Velez

History

Pacho Velez is a non-fiction filmmaker working at the intersection of ethnography, contemporary art, and political documentary.

Profile

Pacho Velez

Movies

Realm of Satan
Producer
An experiential portrait depicting Satanists in both the everyday and in the extraordinary as they fight to preserve their lifestyle: magic, mystery, and misanthropy.
The Paradise Next Door
Producer
As America's largest retirement community continues to expand, cracks, both literal and metaphysical, are suddenly opening beneath the senior utopia.
Some Kind of Heaven
Producer
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.
Searchers
Director
Drawing on over seventy-five encounters with New Yorkers of different ages, races, genders, and sexual interests, Searchers is a portrait of The Big Apple as seen through the eyes of lovers, searching the web for their special someone.
David Harvey and the City
Sound
David Harvey discusses the spatial aspects of capital, his work in the US, and the development of Hudson Yards.
The American Sector
Screenplay
A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions or individuals since 1989 and are now scattered across the USA. Cherished or abandoned, they have become silent witnesses to recent history.
The American Sector
Producer
A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions or individuals since 1989 and are now scattered across the USA. Cherished or abandoned, they have become silent witnesses to recent history.
The American Sector
Director of Photography
A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions or individuals since 1989 and are now scattered across the USA. Cherished or abandoned, they have become silent witnesses to recent history.
The American Sector
Director
A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions or individuals since 1989 and are now scattered across the USA. Cherished or abandoned, they have become silent witnesses to recent history.
The North Wind's Gift
Additional Editing
A magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord.
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
Director
Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt
Producer
Yoni Brook and Pacho Velez's Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt presents New York City in a single-shot (from above) microcosm as an everyman struggles to enter the subway, a droll take on human-versus-machine.
Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt
Director
Yoni Brook and Pacho Velez's Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt presents New York City in a single-shot (from above) microcosm as an everyman struggles to enter the subway, a droll take on human-versus-machine.
The Reagan Show
Writer
Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.
The Reagan Show
Director
Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.
The Starting Line/La Línea
Director
The Starting Line captures the rhythms of a day at the Tijuana border crossing. But it’s not just any day: as people go through their routines, they listen to the local news report on Donald Trump’s inauguration. By taking the usual viewpoint—American broadcasters talking about life on the Mexican border—and flipping it on its head, The Starting Line presents an unexpected view of America’s capitol, as it appears from just over the border.
Dragstrip
Director
Drivers, mechanics and drag racing fans stare at the objects they love.
The Reagan Shorts
Director
This film uses the Reagan administration's internal documentation to capture the surreal spectacle of American might at its apex.
The Reagan Shorts
Screenplay
This film uses the Reagan administration's internal documentation to capture the surreal spectacle of American might at its apex.
Manakamana
Editor
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
Manakamana
Director of Photography
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
Manakamana
Director
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
Skinningrove
Director of Photography
A photographer shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the 'fiercely independent' residents of a remote English fishing village.
Bastards of Utopia
Director
Three Croatian activists struggle to change the world. As children, they lived through the violent collapse of Yugoslavia. But now, amid the aftershocks of socialism's failure, they fight in their own way for a new leftism. In the middle of the struggle, a skeptical American is won over by their cause and even goes to jail with them. The activists, whether clashing with police or squatting in an old factory, risk everything to live their politics. But as the setbacks mount, will they give up the fight? The film, shot during years of fieldwork with a Croatian anarchist collective, applies EnMasseFilm's unique blend of observation, direct participation and critical reflection to this misunderstood political movement. Its portrayal of activism is both empathetic and unflinching -- an engaged, elegant meditation on the struggle to re-imagine leftist politics and the power of a country's youth.
Beeswax
Sound Recordist
Jeannie and her estranged business partner Amanda have a falling out leading to Amanda getting back with an ex and Jeannie bonding more with her non-paralyzed twin Lauren.
Peoples House
Sound Mixer
Walter Francis and Jerry Peoples, two characters from "Mutual Appreciation", share a visit at the Peoples' home in the countryside.
Peoples House
Sound Recordist
Walter Francis and Jerry Peoples, two characters from "Mutual Appreciation", share a visit at the Peoples' home in the countryside.