Manuel Alejandro Vargas

Manuel Alejandro Vargas

Birth : 1987-07-10, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

History

Manuel Alejandro Vargas is an award-winning filmmaker and director from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Over the past six years, he's developed his craft working on a wide variety of sets that include both narrative and feature length films, some of which include his award winning drama short 'Argumento' (2019)- recorded as one continuous take. in addition to 'Ghost'- a five minute short music video recorded on 16mm film. And recently his short comedy/drama called 'Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops' (2020) has won several awards that have been featured in multiple countries around the world.

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Manuel Alejandro Vargas

Movies

Monkey Man: In the Covid World
Writer
A short mockumentary that explores the life of Monkey Man, a fish out of water who is forced to adapt to a new dark world.
Monkey Man: In the Covid World
Director
A short mockumentary that explores the life of Monkey Man, a fish out of water who is forced to adapt to a new dark world.
Monkey Man: In the Covid World
Executive Producer
A short mockumentary that explores the life of Monkey Man, a fish out of water who is forced to adapt to a new dark world.
Monkey Man: In the Covid World
Director
A short mockumentary that explores the life of Monkey Man, a fish out of water who is forced to adapt to a new dark world.
Hues of Blue
Producer
A lonely artist leaves his paintings on the front doors of people's homes in an attempt to connect with them. However, one person won't accept his gift.
Hues of Blue
Director
A lonely artist leaves his paintings on the front doors of people's homes in an attempt to connect with them. However, one person won't accept his gift.
Hues of Blue
Writer
A lonely artist leaves his paintings on the front doors of people's homes in an attempt to connect with them. However, one person won't accept his gift.
Hues of Blue
Man
A lonely artist leaves his paintings on the front doors of people's homes in an attempt to connect with them. However, one person won't accept his gift.
And We Hear I Love You
Post Production Coordinator
Ruby and Micky are at the head of Carl's cocaine business. But one afternoon Micky decides to kill Carl by sending his girlfriend as a gift.
Argumento
Producer
A heated argument breaks out when Carlos finds out his longtime girlfriend Maria is pregnant.
Argumento
Writer
A heated argument breaks out when Carlos finds out his longtime girlfriend Maria is pregnant.
Argumento
Director
A heated argument breaks out when Carlos finds out his longtime girlfriend Maria is pregnant.
Isabella
Writer
Based on true events, the short independent film, "Isabella" reenacts the sudden and emotional death of a dear family pet, showcasing how one family overcomes the heartache of their loss.
Isabella
Director
Based on true events, the short independent film, "Isabella" reenacts the sudden and emotional death of a dear family pet, showcasing how one family overcomes the heartache of their loss.
Moradora
Production Assistant
A young woman travels through her psyche in order to find who murdered her lover, Juan.
Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops
Producer
Two brave young men set out to create the greatest film drama of all time. What comes next turns out to be much bigger than they ever expected.
Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops
Writer
Two brave young men set out to create the greatest film drama of all time. What comes next turns out to be much bigger than they ever expected.
Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops
Director
Two brave young men set out to create the greatest film drama of all time. What comes next turns out to be much bigger than they ever expected.
Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops
Miguel
Two brave young men set out to create the greatest film drama of all time. What comes next turns out to be much bigger than they ever expected.
After the Night with Valerie
Extras Casting
After suffering a head injury at work, Layne loses most of his memories after a particular event in his life. As he recovers, it is unclear which memories are of real events and which are fabrications of his subconscious. In these fabricated memories he is who he wants others to see him as; his adoration is reciprocated, and the horrible events from his childhood never occurred. Here he never became a father or a husband. The world is open to him. As these fantasies fade, the truth of what occurred over the past 6 years rush back to him, and it becomes clear that he is not the man he wished he would become. He is man unable to face himself.
Mom
First Assistant Director
A young boy believes he is forced to raise his two younger siblings after tragedy had stricken their family. Fearing they would be separated and never see each other again, like the immigrant children he saw it happen to on the news.
Junk
Knucklehead
A valuable package is intercepted and stolen, but it may not be what it seems.
Lost Luggage
Production Assistant
Neil Bishop has spent his whole life living on the fringes of society. His only interaction with people is through his job as a lost luggage courier. One day, Neil delivers luggage to a woman in suffering, and he discovers someone like him. In this dreamlike psychological thriller, Neil Bishop sets out to make today, unlike any other day.