PJ López

Профиль

PJ López

Фильмы

Рита Морено: Девушка, решившая рискнуть
Director of Photography
Биографический фильм, рассказывающий о простой девушке из Пуэрто-Рико, которая прошла путь от никому неизвестной иммигрантки до звезды Голливуда.
Amigo D
Director of Photography
A series of episodic tales that have in common the presence of a mysterious man who collects the souls of sinners.
El silencio del viento
Director of Photography
The story of a man trying to cope with the death of his sister, but cannot because he must continue working with the illegal business of bringing undocumented immigrants from Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
Mona: tesoro del Caribe
Executive Producer
Mona is a beautiful island, distant, mythical, mysterious, full of caves and legends. It is also unknown. This documentary reveals the history and the fauna of Mona Island, while also audiovisually preserving it.
El grito en los puños
Director of Photography
Two kids from one of the toughest ghettos in Puerto Rico were filmed during 5 years fighting their way out of poverty and violence using their hands in the boxing ring.
Extra Terrestres
Director of Photography
The Díaz are an influential family who control much of the poultry industry in the island. Arcadio is the family patriarch, an authoritative and conservative man who rules over his family's destiny as he does over the chickens on his farm. Teresa, his eldest, left home during her college years to become an astrophysicist against her father's wishes. Now, after a 7-year absence, she returns home for a few weeks in order to reveal a secret long kept from her family and to invite them to her wedding with Daniela. But, once back, her intentions turn to dust when she finds herself trapped in the family's old habit of lying. No one in the family is as they seem, nor are they willing to unveil their true selves. Within this world of half-truths, Teresa encounters Andrés, her nephew, a boy with Asperger's Syndrome who shares her passion for the stars.
De Puerto Rico para el mundo
Director of Photography
On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican Republic into their second home, but with Puerto Rico in their hearts.
Tubérculo Presidente
Director of Photography
Tubérculo gets elected President of the Dominican Republic, with his friend Tirson as Vice-President and counselor.
Tubérculo Gourmet
Director of Photography
Big eater Tubérculo and his neighbor Tirson broke their friendship because of a misunderstanding, but 20 years later, an unexpected event brings them together again.
Los Reyes: la verdadera historia del Búster y el Camaleón
Director of Photography
Inspired on the true story of drug lord José Figueroa Agosto, commonly known as Junior Cápsula. A Puerto Rican drug convict escapes from jail and flees to Santo Domingo, where he continues his drug business and meets a woman who becomes his lover.
Cows Wearing Glasses
Director of Photography
Marcelino is an eccentric, introverted painter and art professor who, approaching his sunset years, learns he has a disease that could render him blind at any moment. As he begins to put his emotional affairs in order, including his strained relationship with his daughter, he must face the inevitable.
Spic(k)
Director of Photography
What is an appropriate reaction to a difficult situation? After her son gets in a fight in school, a mother decides to teach him a life long lesson.
El hijo de Ruby
Director of Photography
A broken-hearted young man goes through a journey of healing the memory of his junkie dead father through the one thing they have in common, dance.
Кровавая месть
Director of Photography
Действие фильма разворачивается на Карибах. Муж главной героини загадочным образом исчезает во время отпуска, и разгневанная супруга начинает преследование людей, которые, как она полагает, похитили и убили его.
¿Nos conocemos?
Director of Photography
A woman in line in the bank, looks at the neck of the man in front of her and starts to remember from where she knows him.
Música en tiempos
Director of Photography
This production pays tribute to songs that have endured the test of time.
A Blank Canvas
Director of Photography
A poignant story about a painter who suddenly can't see the beauty in his own art.
Carmelo
Executive Producer
After years trying to conceive, Carmelo and his wife learn there’s a problem with Carmelo’s sperm. To escape this humiliation and bruised sense of manhood, Carmelo hastily accepts a work assignment in Puerto Rico, where he can forget his 'problem', at least, for the moment. The assignment, however, brings Carmelo into a strange and surprising world that changes him, and his family, forever.
Carmelo
Director of Photography
After years trying to conceive, Carmelo and his wife learn there’s a problem with Carmelo’s sperm. To escape this humiliation and bruised sense of manhood, Carmelo hastily accepts a work assignment in Puerto Rico, where he can forget his 'problem', at least, for the moment. The assignment, however, brings Carmelo into a strange and surprising world that changes him, and his family, forever.
Las carpetas
Camera Operator
How fair is it for the government to control its citizens? Four Puerto Ricans confront their past when they open their “files”, the records obtained of the illegal surveillance and persecution that the Puerto Rican government held against citizens and organizations that disagreed with the establishment. Through their daily life, they will tell us their stories, experiences and intimate feelings of the persecution they suffered. Taking their past as an example, we will confront the present.
Las carpetas
Director of Photography
How fair is it for the government to control its citizens? Four Puerto Ricans confront their past when they open their “files”, the records obtained of the illegal surveillance and persecution that the Puerto Rican government held against citizens and organizations that disagreed with the establishment. Through their daily life, they will tell us their stories, experiences and intimate feelings of the persecution they suffered. Taking their past as an example, we will confront the present.
Mi santa mirada
Director of Photography
Sammy is a quiet and solitary man who lives from the drug business. The most important things in his life are his younger brother, who he is responsible for, and his horse. This short film reveals daily life at the marginalized spaces in Puerto Rico.
The Love Paradox
Director of Photography
Dr. William Campos is an acclaimed astrophysicist in the 80's, but when his wife dies in a devastating accident, he collapses into a downward spiral. William becomes obsessed with his theory of time travelling.
Luz
Director of Photography
An old man takes care of his senile wife.
В тылу врага 3: Колумбия
Camera Operator
В течение последних 50-ти лет в Колумбии постоянно идет война нелегальных банд формирований с колумбийской армией, война от которой страдают мирные жители. Преступники называющие себя революционерами не гнушаются ни бомбардировками, ни террористическими актами, ни похищением и убийством людей. Армия революционеров неплохо вооружилась на заработке от нелегальной наркоторговли и колумбийское правительство не в силах самостоятельно справиться с этой проблемой, вынуждено просить помощи у других стран. США отправляет в Колумбию отряд спецназа ВМФ для выполнения особо секретной миссии по освобождению заложников. Любой неверный шаг и невыполненное задание грозит обострением мировых отношений.
The Bad Girl
Director of Photography
Determined not to simply get married, start a family, and grow old like the rest of the girls in her town, an aspiring Cuban diva sets out to launch a career as a singer.
Angel
Director of Photography
The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.
Maldeamores
Director of Photography
A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle.
Животное
Director of Photography
Эго имя печально известно. Его репутация — беспощадный. Но однажды, когда Джейма Аллена по кличке Зверь посадили в особо охряняемую тюрьму, он встретил там одного революционера, который изменил его жизнь. Перерождёный Джеймс выходит из тюрьмы только для того, чтобы увидеть, что его собственый сын живёт преступной жизнью. Сможет ли отец, с ещё преследующим его прошлым, вытащить семью с улиц, которые он сам и создал, или ему придётся совершить невероятную жертву…
Zompi
Director of Photography
Alex, a 10 year old child, faces the trauma of his parents' divorce, a new home, neighborhood, and school. Alex dreams of being a famous ballplayer like his father, but the instability of his new life makes him an insecure child and unable to recognize his talent. The arrival of Zompi, a virtual intelligent animal, transforms and helps him overcome all his fears.
Las combatientes
Director of Photography
In this story of love, life, and friendship, three Puerto Rican women from very distinct socioeconomic classes are united when they must fight the same battle. Their lives collide at a doctor's office when they are diagnosed with a life threatening illness. Each has her own struggles, but they come together to survive and support one another on a luxurious weekend away in a beautiful beach resort. When they return to reality...how much have they changed?
And God Created Them 2
Director of Photography
Three stories ("Lo mismo de otra manera", "Félix", and "Te tengo una sorpresa") that delve deeply into issues such as human solidarity, infidelity, and social conflicts in contemporary Puerto Rico.
Barrios
Director of Photography
Presents three barrio stories: "La familia del Camello" about a public residential basketball coach and his dilemmas, "El baila'o de Julia y Berto" about two neighbors trying to rediscover love in their maturity, and "El rumbón de Fepe" about a man who has to choose between his barrio and the woman he loves.
Тайна Тринидада
Director of Photography
Хоакин Агирре — инженер, который умирает после того, как большая часть его жизни прошла в поисках останков испанского галеона XVIII века, который затонул в Мексиканском заливе, и в котором находилось большое сокровище во внутреннем помещении. Хоакин завещает, чтобы этот корабль искал Хуан, сын, который родился во внебрачной связи. Это злит его остальных детей, которые будут делить наследство между собой. Хуан почувствует необходимость снова взяться за работу, которую его отец не смог закончить, и продолжать поиски загадочного корабля.
Sudor amargo
Director of Photography
An inspiring, realistic portrayal of a group of female workers struggling to keep their jobs at a doomed Puerto Rican cannery. The volatile atmosphere worsens when their boss is found murdered one morning. As the investigation goes on and each of the women is questioned, the strain puts their friendship to the ultimate test.
Fuego en el alma
Director of Photography
Reflecting the closeness of Puerto Ricans in New York with those on the island, three stories among couples are combined to cast emotions of passion, jealousy, doubt and infidelity. The couples are burned by sudden and unexpected feelings and are pushed to make the decision that will change their lives forever influenced by the events of September 11th.
Jugando en serio
Director of Photography
A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.
Jugando en serio
Co-Producer
A group of filmmakers analyze the situation of their country's cinema while some children record them.
The Absolution
Director of Photography
Palés: reseña de una vida útil
Director of Photography
Dramatization of the life of Puerto Rican poet Luis Palés Matos.
Rafael Hernández, jibarito del mundo
Director of Photography
Through interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, the documentary relates the life and career of Rafael Hernández, one of Puerto Rico’s most renowned and beloved composers of popular songs.
Puerto Rico: arte e identidad
Gaffer
Traces the themes and characteristics present in the plastic arts of Puerto Rico, which represent a search for the Puerto Rican identity.
Nicolás y los demás
Camera Operator
Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college years. Nicolás invites him to his house, where Paco meets a woman from his past.
Nicolás y los demás
Director of Photography
Returning to Puerto Rico after living abroad for a long time, Paco, out of work, meets successful Nicolás, an old friend from his college years. Nicolás invites him to his house, where Paco meets a woman from his past.
Venus
Director of Photography
A teenage girl does all she can to protect her younger sister from their bipolar mother.