Ray Gallardo

Raymund Gallardo

Career

Direction In 2015, Gallardo's film Callejero, an underground fighting drama film featuring Carlos Palomino, Jossara Jinaro, and Yaqui López, screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. His next film Cafe Con Leche, also known as At the Frontera, starred Gerardo Teracena and Nina Senicar. It was listed in the product guide for Screen International at Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and premiered at ArcLight Hollywood in 2018.

Gallardo directed Above the Tin, a 2018 film made in San Diego about squash among underprivileged teens. In 2019, he directed Entrenched: Prologue, a PTSD awareness film that premiered at San Diego International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Art Design at Oceanside International Film Festival. Gallardo's production company Infrastructure Productions has assisted with short advertisements for Horrible Imaginings Film Festival.

At the Frontera At the Frontera, also known as Café Con Leche, is a 2019 action crime thriller film written by Wesley Adkins, Ray Gallardo, Martin Santander and directed by Gallardo. in Mexico City and Houston. The film language is entirely in English for international marketing purposes. Actress Mónica Sánchez Navarro acted with both of her daughters in the film. Marie Adler says the film is "timely and relevant" due to the Latin American immigration laws. In an interview, Santander talked about writing the female characters in the script "strong and independent." The film was listed in the product guide for Screen International at Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 before holding its world premiere on January 25, 2018, at ArcLight Hollywood. It had a limited theatrical run in Los Angeles on January 31, 2019, and the following week in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Cinematography In 2019, Gallardo was the cinematographer for Buy Roses for Me with Jon Allen The following year, he handled the cinematography for Friend of the World starring Nick Young and Alexandra Slade. Film critics praised his lensing and use of lighting. Director Brian Patrick Butler said Gallardo's use of lighting was crucial for classic black and white photography. In 2022, he worked as the cinematographer for Touch starring Eva Ceja and Randy Davison.

Filmography