Producer, Writer, Director

Born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Manuel Alejandro Vargas’s directorial work outside his Texan filmmaking education debuted with an award-winning Spanish short-film Argumento in 2019, shot in one continuous take. Manuel’s experimentation with three different film mediums birthed the music-video Ghost, landing him another sleuth of acknowledgement within the film-festival scene in 2020.

Manuel’s diverse filmography also includes the comedic-short anthology TRIBE: The Untold Story of The Making of Vice Cops (2020), centering around the outrageous process of filmmaking, Hues of Blue (2021), an atmospheric silent film and Monkey-Man in The Covid World (2022), a satirical mockumentary of a mythical creature shipped to North America right before the Covid-19 pandemic.

With a unique voice, Manuel continues to develop an array of stories that include a sequel to TRIBE, a feature film entitled “Juniebug”, a slate of experimental shorts, music-videos and more. His artistic oeuvre in the world of storytelling promises to be an exciting, audacious and daring adventure to be the best filmmaker he can ever possibly be.

“Filmmaking is the one storytelling tool where you keep rediscovering your vision. It evolves and reshapes throughout the three stages of production to the point that it can surprise you.”