Growing up in a film and television producing family has helped Mariano become the filmmaker he is today. Over the years, Mariano has had the opportunity to work in all facets of production, including in the camera and lighting departments, and is currently active as a Director and Producer. Mariano’s recent projects include directing socio-educational films concerning issues that affect various groups within our society, like What Is Lupus?, a film that demystifies the disease known as lupus and how it affects patients and their families. From 2016 to 2018, Mariano was the showrunner of Game On, an all-female sports newsmagazine show that brings to light issues that affect women in sport.
Mariano is also active as a DP/Director and Editor within the corporate and commercial world. He’s had the pleasure of working for large corporate clients like eBay, Charles Schwab, Salesforce, and Comcast NBCUniversal, while also helping startups get their video marketing components up and running.
To further underline his desire to help others through the medium of film and video, Mariano currently sits on the Board of BCT Institute For Media Productions, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) media production company that produces documentaries and socio-educationals with the aim of helping bring to light issues that affect the community at-large.
Aside from filmmaking, Mariano is also a passionate film photographer, focusing–no pun intended–on landscapes, nature, cities, and details of inanimate objects. He currently volunteers as a mentor with First Exposures, a non-profit, youth mentoring program in San Francisco that strives to teach under-served youth the basics of photography.
Mariano has a Bachelor of Arts degree in TV Broadcasting and Video Production from San Francisco State University, and is on track to earn an MFA in Cinema at San Francisco State. With a home base in the United States and in Latin America, he is able to work worldwide.
Pre-Production
Producing projects on time and under budget
Storytelling
Production
Cinematography/camera (Sony FS7, Canon C300 and C100, Sony a7S Mki and Mkii, and Canon DSLRs)
Lighting (LED, Tungsten, Kino-Flo, Arri)
Audio (Sennheiser, Sony, Mackie)
Post-production
Editing (Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop)
Sound Design (Pro Tools, Adobe Audition)
Social Media
English (fluent)
Spanish/Castellano (fluent)
Italian (read)
Portuguese (read)