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Jose Rico

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  • Born and raised in Mexico City for most of his life, Jose discovered his passion for filmmaking towards the end of high school. Although he had always been an avid moviegoer, the idea of becoming a film director only got into his head after watching "The Dark Knight" on July 18th, 2008.

    Immediately after high school, Jose went to New York city to study at the New York Film Academy, where he learned most of his skills and directed several short movies as part of his learning experience. With these projects he began to experiment with dark themes and complex psychological stories along with his new acquired knowledge of real script-writing and filmmaking techniques. He also worked in several other crew positions for over 20 short films made by his teammates.

    In 2012, by the end of the 1 year intensive program, Jose graduated with his thesis film "Ytinas" which was screened on the Scranton Horror Film Festival that same year. On July 2013 Jose began principal photography for his first feature film "The Great Art of Being" which concluded filming almost a month later, in August.

    In 2014 Jose returned to Mexico and began working as a freelancer and editor. Shortly after he joined Sinister 7, a collective of friends and filmmakers interested in creating innovative projects and original content within Mexico for a universal audience. His 2016 project "No es lo que parece" (It's not what it seems) is the first one envisioned by Sinister 7.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymus

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  • Usually does dark psychological films
  • Has very small cameos in his work
  • Main characters tend to have very complex psychological background

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  • Favorite movie of all time: The Dark Knight.
  • Influenced heavily by the work of Christopher Nolan, Guillermo del Toro and Tim Burton.
  • Went to the New York Film Academy got a one year program from September 2011 to August 2012, graduating with his Thesis film "Ytinas".
  • Shot his first feature film being 21 years old.
  • Is a huge fan of Christopher Nolan's work.

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