Ray Gallardo

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Ray Gallardo is an American film director and cinematographer who directed the films At the Frontera (2018) and Callejero (2015) and was the cinematographer for the films Friend of the World (2020), The Fifth of November (2018) and Touch (2022).

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Career

Direction

In 2015, Gallardo's film Callejero, an underground fighting drama film featuring Carlos Palomino and Yaqui López, [1] screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. [2] His next film Cafe Con Leche, also known as At the Frontera, [3] starred Gerardo Teracena and Nina Senicar. [4] It was listed in the product guide for Screen International at Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 [5] and premiered at ArcLight Hollywood in 2018. [6]

Gallardo directed Above the Tin, a 2018 film made in San Diego about squash among underprivileged teens. [7] In 2019, he directed Entrenched: Prologue, a PTSD awareness film [8] that premiered at San Diego International Film Festival [9] [10] and was nominated for Best Art Design at Oceanside International Film Festival. [11] Gallardo's production company Infrastructure Productions has assisted with short advertisements for Horrible Imaginings Film Festival. [12]

Cinematography

In 2019, Gallardo was the cinematographer for Buy Roses for Me with Jon Allen [13] and The Fifth of November starring Qurrat Ann Kadwani. [14] The following year, he handled the cinematography for Friend of the World starring Nick Young and Alexandra Slade. [15] [16] [17] Film critics praised his lensing [18] and use of lighting. [19] Director Brian Patrick Butler said Gallardo's use of lighting was crucial for classic black and white photography. [20] In 2022, he worked as the cinematographer for Touch starring Eva Ceja and Randy Davison. [21] [22]

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterCinematographerEditor
2015CallejeroYesYesNoNo
2018Cafe Con LecheYesYesNoNo
Above the TinYesNoNoYes
The Fifth of November NoNoYesNo
2019Buy Roses for MeNoNoYesNo
Entrenched: PrologueYesNoNoNo
2020 Friend of the World NoNoYesNo
2022 Touch NoNoYesNo
2023Like Honey [23] NoNoYesNo
TBA A Corpse in Kensington † [24] NoNoYesNo
Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

At the Frontera

At the Frontera
Directed byRay Gallardo
Written by
  • Wesley Adkins
  • Ray Gallardo
  • Martin Santander
Produced by
  • Gabrielle Adrien
  • Martin Santander
  • Gabriel Ximenez
Starring
CinematographyNick Matthews
Edited byJonny Walls
Production
company
525 Films
Distributed byAdler & Associates Entertainment [25]
Release date
  • January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million [26]

At the Frontera, also known as Café Con Leche, is a 2019 action crime thriller film [27] written by Wesley Adkins, Ray Gallardo, Martin Santander and directed by Gallardo. [28] The film stars Santander, Gerardo Taracena, José Sefami and Nina Senicar. It was filmed in Mexico and premiered at ArcLight Hollywood.

Plot

In Mexico City, a district attorney and ATF agent join forces to look into a human trafficking case. They soon discover one of them may be affiliated with their prime suspect, a corrupt real-estate developer.

Production

Principal photography took place in February 2015 [26] in Mexico City and Houston. [29] The film language is entirely in Enlgish for international marketing purposes. [30] Actress Mónica Sánchez Navarro acted with both of her daughters in the film. [31] Marie Adler says the film is "timely and relevant" due to the Latin American immigration laws. [32] In an interview, Santander talked about writing the female characters in the script "strong and independent." [33]

Cast

Release

The film was listed in the product guide for Screen International at Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 [34] before holding its world premiere on January 25, 2018, at ArcLight Hollywood. [28] It had a limited theatrical run in Los Angeles on January 31, 2019 [35] and the following week in Charlotte, North Carolina. [36]

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