Juan Francisco Calero: Director, producer and visual effects artist in Toronto, Canada.

Juan Francisco Calero
Part time Director

Hi Everyone! 

I'm a filmmaker from Spain based in Toronto. 

My daytime job is as a Visual Effects Artist in big cinema and TV projects. But my daytime goal is to Direct small projects to connect with an audience and make them "dream" my stories.

I have been around Stage 32 for a few years. Still, mainl...

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Leonor LeRu

Welcome Juan! Looking forward to your projects!

Thierry Errembault

Hi Juan, thanks for adding me to your network. I like your honesty and bluntness. I'm pretty sure you have a lot to offer if you're at the top of your game in VFX... And then you can learn what you don't know yet from others :D

Steve Douglas-Craig
Ex-Studio Creative Executive joining Stage 32 community!

Hi everyone. Wanted to reach out as I am new to this site. Look forward to contributing where I can to the business & craft of screenwriting and beyond. With 14 years inside a major studio system (distribution, acquisitions, development & production), I have amassed a wealth of knowledge and experie...

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Steve Douglas-Craig

Thanks all for the warm welcome. I couldn't be more excited to explore this next chapter in my career which will be more about giving back all I've learned about the industry, it's nuances, film distr...

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Steve Douglas-Craig

Pass it to those you think would benefit most.

Maurice Vaughan

Hey, Steve Douglas-Craig. How's it going?

Deborah Weed
Self-worth for Kids!

For years, I have produced and created interactive musicals, books, illustrations and curriculum to encourage kiddos and their families to have self-worth. Now, watching kids lose their way due to the pandemic, family stressors, and loss of connection I want to jump into the animation/puppetry arena...

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Deborah Weed

Thank you Juan for seeing how important it is in the lives of the next generation!

William Schumpert

A great motivation. I did a script read for a script about childhood bravery and self awareness. If you need a voice actor or narration let me know. Can also work with production and concepts.

Sandra Ray

Wonderful! The children are better off with people like you in the world!

Free Rodriguez
Making a feature

Hello everyone. I am in Tokyo and currently working on making my first feature. I am in the middle of production with a love story. Aside from that I have an urban fiction short that is currently in the film festival submissions journey.

Maurice Vaughan

Will the Peachtree Film Festival be online, Free Rodriguez?

Free Rodriguez

Maurice Vaughan if all goes as designed, It will go up on their streaming platform JARO. Happy to share a link the day it does. @Lee Shargel and @Juan Francisco Calero Thank you and yes Tokyo is a cit...

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Maurice Vaughan

Yeah, that'd be great, Free Rodriguez. Thanks!

Karen "Kay" Ross
What Movies Changed Your Life?

I think Gladiator, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Serenity, and Penelope.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/movies-that-changed-my-life/id1510......

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Movies That Changed My Life
Movies That Changed My Life
TV & Film Podcast · Each week IMDb host and producer Ian de Borja sits down with actors, filmmakers, and more to learn about the movies that inspired them to create their greatest work. Click "Listen…
Michael E Droberg

Jaws... I was afraid to swim in swimming pools until I was 20 ;)

Karen "Kay" Ross

I hear ya! I still won't swim in the ocean, Michael E Droberg! I figure I'm trespassing and they have every right to attack me - LOL!

Doug Nelson

life changing? I recall Hitch telling us 'it's only a movie'.

Juan Francisco Calero
Spanish Filmmaker & Visual Effects Artist in Montreal

Hi community!! I'm a filmmaker from Spain currently living in Montreal. I'm eager to produce some amazing stories in this amazing city... in the short spare time I have after my daytime job in Visual Effects... Glad to be here. Happy Networking!!

Oyinlola Longe, PhD

Hello JF, I love Spanish story telling. I enjoyed the film el orfanato among others, for it's story. May things work out for you.

Juan Francisco Calero

Thank you Oyinlola. Hope to see some of your dance/plays in the future

Mary Dee

hello

Juan Francisco Calero
From Filmmaking to Games

In this interview, the Camera Specialist in several big budgets video games at Ubisoft explain his transition from Filmmaking to Games

https://thefictionanthology.com/2017/12/03/bringing-the-filmmaking-experience-to-games/

Shooting the short "Ninti"

Juan Francisco Calero

JF Calero - Director Sizzle Reel

"Sizzle Reel" of my work as director

Lisa Blaney

So this is my company: Filmatick is pleased to host a virtual lunch & learn on January 6, 2021, from 12 pm-1 pm (EST). Emmy Award-winning director, Mike Gasaway, will be presenting on the importance of previsualization in a post-covid world. We will treat you and a guest to an Uber Eats lunch that y...

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Exterior

Small Set

With the main actress in character

The Jump

In the Dark

Discussing the camera movement with the DOP and the 1st AD

On the stairs

The Jump - 2

Juan's network

Nathaniel Baker
Matthew Parvin
Cheryl Boyles
Ginny Monroe MA
Anthony John Orlando
Mohamed Chwitar
Federico Alerta
Benjamin Elliott
Frank Gaimari
Lisa Wills
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