Ruben Olvera

Editor and Videographer

New York City, New York

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About Ruben

Ruben Olvera was born and raised in the city of San Ysidro, a district of San Diego immediately north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Like many in the area, he grew up in a bustling Catholic household, where conservative views on life, love and marriage left him feeling creatively stifled. Luckily, he was able to find an escape in the arts, pursuing passions for filmmaking, choral singing and acting throughout his early education.

After graduating high school, he attended California State University Northridge where he stumbled upon the art form that would become his true love—documentary filmmaking and editing.

Through the genre, he’s grappled with life’s big questions, examining not only his struggles with his sexual identity, but also how he began to reinvent his own morals free from the influence of family.
When he’s not exploring these topics in his personal work, he helps coordinate media and projects for reality TV, dabbles in freelance video editing and sings with the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus.

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Male

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Dia de Muertos, the movie (2017)
Film (Animation, Family and Fantasy) Production manager Add a Plot »
House Hunters International (2016 - 2017)
Television (Reality-TV) Editorial department Home hunters and their realtors check out all sorts of architectural styles and work through the idiosyncrasies of buying real estate in other countries.
Impractical Jokers (2015 - 2017)
Television (Comedy and Reality-TV) Editorial department Each episode contains a regime of multiple challenges in teams, independently or against specific jokers in a head to head challenge. Every time they fail to complete a task the joker will receive a red thumbs down. The joker with the most thumbs down after the series of challenges is the loser who has to complete an extremely embarrassing or difficult task in which the jokers cannot say no to. These Loser Challenges have consisted of dangerous stunts and some scary scenes! Written by Sam Sneddon
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes (2017)
Television (Comedy and Reality-TV) Editorial department Four friends give each other tasks and if they don't complete the task the get a thumbs down at the end the person who has the most thumbs down get punished
Paradise Run (2016)
Television (Game-Show and Reality-TV) Editorial department A Race style game show where children race in a tropical setting while completing puzzles along the way.
Big Crazy Family Adventure (2015)
Television (Adventure and Reality-TV) Editorial department Adventure journalist Bruce Kirkeby and family travel over 12,000 miles by boat, train and car to India's Zanskar Valley. The Kirkeby's interactions within their family and with those they encounter makes this special story even more so.
Celebrity Wife Swap (2013 - 2015)
Television (Reality-TV) Editorial department In each episode, two mothers with very different types of households swap lifestyles and children in a week-long challenge. In the first part of the swap, each mom moves into the others home and adopts their new celebrity family's lifestyle, no matter how different it may be. They agree to follow a manual written by the departing mother that sets out the rules of their new household - how they parent, manage their social life, do house work, unwind and more. In the second half of the week, everything changes. The new moms take charge. They introduce their own set of rules and get to run the new household their way. It's a radical shock to both celebrity families. The results are explosive, enlightening, emotional and often very funny. At the end of the show, the two celebrity couples meet for the first time. Written by Anonymous
I Can Do That! (2015)
Television (Game-Show) Editorial department Six celebrities compete for six weeks to become the ultimate champion by doing crazy, wild and out of this world acts and performances.
Killer Karaoke (2012 - 2014)
Television (Game-Show) Editorial department The series will challenge contestants to break into song in the midst of extreme situations.
Wife Swap (2013)
Television (Reality-TV and Romance) Editorial department Two wives, from two very different families, swap lives for two weeks. One week in the life of the host family, the other week forcing the family to live her lifestyle.
Astral (2010)
Film (Fantasy) Sound department Add a Plot »
Cannibal Suburbia (2007)
Film (Short and Comedy) Actor Add a Plot »
Table for Three (2006)
Film (Short and Drama) Miscellaneous Crew Recently engaged, Misty and Danny are about to purchase a table from Ellen. With the table as centerpiece and catalyst, the three meet and a simple transaction becomes complicated, as secret pasts are revealed, blind assumptions are challenged, and buried emotions are unleashed. Written by Anonymous
Fashion House (2006)
Television (Drama and Romance) Miscellaneous Crew Set in the world of the cutthroat fashion industry, a ruthless mogul (Derek) defends her company against a hostile takeover.