Esmarelda VillaLobos: Comedian, director and screenwriter in Los Angeles, California.

Tucker Teague
Feature Filmmaking at Used-car Prices

In 1988, Rick Schmidt (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773168/) published a book called: Feature Filmmaking at Used-car Prices

The blurb: "For about $6,000 anyone with the right know-how--and this book--can write, produce, direct, film, edit, and promote a feature film. Step-by-step instructions, summar...

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Esmarelda VillaLobos

Hadn't heard of the book, but made my own solo feature for less than $350 during lockdown, so definitely have to check it out!

James Fleming

Did you shoot your film? I would like to see it!

Esmarelda VillaLobos

I’ll be doing a Kickstarter in July to raise money for finishing costs, but yes! It’s 100% shot.

GENRE: Drama
LOGLINE:

A cocky personal injury attorney is asked to represent his ex-brother-in-law in a decades-old sexual assault case.

Tasha Lewis

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RASCAL
GENRE: Thriller
LOGLINE:

After the sudden and mysterious death of her best friend, a scrappy prostitute goes on a rampage to uncover the truth.

Tasha Lewis

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Esmarelda VillaLobos
You Had Me at Hello

Hi everyone, I’m Esmarelda, a writer/director who completed their first feature film during the pandemic for a budget of less than $350. It is an 89-minute narrative comedy that I financed with the first stimulus check for less than the cost of a Los Angeles lunch. I am a huge cinephile and can usua...

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Matthew Cornwell

Hey Esmarelda! Congrats on all the accomplishments!

Solange Plaza

oh that is a lot! Congrats on everything!

Terrence Sellers

That is a really impressive list of accomplishments. Congratulations.

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Esmarelda. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. L...

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Amanda Toney

Hello Esmarelda -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that yo...

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Esmarelda's network

Akeem Mair
Yaşar Taşbaş
Tucker Teague
Marcos Fizzotti
Samuel Walton
Susan Forster
Kaitlin Oster
Katrina Lena
Ding Zhillo
Rod Burke
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