Jaime is a documentary director and producer. He has been working on humanitarian and natural disaster documentaries for almost a decade. Jaime is currently the head of production at the Tzu Chi USA Media Production Center and oversees projects from concept to delivery for more than 120 projects a year.

He is also the founder and producer of the New York-based production company, A FILMS, with whom he directed and produced commercials like “TAG-morphosis” which won the TAG-Heuer Jury Award for Best Commercial, and music videos for bands such as Husbandry (USA), Jean-Paul (Spain), and Nung Nung (Taiwan).

Jaime was also the creative assistant to the director for the Ecuadorian hybrid film “A Son of Man,” which became the Ecuadorian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards and had six nominations for the Platino Awards of Ibero-American Cinema. He is currently finalizing “Los Sandy’s,” a poetic documentary short film about the sacrifice and creative resilience of a family of Mexican immigrants in the US.

2023

2022

2021

2020

• Ombligo (post-production) · 1st Assistant Director · FEATURE FILM · Spain
• Los Sandy’s (post-production) · Director, Producer · DOCUMENTARY · US
• Fuga Mundi (in development) · Director, Producer, Writer · FEATURE FILM · Spain
• Breakfast Not Included · Producer · SHORT FILM · UK
• Sonia, I Love You · Producer, Fixer · DOCUMENTARY · US/UK/Spain
• A FILMS (ongoing) · Director, Producer · VARIOUS PROJECTS · US/Spain
• Tzu Chi Foundation · Director · DOCUMENTARY · Worldwide

2019

• Promo new album of 091 · Director, Producer · PROMO · Spain
• Smile With Teeth – Husbandry · Director, Producer · MUSIC VIDEO · US
• Gipsy Kings. Season 6. NY Stage · Producer · REALITY TV · US
• Tzu Chi Foundation · Director · DOCUMENTARY
  • Ecuador Medical Outreach · Ecuador
  • The Menahel Promise: an Educational Oasis for Syrian Refugees ·Turkey
  • Mexico Medical Outreach · Mexico
  • Rebuilding Faith · Ecuador
  • Buddha Bath · Ecuador
  • DaAi – Morelos Institute Series ·Mexico
  • Anniversary of Tzu Chi in Ecuador Series · Ecuador
  • Tzu Chi’s 30th Anniversary Series · USA
  • 3 Years Anniversary Ecuador Earthquake · Ecuador
  • Sierra Leone Outreach Series · Cinematographer · Sierra Leone
  • Among others

2018

• JAG · Director, Producer · DOCUMENTARY · Spain
• Marriott’s Story Booked. Season 2 · Swing · BRANDED CONTENT · US
• Trip 1994. Saudi National Soccer Team · Producer, Fixer · DOCUMENTARY · US
• Tzu Chi Foundation · Director · DOCUMENTARY · Worldwide
  • Puerto Rico Assessment · USA
  • Earthquake Follow up Series · Mexico
  • Volcano Evacuee Relief in Hawaii · USA
  • Tzu Chi Mexico Mission One Year after Earthquake · Mexico
  • Hurricane Florence Relief in North Carolina · USA
  • 4th Medical Outreach in Mexico · Mexico
  • Disaster Assessment for Hurricane Michael in FL · USA
  • Among others

2017

• Grab Twist Pull – Husbandry · Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor · MUSIC VIDEO · US
• Marriott’s Story Booked. Season 1 · Swing · BRANDED CONTENT · US
• This Land · Cinematographer · FEATURE DOCUMENTARY · US
• Tzu Chi Foundation · Cinematographer · DOCUMENTARY · Worldwide
  • Mobile Vision Clinic in Fresno, CA. · USA
  • The Resettled · USA
  • Ecuador Earthquake one year anniversary series
  • Ecuador Emergency Relief series · Ecuador
  • This Land · USA/Mexico
  • Hurricane Harvey Relief in Houston · USA
  • Relief in Freetown ·Sierra Leone
  • Among others

2016

• Sorel · Producer, Fixer · COMMERCIAL · US
• Desigual · Producer, Fixer · COMMERCIAL · US
• Mosaico Studios – various projects · Unit Production Manager · CORPORATE · US
• MBTV – various projects · 1st Assistant Director · COMMERCIAL · US
• Lang School – various projects · Director, Producer, Editor · CORPORATE · US
• Tzu Chi Foundation · Director · DOCUMENTARY · Worldwide

2015

• Casados a primera vista · Producer, Fixer · REALITY TV · US
• A Son of Man · Creative Asst. to the Director · FEATURE FILM · Ecuador
• Jacques Torres’s online videos · Producer/Cinematographer · ONLINE MEDIA · US
• MBTV – various projects · 1st Assistant Director · COMMERCIAL · US
• Apple of my Eye · Projections designer · THEATER · US

2014

• Stealing Chanel · 1st Assistant Director · FEATURE FILM · US
• Mr. Steam · 1st Assistant Director · COMMERCIAL SERIES · US
• Social Gradient · Director, Producer · CORPORATE · US
• Harmony Daycare · Director, Producer, Editor · CORPORATE · US
• Carolina Herrera White Shirt Collection · Cinematographer · COMMERCIAL · US

2013

• Indiana, the movie · 1st Assistant Director · FEATURE FILM · US
• Menina dos Meus Olhos · Projections designer · THEATER · US

2012

• U look Good – Nung-Nung (Taiwan) · Director, Producer · MUSIC VIDEO · US
• (Birds) All around – Nung-Nung (Taiwan) · Director, Producer · MUSIC VIDEO · US
• Shaman, Shock Therapy in Six Parts · Co-Director · THEATER · US
• www.africa.com · Director, Producer, Editor · ONLINE MEDIA · US

2011

• Grandma is sick (Doritos) · Director, Producer · COMMERCIAL · US
•  Doriportation (Doritos) · Director, Producer · COMMERCIAL · US
• La Mala Fe – Jean Paul (Spain) · Director, Producer · MUSIC VIDEO · Spain
• TAG-Morphosis (TAG-Heuer) · Director, Producer · COMMERCIAL · US

2010

• Genesis – Apple MacBook Pro · Director, Producer · COMMERCIAL · US
• Genesis – Apple iPad · Director, Producer · COMMERCIAL · US
• Letras pequeñas · Director, Producer, Writer · SHORT FILM · US

2009

• 12+1, una comedia metafisica (Spain) · Actor, Producer · FEATURE FILM · Spain

2007

• El Silenci del Mar (Spain) · Assistant Director · THEATER · Spain

2021

Grab Twist Pull · MUSIC VIDEO

• Spain Film Connect – Best Music Video Award

2020

Grab Twist Pull · MUSIC VIDEO

• Bogotá Music Video Festival – Official Competition

• Feedback Experimental Music Film Fest – Official Competition
• New York Lift-Off Film Fest – Official Competition
• 7th Siding Festival of Film – Official Competition

Smile With Teeth · MUSIC VIDEO

• Asolo Art Film Fest – Official Competition
• New York Lift-Off Film Fest – Official Competition

2019

A Son of Man · FEATURE FILM

• Platino Award Nominee for Best Ibero-American Cinema
  Fiction Film
• Platino Award Nominee for Best Ibero-American Cinema
  Original Score
• Platino Award Nominee for Best Ibero-American Cinema
  Cinematography
• Platino Award Nominee for Best Ibero-American Cinema
  Sound Design
• Platino Award Nominee for Best Ibero-American Cinema
  Editing
• Platino Award Nominee for Best Ibero-American Cinema
  Production Design

2018

A Son of Man · FEATURE FILM

• Ecuadorian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at
  the 91st Academy Awards

This Land · DOCUMENTARY

• Best Documentary at the Black Hills Film Festival

2012

12+1, una comedia metafísica · FEATURE FILM

• Best Film ZONAZINE, 2 AWARDS

2011

TAG-Morphosis · COMMERCIAL

• Winner of the TAG-Heuer Jury Award to Best Commercial, EYEKA

2008

Granted with the Excellence Scholarship Talentia by the Conserjería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa of Junta de Andalucía.

2011

2 Years Conservatory Filmmaking en New York Film Academy – New York.

2009

Audiovisual Communication at UOC -Universidad Oberta de Catalunya.

2004

Bachelors Degree in Acting and Dramatic Arts, speciality in Physical and Visual Theater at the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona