Kacho López Mari

Kacho López Mari (born May 16, 1975) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker and co-founder of production company Filmes Zapatero. He is a 7-time nominee and two time Latin Grammy Award winner for his music videos “Ojos Color Sol” (Calle 13) (featuring actors Gael García Bernal and María Valverde) and “Loco de Amor” (Juanes). His second collaboration with Juanes titled Mis Planes son Amarte (coincidentally Latin music's first visual album ), got López Mari his 6th Latin Grammy nomination and his 4th for Best Music Video, Long Form. His music video/documentary "El Apagón - Aquí vive gente" for Bad Bunny was nominated at The Shots Awards of the Americas 2023 in the video of the year category and was shortlisted at Cannes Lions 70 in Cannes, France in 2023. The video was also nominated at the VMAs 2023 in the Video for good category. In August 2023 Premios Rolling Stone en Español nominated "Canción Desaparecida" by Juanes, music video López Mari directed, in the Videoclip del Año category.

Career
Kacho López Mari started his career in the field of graphic design. After transitioning into film, in the now-defunct production company Paradiso Films, López Mari founded Filmes Zapatero with his partner, award-winning producer Tristana Robles in 2011. He got his start directing music videos for Reggaeton/Underground artists like Tego Calderón and Daddy Yankee, directing the videos for the singles "Abayarde" and "Gasolina"  respectively. Throughout his career, López Mari has directed music videos for Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Ile, Aventura, Daddy Yankee, Calle 13, Don Omar, Tego Calderón and Chayanne among many others.