User talk:Msantiago007

Marco Santiago Jr. (born June 26, 1964), is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written, directed and produced short films: El Trafico (2004), Once Upon a Time in the Desert (2005), Fallen Hero (2010), Xtraction (2011) and co-produced the as yet released feature film, Water & Power, written and directed by Richard Montoya of Culture Clash fame, and developed at the Sundance Writers Lab and Directors Lab in 2007.

Santiago is a four time fellow of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Feature film Program, which includes the NALIP Writers Lab and the NALIP Producers Academy, which includes a director’s track as well as a producers track. He is a two-time fellow of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Writers Lab in 2006 and 2007 for his feature film projects “86″ and “HOW TO COPE WITH SUBURBAN STRESS”. He is also a two-time fellow of the NALIP Producers Academy in 2006 as a producing fellow, and then again in 2007 as a directing fellow, where he shot several scenes from his “86″ screenplay in preparation for feature film production. He is also a two-time finalist for consideration to the Sundance Writers Lab in 2007 for his “86″ feature film project and then again in 2008 for his adaptation of the novel “HOW TO COPE WITH SUBURBAN STRESS”, a satire by David Galef which was featured in a Kirkus Reviews article in the August 2006 edition of the Hollywood Reporter.

Modeled after the Sundance writers lab and feature film program, the NALIP writers lab and Producers Academy are important programs, sponsored and supported by HBO, Time Warner, MTV Networks, ABC/Walt Disney New Talent Development Program, FOX, Cox Communications, UCLA, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, the Academy Foundation, POV, HFPA Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the WGA East/West.

Reviews of His Works

 * Matthew Saliba, Rougue Cinema
 * Richard Propes, The Independent Critic