Frank Nunez, (Producer/Director), an award winning filmmaker, got his
first start in filmmaking when he decided one day to put down his 9mm
gun and pick up a 16mm camera.
Frank's life did not begin with the Hollywood dream. He did not take
dad's camera at the age of seven and start making movies. His life was
more like a Hollywood movie. Frank grew up in the Vista barrio, son to
immigrant farm workers that couldn't afford for him to experience the
excitement on the silver screen.
Raised by a single mother, Frank soon became a statistic and fell into
the hands of the streets. At the age of thirteen, he joined the local
neighborhood gang. Within no time, Frank was serving time in San Diego
Juvenile Hall. One evening during his stay, Frank was allowed the
privilege to watch a movie. He became fascinated by the moving image.
For the first time in his life, something gave him that feeling of
hope.
Sadly, Frank's life did not change upon release. But that hope still
set in his belly. One day Frank and some friends ditched school and
attended the screening of Edward James Olmos' "American Me". That would
be the movie that would change Nunez's life forever. Right there and
then, Frank Nunez knew he wanted to make movies. Years later, Frank
signed up at a community college and without encouragement, without
anyone to believe in him, Frank told the world he was going to be a
filmmaker.
Frank graduated with honors at California State University Northridge
with a degree in Cinema Television of Arts emphasis Film Production.
There in the San Fernando Valley, Frank worked on many films in order
to craft his directing skills. The hands on experience helped him find
the talent within and created a filmmaking giant. After school, Frank
headed back to San Diego with his wife, Christina, and child Isaiah. He
had many ideas and dreams to be fulfilled.
On that journey, he formed a film production company called "Little
Boyz Dreams, LLC" and came up with the idea to shoot a feature length
film for fewer than ten thousand dollars; thus, "187 Shadow Lane" was
born. After learning the fundamentals of indie filmmaking, he took a
leap of faith to get the award winning comedy "The Yardsale" off the
ground. At this point in his career, Nunez has various projects in
different stages of development and looks forward to make his mark in
Hollywood.
