Ken Arquelio

KEN ARQUELIO, is a director/screenwriter/actor and producer. He most recently directed, wrote, and played a lead role opposite Pepe Serna in a short film called DISCO BEATS that was awarded BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM at the Arizona International Film Festival-2025. Other festival selections in the Spring/2025 are: Pasadena International Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, USA Film Festival, and South Beach Film Festival. Other recent acting credits are lead roles in UNCLE TONY, a web series available on YouTube, and CLOWNSPIRACY, a political satire/horror film produced by Glitch TV that is currently in post-production and due for release in the Fall/2025. After creating, writing and producing a television pilot called DESERT RATS, he was awarded producing fellowships in the fall of 2021 for the PGA Create program and with NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers). As an actor, he most recently played a lead role in CLOWNSPIRACY, a horror film due to be released on YouTube TV in 2025, and played a starring role in an award-winning short film called DISCO BEATS, which he also wrote/directed. A theatrically trained actor, Ken originated the lead roles in stage productions of Infinite Black Suitcase by EM Lewis and Resurrection of the Ants by Mike Fontana. He also produced and starred in the West Coast debuts of The Dying Gaul and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot. Ken is the founding member of VINCERO PICTURES, a production company based in Palm Springs, and is currently writing and developing other television pilots and feature films.