Xochi Blymyer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Production Manager
Xochi was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Ginger Sugar
Blymyer was a movie hairstylist spending 17 years as Natalie Woods
hairdresser. Her step dad was Pat Blymyer who was a gaffer for over 40
years. As a family they traveled the world depending on which parent
had a feature on location.
Xochi has other family members in the business. Bill Bates and JB Bates, her biological dad and step mother, were a prop team, working on many television shows. She also has two brothers who are both prop masters, Eric Bate and Mychael Bates. Years ago, her sister, Laurie Bates, was a stand in and extra on many shows, most notably "Mash" where you will find her playing the part of Nurse Laurie.
Xochi attended the University of New Hampshire and graduated with a Mathematic degree. Her first job was working at the Better Business Bureau of Boston and after two years, quit and headed back to Hollywood, California.
She found her first job with her dad, Pat, as a stand in on a couple of movies until she was hired on "Red Heat" as a production assistant because of her computer skills. This first movie turned into a string of big action features and finally she was able to join the Directors Guild of America in 1991. Her first movie in the DGA was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Xochi has worked her way up through the ranks of the Assistant Director department working on many features and television shows.
In recent years, she worked on many seasons of "Animal Kingdom", "Black Monday" and "All American" along with many others.
There are also features in development that Xochi is attached as producer. In 2022, the short film "Hey Alexa" was written and produced by Xochi. So far in 2023 this short has received many Film Festival Awards.
Presently, Xochi is continuing her work on Producing and Directing the adventure documentary titled "Red Dog & Bates". After traveling extensively in Mexico, filming for the documentary, Xochi has learned more about the amazing people of Mexico and hopes this movie will show the wonderful adventure of walking through Mexico in 1958 paralleled with present day Mexico.
Xochi's production company, Gotta Grin Pictures found at gottagrinpictures . com , is developing many films and television pilots.
Xochi has other family members in the business. Bill Bates and JB Bates, her biological dad and step mother, were a prop team, working on many television shows. She also has two brothers who are both prop masters, Eric Bate and Mychael Bates. Years ago, her sister, Laurie Bates, was a stand in and extra on many shows, most notably "Mash" where you will find her playing the part of Nurse Laurie.
Xochi attended the University of New Hampshire and graduated with a Mathematic degree. Her first job was working at the Better Business Bureau of Boston and after two years, quit and headed back to Hollywood, California.
She found her first job with her dad, Pat, as a stand in on a couple of movies until she was hired on "Red Heat" as a production assistant because of her computer skills. This first movie turned into a string of big action features and finally she was able to join the Directors Guild of America in 1991. Her first movie in the DGA was Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Xochi has worked her way up through the ranks of the Assistant Director department working on many features and television shows.
In recent years, she worked on many seasons of "Animal Kingdom", "Black Monday" and "All American" along with many others.
There are also features in development that Xochi is attached as producer. In 2022, the short film "Hey Alexa" was written and produced by Xochi. So far in 2023 this short has received many Film Festival Awards.
Presently, Xochi is continuing her work on Producing and Directing the adventure documentary titled "Red Dog & Bates". After traveling extensively in Mexico, filming for the documentary, Xochi has learned more about the amazing people of Mexico and hopes this movie will show the wonderful adventure of walking through Mexico in 1958 paralleled with present day Mexico.
Xochi's production company, Gotta Grin Pictures found at gottagrinpictures . com , is developing many films and television pilots.
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Second Unit or Assistant Director
Director
Production Manager
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