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Arturo Portillo

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Arturo Portillo
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Illegal (2010)
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Arturo Portillo was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1979 and wrote his first story when he was in third grade, winning an award for best children's fable at his elementary school. That was the day that got him on his way to pursuing a career in the film industry. It wasn't until 1991 in English class, where he got the idea to write his first feature film script. His teacher told a story about a trip to the tip of the Bermuda Triangle, and from that point on, he learned all he could about screenwriting so he can get that story (When Darkness Falls) written.

In 1997, he attended New Mexico State University, where he majored in TV News Production and Journalism. He learned a variety of production skills that would help him land a video editing and videographer job at his local TV station in 2002 and worked a many short films and feature films as an actor, stand-in and body double.

He auditioned for 4 episodes of the TV show Breaking Bad, one of them was Gus's friend from a flashback that gets shot in the head, but didn't get that role, even though, Arturo speaks Spanish fluently.

His influences are anything paranormal or out of the ordinary. He grew up watching an assortment of TV shows from I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In to Knight Rider, Carol Burnett And Friends and Night Court; so you can tell where his quirkiness and quick wit influences came from.

Arturo is a freelance screenwriter, writing movies for filmmakers and himself. He's also an actor and director, having worked on dozens of feature films, TV shows, and short films. In his spare time, he likes to draw, go ghost hunting with his team called Research In Paranormal Science (or RIPS for short) and create special make up effects for film and TV. You can see more of his work at his personal page.
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At the 2012 Beverly Hills Film Festival. Screenplay Entrant.
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Arturo Portillo and actor Luis Bordonada in the film Ilegales
The Shadow Lurker
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Arturo Portillo in El Sueño (2016)
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Known for

Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in Due Date (2010)
Due Date
6.5
  • Additional Crew(Mr. Robert Downey Jr., uncredited)
  • 2010
Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley, Zak Bagans, and Billy Tolley in Ghost Adventures (2008)
Ghost Adventures
7.3
TV Series
  • Cop #2
Rx (2005)
Rx
5.4
  • Mexican Soldier at Cantina
  • 2005
Shirley Rumierk and Luis Bordonada in Illegal (2010)
Illegal
7.1
  • Felipe
  • 2010

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Actor

  • Easter Someday (2021)
    Easter Someday
  • Kathy Thomas-Aldrich and Bryan G. Thompson in Valentines Date (2021)
    Valentines Date
  • Humberto Castro, Jon Erik Castro, and Lorraine Sanchez in The Confession Project (2020)
    The Confession Project
    • (voice)
  • Christopher Jones in Save Me (2020)
    Save Me
  • Brothers James: Retribution (2019)
    Brothers James: Retribution
  • Manny Rubio, J.D. Marmion, Frank Powers, Hector Dez, Robert Izquierdo, Jorge Estrada, Jerry Walker, Myka Puentes, Al Matamoros, and Michelle Martinez in Beaten (2019)
    Beaten
  • Arturo Portillo, J.D. Marmion, Frank Powers, Kevin Wester, Ivan Aguilar, Gonzalo Robles, Jerry Walker, Myka Puentes, and Michelle Martinez in Shadow Minds (2017)
    Shadow Minds
  • Humberto Castro and Diajesma Orozco in El Sueño (2016)
    El Sueño
  • Gunslingers (2014)
    Gunslingers
  • George Katt and Ryan Jennifer Jones in I'd Kill for You (2013)
    I'd Kill for You
  • Kosmikophobia (2014)
    Kosmikophobia
    • (voice)
  • Carlos Corral, Tuesday Knight, Arturo Portillo, Dakota, Elizabeth Elise Gonzalez, Josh Calderon, Raquel Gomez, Michelle Munoz, and Billy Aguilar in Opening Night (2014)
    Opening Night
  • Emmanuel Aldrete and Melissa Motta in Save Me (2014)
    Save Me
  • Die Die Delta Pi (2013)
    Die Die Delta Pi
  • Dead of Night (2013)
    Dead of Night

Writer

  • Encarnatus
    • Post-production
  • Manny Rubio, J.D. Marmion, Frank Powers, Hector Dez, Robert Izquierdo, Jorge Estrada, Jerry Walker, Myka Puentes, Al Matamoros, and Michelle Martinez in Beaten (2019)
    Beaten
  • Tawnya Bass in Lady Belladonna's Tales From The Inferno (2018)
    Lady Belladonna's Tales From The Inferno
    • (segment Hexit Strategy)
  • Hexit Strategy (2017)
    Hexit Strategy
  • Kosmikophobia (2014)
    Kosmikophobia
  • Die Die Delta Pi (2013)
    Die Die Delta Pi
  • Agrizoophobia
  • Another Kind of Hero
  • Not Human (2010)
    Not Human

Editor

  • Sharon Gilbert in Thanksgiving with the Carters 2: Second Helping (2021)
    Thanksgiving with the Carters 2: Second Helping
  • Margarita Romero, Aniya Langston, Stephanie Breedlove, Shedell, Sean Robinson, May Flores, Leroy Coleman, Hussain Ahmed, Lee A. Breedlove, Christopher Matthews, Trent Partridge, Rufus Curry Jr., Jason Cole, Russell Motley, Scarlett Flores, Lettie Prieto, Alize Guitierrez, Calvin Wright, Jonathan L. Kimble, Pheola Epps, Arturo Portillo, Kathy Thomas-Aldrich, Philip Wrencher, Brigette Rock, Bryan G. Thompson, Woody Deant, Andrew Matney, April Marcell, Byron Adrian Shorter, John Carter, Lamont Ferguson, Diajesma Orozco, Sophia Knolton, D.E. Evans, Malachi DeWitt, Sharon Gilbert, Alba Medina, Claudia Ninfa, Albert Lujan, Jerry Walker, Joseph P Gamble, Ronald Gamble, Roger Tyler, John D. Gordon, and Ruben E. A. Brown in Carter Family Reunion (2021)
    Carter Family Reunion
  • Easter Someday (2021)
    Easter Someday
  • Kathy Thomas-Aldrich and Bryan G. Thompson in Valentines Date (2021)
    Valentines Date
  • Manny Rubio, J.D. Marmion, Frank Powers, Hector Dez, Robert Izquierdo, Jorge Estrada, Jerry Walker, Myka Puentes, Al Matamoros, and Michelle Martinez in Beaten (2019)
    Beaten
  • Tawnya Bass in Lady Belladonna's Tales From The Inferno (2018)
    Lady Belladonna's Tales From The Inferno
    • (segment Hexit Strategy)
  • Hexit Strategy (2017)
    Hexit Strategy
  • Kosmikophobia (2014)
    Kosmikophobia
  • Die Die Delta Pi (2013)
    Die Die Delta Pi
  • Not Human (2010)
    Not Human
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    Auditioned for the role of Max Fischer in Rushmore, directed by Wes Anderson.
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