- He plays the violin.
- Used to work as a waiter in Applebee's, in Blockbuster and as a Telemarketer.
- He created Wama Films as a promise to a friend who almost died in a car accident.
- He was rejected by many film schools.
- Award winning director Alejandro Monteverde is his mentor.
- He was raised in Tampico, a small town in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- He dropped out of college to pursue a career as a filmmaker.
- Created Wama Films with producer Anna Villareal.
- Amongst his admired composers are: Antonio Pinto, Thomas Newman, Ennio Morricone, Brian Tyler, Daniel Hart, Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat and Roberto Murguía Barrios.
- His award-winning short film "Historia de un Letrero" was shot with a 50 dollar budget.
- One of the few Tampiqueños to be recognized for his international achievements.
- His favorite film is The Shawshank Redemption.
- Once a International Commerce student won full scholarship playing forward for the Universidad Autonoma of Tamaulipas soccer team.
- Considers Linkin Park as a true inspiration, and has expressed his interest to direct one of their videos.
- He considered selling his kidney to pay for the transfer of his film "Crescendo".
- After learning that his friend survived a tragic accident, he knocked on doors and asked for money until he raised almost 15,000 dollars to pay for some of his operations.
- Received a Humanitarian award on behalf of Expresion en Corto Film Festival and Avon for his film "El descubrimiento" (The Finding), becoming the only Latin-American director to receive an award on that year (2009).
- Good friends with actors Tom Wilkinson, Michael Rapaport, Sean Astin, David Henrie and Abraham Benrubi.
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