ABOUT
Leo Aguirre is a first-generation Mexican American filmmaker and visual artist. His work has received international recognition through film and photography projects spanning the advertising, music video, and narrative landscapes.
FILM/TV REPRESENTATION
WME (Craig Kestel)
COMMERCIAL & MUSIC VIDEOS
Park Pictures (US & UK)
PRIMO (Latin America & Spain)
DIRECT CONTACT
leo@leo-aguirre.com
ACCOLADES & PRESS
Sundance Institute Breakthrough - Focus Features Fellow Grant Recipient 2025
Sundance Directors Lab 2025
Sundance Screenwriters Lab 2025
Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2022 (representing Mexico)
Cannes Young Directors Award 2021 (Short Film - Nominee)
Ciclope Festival 2021 (New Talent in Direction - Finalist)
1.4 Awards 2021 - Winner (Silver)
Young Guns 18 - Winner
Filmmaker Magazine - Sundance Directing Lab 2025: Leo Aguirre
Shots Magazine - Playlist: Leo Aguirre
Rolling Stone - Becky G “Como Diablos” Music Video
Latina Magazine - The Culture of Cumbia: Exploring New York’s Sonideros Through Film
Musicbed Podcast - Episode 10: On Selling Out vs Buying Time
Little Black Book - Uprising: Bicultural Beauty and True Representation in Filmmaking