Carlos A.F. Lopez is a multi-faceted filmmaker with over a decade of experience in all stages of production: directing, producing, editing, shooting and writing. His latest, Dream Creep, premiered in the Midnight Shorts Program at Sundance Film Festival 2024. Previously, he directed Ghosting the Party which won a Special Jury Prize at Nashville Film Festival 2017, and produced The Procedure, winner of the Special Jury Prize for Best Short Fiction: U.S. at Sundance Film Festival 2016, and Harbor Island, winner of the Special Jury Prize in the Independent Pilot Competition at SXSW 2023. He has insidiously established himself as a dynamic filmmaker through a robust collection of evocative, award-winning shorts films and music videos. Transitioning from musician to filmmaker in the Seattle underground/DIY scene, he got his primer creating visually arresting videos for fellow artists; establishing a subversive, comedic and undeniably cinematic style. A first-generation Washingtonian born to a Filipino mother and Mexican father, their cultural influence is imbued throughout his work in nuanced ways that subvert what it means to be an artist of color in the independent film community.