Directing Reel
DIRECTION
MUSIC VIDEOS
SHORT FILMS
PRODUCER
A directing reel showcasing Music Videos, Short Films, and Art Video pieces I’ve directed through the years.
Client: NZCA Lines
Universal Heartbreak
DIRECTION
CREATIVE DIRECTION
MUSIC VIDEOS
ART DIRECTION
Role: Creative Director, Director/Writer, Set Designer
I creative directed the new EP campaign for British Synth Pop artist NZCA Lines’ “Universal Heartbreak” and separately produced and directed the music video for the title track “Universal Heartbreak”.
The piece was really inspired by Nan Goldin’s photographs, especially “Ballad of Sexual Dependency”, and separately by Pre-Raphaelite paintings, specifically Henry Wallis’s “The Death of Chatterton”. Also 90s luxury fashion ads of sad, sexy models.For the exterior NYC shots the intro sequence to “Manhattan” was my main inspiration; So, lots of 1990s nostalgia at play.
I was after a nostalgic melancholy and wanted the video to feel like u were intruding on an intimate moment. I wanted that feeling of looking at an old printed photo of you and your friends, or an ex lover, and having to like, grasp at your chest because the emotion is too much.
Credits:
Photographer: Cynthia Villamil
Graphic Design/Typography: Vittorio Perotti of Yohoho Studio
Director of Photography: Isabel Padilla
Editor: Eren Gulfiidan
I creative directed the new EP campaign for British Synth Pop artist NZCA Lines’ “Universal Heartbreak” and separately produced and directed the music video for the title track “Universal Heartbreak”.
The piece was really inspired by Nan Goldin’s photographs, especially “Ballad of Sexual Dependency”, and separately by Pre-Raphaelite paintings, specifically Henry Wallis’s “The Death of Chatterton”. Also 90s luxury fashion ads of sad, sexy models.For the exterior NYC shots the intro sequence to “Manhattan” was my main inspiration; So, lots of 1990s nostalgia at play.
I was after a nostalgic melancholy and wanted the video to feel like u were intruding on an intimate moment. I wanted that feeling of looking at an old printed photo of you and your friends, or an ex lover, and having to like, grasp at your chest because the emotion is too much.
Credits:
Photographer: Cynthia Villamil
Graphic Design/Typography: Vittorio Perotti of Yohoho Studio
Director of Photography: Isabel Padilla
Editor: Eren Gulfiidan
Universal Heartbreak Music Video
Covers
Client: Self
Ay Ay I
CREATIVE DIRECTION
TYPOGRAPHY
MOTION GRAPHICS
MUSIC VIDEO
Role: Director, Writer, Art Director, Editor
I art directed, directed, wrote, and performed in this piece to a song I wrote, oh yeah I also edited it. It was a lot.
The story: A man and a woman regretfully hold back their true emotions for each other.
‘Ay’ is a short experimental film written, directed, and co-starring Dominican American. The music is written & performed under my alias 'Heart of Fangs'.
SONG 'Ay, Ay, I' by Heart of Fangs written and performed by myself and produced by Jason Nitti
Credits:
Starring: Mateo D’Amato & Alina Maria Rancier
Director of Photography: Erik Rasmussen
Producer: Lourdes Vasquez
Assitant Editor: Alix Duchene
Visual FX: Adalberto Nivar & Johniel Cordero
Colorist: Evan Kultangwatana
I art directed, directed, wrote, and performed in this piece to a song I wrote, oh yeah I also edited it. It was a lot.
The story: A man and a woman regretfully hold back their true emotions for each other.
‘Ay’ is a short experimental film written, directed, and co-starring Dominican American. The music is written & performed under my alias 'Heart of Fangs'.
SONG 'Ay, Ay, I' by Heart of Fangs written and performed by myself and produced by Jason Nitti
Credits:
Starring: Mateo D’Amato & Alina Maria Rancier
Director of Photography: Erik Rasmussen
Producer: Lourdes Vasquez
Assitant Editor: Alix Duchene
Visual FX: Adalberto Nivar & Johniel Cordero
Colorist: Evan Kultangwatana
Client:
Art21
Joiri Minaya’s Pattern Making
DIRECTION
EDITING
DOCUMENTARY
VISUAL ARTS
Role: Director, Producer, Editor
Vimeo Staff Pick 2023, Aesthetica Film Fest 2024, Florida Film Fest 2024
I was commissioned by Art21 to create a short documentary about Dominican Multidisciplinary Artist Joiri Minaya for their “New York Close Up” series.
Shot in between DR and NY the histories, realities, and fantasies of the Dominican Republic and the wider Caribbean are explored, exposed, and subverted as Minaya seeks to control her own representation and visibility.
“Joiri’s work is very layered visually and conceptually and I always envisioned some parts of this film edited in a similarly graphic layered style, as a conceptual nod to her work.” Says Director Alina Rancier.
Credits:
Director Photography: Sophia Marcos (DR Unit) + Isabel Padilla (NY Unit)
Vimeo Staff Pick 2023, Aesthetica Film Fest 2024, Florida Film Fest 2024
I was commissioned by Art21 to create a short documentary about Dominican Multidisciplinary Artist Joiri Minaya for their “New York Close Up” series.
Shot in between DR and NY the histories, realities, and fantasies of the Dominican Republic and the wider Caribbean are explored, exposed, and subverted as Minaya seeks to control her own representation and visibility.
“Joiri’s work is very layered visually and conceptually and I always envisioned some parts of this film edited in a similarly graphic layered style, as a conceptual nod to her work.” Says Director Alina Rancier.
Credits:
Director Photography: Sophia Marcos (DR Unit) + Isabel Padilla (NY Unit)
Aurora
Short Narrative
FILM
DIRECTION
PRODUCTION
ART DIRECTION
Role: Writer, Producer, Director
Official Selection: Philadelphia Latino Film Festival 2023, Shortie Film Festival 2023, Katra Latinx Film Festival 2023, New York Latino Film Festival 2023, Fuerza Fest New York 2024
I wrote, produced, art directed, and directed this short film.
Synopsis: Over a summer’s eve in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Aurora —feeling trapped by her current relationship and dissatisfied with her career— finds and loses herself within her coworker/crush Sol, drunk on the prospect of a life she’s long dreamt of for herself, but hasn’t achieved.
Other Credits:
Director of Photography: Elizabeth Vrkljan + Jesse Bronstein
Editor: Jmena Salas
Official Selection: Philadelphia Latino Film Festival 2023, Shortie Film Festival 2023, Katra Latinx Film Festival 2023, New York Latino Film Festival 2023, Fuerza Fest New York 2024
I wrote, produced, art directed, and directed this short film.
Synopsis: Over a summer’s eve in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Aurora —feeling trapped by her current relationship and dissatisfied with her career— finds and loses herself within her coworker/crush Sol, drunk on the prospect of a life she’s long dreamt of for herself, but hasn’t achieved.
Other Credits:
Director of Photography: Elizabeth Vrkljan + Jesse Bronstein
Editor: Jmena Salas
ALINA RANCIER 2026