Directed by:
FEATURE DOC
(in-progress)
A YEAR OF SHÉÁR
A year in the life of Black Trans* activist, Shéár Avory.
Role: Director, DOP, Writer, Editor, Co-Producer / 80 minutes
Written and Produced by Shéár Avory.
Locations: Los Angeles, CA / Chicago, IL / New York, NY
SHORT FICTION
(in-progress)
In Brussels, a young French-Latina woman's brother goes missing.
Role: Director, Writer, Editor / 12 minutes
Cinematography by Priscila Alegría Núñez
Performances by Penelope Gratacos, Isis Sebasoni, Vera Moro, Laurens Vanhulle, and Emmanuel Amar
Location: Brussels, Belgium
SHORT EXPERIMENTAL
(in-progress)
"NOT MY TYPE"/ Pas mon style
A diary of handy-cam video & dating app conversations that explore the filmmaker’s sense of confinement to unwritten rules within queer male dating app culture. Digital intimacy exposes intersecting identities - how they’re boxed, questioned, and valued in the society he currently resides.
Role: Director, Writer, Editor, Subject / 13 minutes
Location: Brussels, Belgium
SHORT FICTION
A THING FOR YOU (2025)
Living together is easy for Raul and Tommy. Figuring out feelings? Not so much...
Role: Co-Director, DOP, Editor / 10 minutes
Co-Directed and Co-Written with Kiko Sanchez
Performances by Chris Lam, Rolando Rodriguez, and Kahea Kiwaha
Edited by Ariana Deleon
Location: Los Angeles, CA
SHORT FICTION
LE PLOMBIER (2025)
When Tim’s toilet breaks, the last person he expects at his door is Javier — the guy he just messaged asking for a spicy pic.
Role: Co-Director, Co-Writer, Editor / 10 minutes
Co-Directed and Co-Written with Kimia Hendi
Cinematography by Kimia Hendi
Performances by Andrés Cifuentes and Georgy Chtchevaev
Location: Brussels, Belgium
MUSIC VIDEO
COLLIDE (2023)
Laurens is infatuated with Vera, the cool trans femme DJ from the queer Brussels scene,
but does Vera share the same feelings?
Role: Director, Producer / Music Video / 4 minutes
Cinematography by Oleg Ustimenko
Song performed by artist, Low Hill. Music written by Laurens Vanhulle.
SHORT FICTION
I SHOULD FEED MY CAT (2022)
In Brussels, a Chilean man looks for connection, but fear of intimacy may lead him astray.
Role: Director, Producer, Writer, Editor / Short Fiction Film / 17 minutes
Cinematography by Sébastien Mendoza-Rosset
Awards: Grand Prix (CTG), Queer Student Award (DIFF),
Nominated for Best Short Fiction Film (GIFF)
Screenings: Palm Springs ShortFest, Outfest Los Angeles, Shorts México, Guanajuato
International Film Festival (& 20+more).
Distributed by Gonella Productions
Streaming now on Dekkoo, Apple TV, and Prime Video.
SHORT FICTION
SOMEBODY ELSE (2015)
Abel and Pacheco have the deepest chemistry for each other, until what one fantasizes to
be an intimate love affair turns out to be just a closeted situation-ship.
Role: Director, Producer, Writer, Editor / Short Fiction Film / 7 minutes
Cinematography by Brandon Okumura
Screenings: 2019 Outfest Fusion LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Oaxaca Film Festival
Currently over 1.1 million views on YouTube.
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
SHÉÁR AVORY: TO BE CONTINUED (2020)
The coming-of-age story of Shéár Avory, a 17 year old aspiring social justice advocate in Los
Angeles who navigates housing instability and familial dependency on their journey to adulthood.
Role: Director, Producer, DOP, Editor / Short Documentary Film / 26 minutes / Written &
Produced by Shéár Avory
Awards: Best in Show (Wicked Queer Film Festival), Nominated for Iris Prize 2020
Selections: BFI Flare, Outfest, NYC Pride+Vimeo Showcase, MIX Copenhagen, Frameline,
(& 20+more).
Streaming on Alaska Airlines (2020-21). Streaming on OutMuseum (2022)
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Plasma 4 Score (2018)
Two brothers in rural Colorado donate blood so one can score money for crystal meth.
Role: Director, DOP, Editor / Short Documentary Video / 2 minutes
Screenings: 2019 Outfest Fusion LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Produced by...
FEATURE FILM
(FICTION)
LOVE GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND (2018)
An Indian-American family must grapple with a new reality when their high-achieving son drops out of college and returns home a different person than when he left. His parents are unable to accept or admit that their son is now struggling with mental illness, and with his condition worsening, his younger sister, still in high school and reckoning with her own future, takes it upon herself to rescue him.
Role: Associate Producer / Feature-Length Fiction Film / Directed by Ronak Shah
World Premiere at 2018 Austin Film Festival.
Streaming Soon on CPICS.
TV SERIES
(DRAMEDY)
I'M FINE (2016-19)
20-something Nate isn't hurting for dates. Even his best friend Jeff confesses his feelings in a moment of drunken vulnerability. Nate, though, is still hopelessly obsessed with his ex-boyfriend Joey. Poignant and funny, this brand-new Dekkoo-original series follows Nate as he tries to find closure and break himself out of romantic purgatory.
Role: Producer / TV Series / Created by Brandon Kirby.
Credited as "Abram Paul Cerda", 8 Episodes (Season 1)
Screenings: Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Newfest NYC's LGBTQ+ Film Festival, &
many more.
Streaming Now on Dekkoo, Prime Video, & Apple TV. Available on DVD across USA & European
territories.
Pilot episode - currently over 12 million views on YouTube.
SHORT FICTION
US (2017)
Two gay-straight best friends find their relationship tested when one gets a new girlfriend.
Role: Producer / Short Fiction Film, 16 minutes / Directed by Jessica Fuh
Cinematography by Julia Swain
Screenings: Inside Out Toronto, REEL Affirmations, & more.
Licensed & streaming now on OML.TV.
Currently over 550k combined views across platforms.
