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Edwin Pagán is a New York-based filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and cultural activist with a rare blend of creative and administrative experience, including over 16-years in community organizing, organizational capacity building and initiative-based/event programming, as well as extensive production experience in the documentary and narrative film sectors.

As a filmmaker he has produced such dramatic films as Derek Velez-Partridge's SANGRE/BLOOD, Andres Nicolini's RENDEZVOUS, Angel David's SCAR TISSUE, Julio A. Toro's REPENTANCE and line-produced Pepper Negron's / Franc Reyes' BEAUTY. As a Director of Photography (DP) he has lensed THE RECKONING, DECEPTIONG, BROTHER (RIPFest 6), FLITTER FLUTTER (RIPFest 8), SEEKING SOLACE, FOR THE RECORD: GUAM AND WORLD WAR II (for PBS), OUR WOMEN, OUR STRUGGLE (currently in production), and the documenatry, LATINA CONFESSIONS, among others.

In 2005 he worked as conference programmer for 27th IFP Market & Conference and was responsible for curating conference panels and speakers. He has also worked at the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) as an artist grants coordinator and marketing manager at the Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA).

In 1990 Edwin Pagán co-founded the Latino artist collective, PAX Theatre Community, as a means of expanding community-based arts participation in the South Bronx. He was a recipient of the 2000 BRIO Artist Fellowship Award in screenwriting for ANGELITO NEGRO (The Black Angel), and was awarded the 1998 Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad (the best of our community) recognition by New York State Governor George E. Pataki and the Puerto Rican Heritage Month organizing committee (Comite Noviembre), for his work in the Puerto Rican/Latino community in the region.

He has served as a Board member (vice-chair) of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and is the former president of its New York chapter. He is Program Manager at the Black Filmmaker Foundation. He has served on numerous juries, selection and curatorial committees for such arts entities as the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), New York International Latino Film Festival and prestigious Tribeca Institutes' Tribeca All Access Connects initiative, and frequently speaks on panels related to filmmaking, particularly the expansion and integration of Latino filmmakers into the industry. In addition, he has also curated the NewLatino Filmmakers series at the renowned cinematheque, Anthology Film Archives, for the past six years. He is a representative member of the Media Coalition for Artist of Color.

His latest signature project (currently in production), BRONX BURNING (as writer/producer/director), is a long-form documentary that chronicles the rise, fall and resurrection of the South Bronx and explores the root causes of the arson-for-hire epidemic that swept the region. In development is CORROSION, an in-depth look at the links between the psychiatric industry and pharmaceutical corporations and how they have conspired to develop false mental illnesses and disorders to profit off the prescription drugs and related treatments. His production company, Pagan Images, is producing both films.

He is the founder of LATIN HORROR, an online publication dedicated to the emerging genre of Latin horror.

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IGUANA FILMS / DISCOVERY EN ESPAÑOL

Excecutive Producers: Discovery En Español
Written / Directed by: Maria Agui Carter
Produced by: Sarah Schenck
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Maria Agui Carter
Music composed by: Joseph Julián González

CAST:
Christian Ortega ~ Carlos (student/soccer player)
Brenda Garcia ~ Mother
Ted Mejia ~ Father

PLOT: A Latin American immigrant couple rise at dawn before their full time jobs every morning to gather recyclables destined for their redemption center, building an inheritance one nickel at a time for their son at Harvard University on scholarship. Inspired by a true story of sacrifice and dignity, where a family's humble yet heroic acts help make each other's dreams a reality.

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Official Website: www.myspace.com/unpardesuenos
Page on Pagan Images: Pending
Full IMDB credits: Pending

UN PAR DE SUEÑOS

2008

IN STILLNES I LIE

2008

PURPLE VELVET PRODUCTIONS / PAGAN IMAGES

Written by Pepper Negron
Directed by: Pepper Negron
Produced by: Edwin Pagán / Pepper Negron
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Jasmine Colon
Music composed by: Pepper Negron / Robert Espada

CAST:
Mercedes Lebron ~ Tatiana
Amanda Nicole Troya ~ Narator

PLOT: A poetic tale of a woman inside an asylum... a tale that blends fantasy and reality with abstract forms that derive from her own suffering and desperation for love.

Shooting May 4th.

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/instillnessilie
Page on Pagan Images: Pending
Full IMDB credits: Pending

PURPLE VELVET PRODUCTIONS/ PAGAN IMAGES

Excecutive Producers: Vinnie Cuevas
Written / Directed by: Pepper Negron
Produced by:Edwin Pagán / Pepper Negron
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Julio Antonio Toro
Music composed by: Pepper Negron / Robert Espada

CAST:
Sara Moreno ~Madison
Vanessa Rodriguez ~Julie
Cassandra Espitia ~ Sarah
Kiko Delorenzo ~ Female Victim
Matthew Sanders ~ Male Victim
Lloyd Deleon ~ Hacksaw
Adel L. Morales ~ Cutter
Gabby Moreno ~ Dupe
Doneke Coombs ~ Mirror

PLOT: Three friends on a "girls-night-out" take in a bit of entertainment that could lead to their lives being "snuffed" out.

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Official Website: www.myspace.com/soquietshort
Page on Pagan Images: Pending
Full IMDB credits: Pending

SO QUIET

2008

REPENTANCE

2008

HOLLYHOOD PRODUCTIONS / PAGAN IMAGES

Written / Directed by: Julio Antonio Toro
Produced by: Adel L. Morales /Edwin Pagán
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Julio Antonio Toro
Music composed by: Joe Basquez

CAST:
Jaime Velez ~ The Wanderer
Larry Swansen ~ Father Brennan
Matthew (Young Wanderer) ~ Isaiah Basora
Stu Richel ~ Father Burns

PLOT: A mysterious wanderer seeks the confession of an old priest, whose ultimate secret turns out to be his greatest sin.

Official Website: www.hollyhoodproductions.com
Page on Pagan Images: www.pagan-images.com/repentance
Full credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt1265604

ANGELROD FILMS

Written / Directed by: Angel David
Excecutive Producers: Peter Rodriguez / Cindy May
Produced by: Edwin Pagán / Erica Susko
Cinematographer: John Grillo
Edited by: Marta A. Masferrer
Music composed by: David Lawson

CAST:
Romi Dias ~The Mother
Ed Trucco ~The Father
Alan Tavarez ~ Acid Man
Gianna Corvino ~ The Daughter

PLOT: How far would you go to keep your child?

A mother makes a deal with a dangerous man to keep her husband from taking her child during a custody battle. Then changes her mind. But is it too late?"

Official Website: www.scartissuemovie.com
Page on Pagan Images: www.pagan-images.com/scartissue
Full IMDB credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt0869127

SCAR TISSUE

2006

SEEKING SOLACE

2006

VISTA CLARA PRODUCTIONS / PAGAN IMAGES

Written / Directed by: Derek Velez Partridge
Produced by: Edwin Pagán / Derek Velez Partridge
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Derek Velez Partridge
Music composed by: Richard Martinez

CAST:
Guillermo Diaz ~ Guy
Julee Cerda ~ Courtesan
Lisa A. Hernandez ~ Nurse
Hilda Maria Rivera-Medina ~ Wife
Nestor Seda ~ Man on Stairs

PLOT: Guy is a regular man who finds himself in an unlikely circumstance of his own creation. "Seeking Solace" follows one of those moments that define a person - when he makes a life choice - but is glad no one he knows was there to witness it.

Official Website: www.vistaclaraproductions.com
Full credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt0876285

HOLLYHOOD PRODUCTIONS

Written by: Adel L. Morales / Julio Antonio Toro
Directed by: Julio Antonio Toro
Produced by: Adel L. Morales / Ernest L. Acosta
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Julio Antonio Toro
Music composed by: Joe Basquez

CAST:
Monique Curnen ~Jessica
Jaime Velez ~ Sal
Tara Colon ~ Sonia
Rudy Valdez ~ Freddy
Frankie Villanueva ~ Cano
Derek Velez Partridge ~ Lugo
Lisa A. Hernandez ~ Librarian

PLOT: A desperate father, losing what is left of his broken family, is forced to avenge his daughter's rape by mistakenly committing the murder of an innocent man.

Official Website: www.hollyhoodproductions.com
Full credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt0495405

THE RECKONING

2005

SANGRE/BLOOD

2005

VISTA CLARA PRODUCTIONS

Written / Directed by: Derek Velez Partridge
Produced by: Edwin Pagán / Derek Velez Partridge
Cinematographer: Edwin Pagán
Edited by: Derek Velez Partridge
Music composed by: Richard Martinez

CAST:
David Zayas ~ Nestor
Guillermo Diaz ~ Ricky
Gabita Miller ~ Mother
Edwin Pagan ~ Man

PLOT: A professional killer must make a final hit in an attempt to sever the "bad blood" that threatens his clan. But can his redemption save the lives of those he loves most?

Official Website: www.vistaclaraproductions.com
Full credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt0469968

PURPLE VELVET PRODUCTIONS

Written by: Franc. Reyes
Directed and Produced by: Pepper Negron
Executive Produced by: Corina Katt Ayala / Aldo Aguilar / William Gonzalez
Line Produced by: Edwin Pagán
Cinematographer: Salvador Bolivar
Edited by: Carlos "After Dark" Berrios
Music composed by: David Shenton

CAST:
Lauren Martin ~Maritza Perez
Joseph Melendez ~ Hector Perez
Megan Corry ~ The Model

PLOT: A menage-a-trois gone wrong. An extremely influenced by the unrealistic media-derived images of women who is determined to convince his submissive wife into a threesome -- with disastrous results.

Official Website: www.myspace.com/beautyshort
Full credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt0458329

BEAUTY

2005

RENDEZVOUS

2005

ANDRES NICOLINI FILMS

Written / Directed by: Andres Nicolini
Based on "Bedtime Story" by: Jeffrey Whitmore
Produced by: Edwin Pagán
Cinematographer: Petr Hlinomaz
Edited by: Yasu Inoue
Music composed by: Joseph Julian Gonzalez

CAST:
Rod Cameron ~ Husband
Hannah Lavan - Wife
Laine D'Souza ~ Mistress

PLOT: A philandering husband's secret encounter with his mistress while his wife is away provides the perfect alibi for "her" murder.

Official Website: www.andresnicolini.com
Full credits: www.imdb.com/title/tt0476685

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