Jose Ho-Guanipa
Jose spent his early career directing high profile artists such as Young Money Records artist Tyga and Def Jam
artist YG in the LA hip-hop music video circuit before transitioning to larger scale conceptually driven
productions in the music video, commercial and narrative space. He also earned his chops working under some
of the industry’s top directors including Oscar winners and award winning advertising professionals doing
everything from ghostwriting to post-production. His work has been recognized by outlets such as the One
Screen Festival, the National Screen Institute of Canada Short Film Festival, Creative Review, Videostatic,
VOTD.tv, The Stable, Eli Roth and Blumhouse's Crypt.tv Network, Imvdb, Fire Dog Lake, USGS Magazine,
Sleeping on Mars, Ballerstatus.com, and screened at The International Music Video Festival, Katra Film
Series, WNET’s Reel 13 Short Film Competition and many more.
The viral Hands Free or Die PSA that Jose wrote and directed recently premiered on Youtube influencer
Lauren Francesca's Youtube channel to a massive audience and was acquired by Eli Roth and Blumhouse's
online content outlet Crypt TV. It is also a 2016 Silver Promax BDA Awards Winner and Telly Awards
Winner. This led to him being commissioned to direct several high profile digital shorts for Crypt TV in 2017.
In the music video world Jose directed the latest video for #1 selling and multiple award winning Chinese artist
Wanting Qu, whose millions of fans span the globe. His video for Blue Note Records band Vintage Trouble’s
song “Gracefully” was heavily promoted by Honda, who feature the band in one of their major broadcast
advertising campaigns airing during the Super Bowl. The video was selected for competition at exclusive
industry showcase VOTD.tv.
His short film “The Hands of Time” was also voted one of the top 200 submissions in Ben Affleck and Matt
Damon’s renowned and highly competitive Project Greenlight Competition, and winner of PBS WNET’s Reel
13 Competition, screening on the NYC station alongside classic “Some Like It Hot” and acclaimed indie
“Cold Turkey”. It was also an official selection in the National Screen Institute of Canada's Online Short Film
Competition. Most recently he has been collaborating with viral video platform Vid.Me where he has been
instrumental in launching the site’s original content arm serving as the writer/director of several short
documentaries commissioned by the company to pioneer the 60 second documentary format. His client list
includes several major record labels, platinum selling artists and Fortune 500 corporations.
Jose also served as creative story producer/editor on the “Pottymouth Princesses” viral commercial for
organization FCK H8 that garnered major worldwide media attention, going viral and securing press coverage
from heavyweight outlets such as Time Magazine, Adweek, CNN, The Washington Post, Bill Maher,
Upworthy, Mashable, The Huffington Post, The Independent, E! News, Perez Hilton, Elle Magazine and many
more. The ad was also the recipient of the prestigious Silver Epica Award.
As an editor he collaborated with director Paul Santana on Goodbye Celia, which was shortlisted at the One
Screen Film Festival in both the narrative and emerging editor categories.
Interesting Facts:
*Worked for many years as a journalist and spent a summer producing audio documentaries with NPR, having
his work air nationwide.
*Holds a dual US/Canadian residence.
*Was rescued from the top of Mt. Whitney by a group of investment bankers and medical doctors (who saved
his life).
*Graduated from Duke University where he studied psychology and film.
*Born in Montreal, grew up in San Diego, son of Venezuelan and Chinese parents.
*He does not expect you to know how to pronounce his last name and forgives you ahead of time for
butchering it.
Jose Ho-Guanipa
SKILLS:
Award winning creative conceptor that has copywritten, directed and edited several major
music videos and broadcast/digital ad campaigns.
• Extensive experience in commercial writing/creative concepting and copywriting, creative
pitch presentation design, graphic design/art direction, post-production, and film production
with top advertising agencies and production companies.
• Multilingual/multicultural experience across various markets. Fluent in Spanish and French.
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CLIENTS:
• Blue Note Records/Capital Records, Crypt TV/Blumhouse, Diesel
Films/NFL Network, Nettwerk Music Group/Warner Brothers Music,
FCK H8, Pearl Entertainment Group, Honda, Pic Agency, YuCo, Brand
New Media DRTV as well as several other Fortune 500 companies.
PROGRAMS:
• Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Adobe After Effects, Resolve, Speed
Grade, Logic Express, Pro Tools, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, able to
produce a wide variety of narrative content soup to nuts.
EDUCATION:
NOTABLE:
AWARDS:
• B.S. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
• Worked under some of the industry’s top directors as an advertising ghostwriter/designer.
• Collaborators include Oscar nominated film directors and top advertising creative talents
such as recipients of Cannes Gold Lion and Golden Pencil One Show Award.
• Extensive experience as freelance advertising creative/post production artist with agencies
such as PIC Agency, Standard Time LA, Siltanen and Partners and Adore Creative helping
execute and concept creative ideas for fortune 500 brands.
• Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-ho-guanipa-0988905/
• 2016 Silver Promax BDA Awards Winner for Hands Free or Die PSA written and directed
by Jose Ho-Guanipa.
• 2016 Bronze Telly for Hands Free or Die PSA written and directed by Jose Ho-Guanipa.
• “Goodbye Celia” Shortlisted at the One Screen Film Festival in both the narrative and
Emerging Editors category.
• Top 200 selection Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s Project Greenlight Series.
• Short film written and directed by Jose “The Hands of Time” won WNYC Reel 13 Shorts
Competition airing on NYC area PBS Station WNET 13.
• Produced/Story Edited FCK H8’s Potty Mouth Princesses video, which went viral and
received 20 million plus hits and won coveted Silver Epica Award.
• Selected for One Show’s Los Angeles Creative Bootcamp.
• Hollywood Post Alliance’s Michael J. Brinkman post-production scholarship.
FILMOGRAPHY:
REFERENCES:
• Preditor for Robert Rodriguez’ El Rey network.
• Moveon.org: Producer/Editor on short form political web films focused on progressive values and the
2016 election.
• Super Deluxe (TBS): Editor on short form doc. on LA music venue The Smell.
• Wondros: Editor on short form project for NIH. Role: Editor.
• City Room Creative: Trailer editor on Duplass Brothers project Rainbow Time. Role: Editor.
• Standard Time LA: Twitter and Sephora branded content/commercial projects. Role: Editor.
• CW Network/Brian Graden Media: Animal Crackers (Hidden Camera Pilot). Role: Editor.
• Centric TV: Being Season 2 (Docu-series). Role: Editor.
• Back to Campus for NFL Network: Kurt Warner and Deiondre Hall. Role: Editor.
• PSA “Hands Free or Die” – Role: Writer/Director/Editor. Created concept and executed direction and
post production of viral award winning PSA for organization Hands Free or Die.
• Engine Masters (Digital Content) – Role: Editor. Worked as creative editor on Engine Masters Digital
Series for Ten Network & Production Studio Mind Over Eye.
• Perfect Lineup (Documentary) – Role: Creative Editor. Worked as creative editor on feature length
fantasy sports documentary “Perfect Lineup” directed by Jason Baumgartner. Official Selection Newport
Beach Film Festival.
• Various Digital Projects – Role: Creative Editor. Helped various projects for digital entertainment
studio Fan Tail Entertainment.
• Feature Film Title Sequence – Role: Creative Editor. Helped cut title sequence for major feature film
title sequence/design house yU+co.
• “For Celia” - Role: Creative Editor. Cut short Film for Supplyanddemand.tv commercial director Paul
Santana. Won WNYC Reel 13 Shorts competition airing on NYC area PBS station WNYC alongside On
the Waterfront.
• Norlien Foundation “Sundance Trailer” for PIC Agency – Role: Creative Editor. Trailer for
international drug addiction recovery organization screened at Sundance.
• VFX Artist on Amazon.com campaign for Siltanen and Partners advertising agency.
• Development Editor for major Non-Fiction TV Production Co. Trium Entertainment.
• FCKH8 “Princesses” – Role: Producer/Editor. Online commercial for political activism company.
Controversial ad went viral, receiving coverage from CNN, Huffington Post, Upworthy, Entertainment
Tonight, Jezebel, The Washington Post, Bill Maher, Adweek, etc. and has racked up over 10 million hits
online on various platforms including vimeo, youtube and facebook.
• Vintage Trouble “Gracefully” – Role: Director/Editor. Music video for Blue Note Records Band
Vintage Trouble that was released on Valentine’s Day and heavily promoted by Honda. The band was
featured in Honda’s ad campaign airing during the Super Bowl.
• Petra Gallerie: A Creative Journey – Role: Director/Editor. Short doc. on LA visual artist Matthew
O’Hanlon. Received coverage from popular online progressive outlet Firedoglake.com where Jose was a
featured guest for an online Q&A session.
• Delerium “Chrysalis Heart” – Role: Director/Editor. Music video for Delerium at Nettwerk Music.
• The Hands of Time – Role: Writer/Director. Short film that was selected as a top 200 entry in Matt
Damon and Ben Affleck’s renowned Project Greenlight competition, WNET’s Reel 13 Competition, and
the National Screen Institute of Canada’s Short Film Festival.
• NBA “Lebron Vs. Kobe” – Role: Director/Editor. Commercial for NBA Playoffs.
• Under Armour “Chin” – Role: Director/Editor. Commercial for Under Armour line of products.
• Wanting “STHU” – Role: Director/Editor. Created Music video for #1 selling Chinese pop artist
Wanting Qu for label Nettwerk Music. Wanting has gone the equivalent of platinum in China and is
planning a crossover stateside with her infectious pop music.
• Mansions on the Moon: Take a Look – Role: Director/Editor. Music video for band Mansions on the
Moon. The group has released a mixtape with renowned artist Diplo and are managed by Pharrell
Williams’ team.
• Keepin’ the Faith: Looking for Mr. Right – Role: Editor. 1st editor on distributed feature film.
• Untitled Teofilo Stevenson Documentary – Role: AE. Collaborated with award winning directors
Ethan Higbee & Adam Bhala Lough on documentary narrated by Benicio Del Toro.
• Buppies – Role: Assistant Editor. AE for BET Pilot.
• Starbucks – Role: Assistant Editor. AE commercial project for Houseblend Media.
Kiki Chansamone – Creative Director – [email protected].
Paul Santana – Award Winning Commercial Director – [email protected].