Meet the crew

David Basulto, Director/Editor/Producer - David began his career in Hollywood as an actor appearing opposite such stars as Steven Seagal, Jon Voight,Edward Norton as well as numerous others. Prior to entering the entertainment world, David worked on Wall Street with one of the top brokerage houses. Prior to forming Clarity Pictures, he was founder of Basulto Entertainment Group. Within weeks of its formation B/E arranged financing for the feature motion picture, "18 Shades of Dust" , starring Danny Aiello and William Forsythe . David produced the feature film " Love and Action In Chicago" which stars Courtney B. Vance ("Hunt for Red October", "Last Supper", "The Preachers Wife"), Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), Kathleen Turner ("War of the Roses"), Regina King ("Jerry Maguire") and Edward Asner ("Lou Grant"). "Love and Action in Chicago" was an official selection to the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. David next produced the feature film "Wish You Were Dead" and stars Cary Elwes (Princess Bride", "Glory", "Twister", The Cradle Will Rock"), Mary Steenburgen ("Melvin and Howard", Noah's Arc") Christopher Lloyd ("Taxi", "Back to the Future"), Elaine Hendrix ("Parentrap", "Superstar"), Gene Simmons (KISS), Lynn Shaye ("Something About Mary"), Robert England ("Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise), Sally Kirkland ("Ed TV), and Billy Ray Cyrus . The film was produced in association with Mel Gibson's Icon Productions .

David's project "Perfect Romance" , written by Allison Burnett ( "Autumn in New York"), that was done with Lifetime Television aired June 9th. 2004. "Perfect Romance" was directed by Douglass Barr and starred Kathleen Quinlin . David produced with the Emmy winning producing team Alexander/Enright

David's Clarity Pictures landed a domestic distribution deal for "The Clique" , it's privately financed horror film with Maverick Entertainment. The film, renamed “Death Clique”, hit the streets July 11, 2006. "The Clique" was David's directorial debut. Thie film is in Blockbuster's nationwide.

David's first documentary "Hiding in Plain Sight: Tales of an American Predator" , directed by wife Loren Basulto, was an official selection to the California Independent Film Festival. To buy a copy visit the website!

David is the owner and host of the highly popular Filmmaking Central Podcast. On the show he discusses the process of filmmaking from development to delivery. He also reviews products and interviews various industry guests.

David currently is developing several projects ranging from studio level to very low budget. He is deep into his feature documentary, “4Everquest”, about massive online gaming, and working on his editing skills and new found passion special effects. His wife has to drag him from the computer.

David's imdb link is here.

Loren Basulto, Producer Loren has been working in the film industry for the past 12 years wearing many different hats. After studying Film at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, she went to work at Boeu Bonnue Casting. There she worked on such films as "9 months", "The Rock"," Inventing the Abbots", and "Gattaca".

Loren then moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and began to working on commercials and the soon to be released feature "Havoc" as the Art Director. "Havoc" was directed by Academy Award Documentarian Barbara Kopple, and written by "Traffic" scribe Stephen Gaghan.

Growing restless and realizing she needed to pursue her true passion, directing, she has just finished her first movie "Hiding in Plain Sight: Tales of an American Predator". "Hiding in Plain Sight" Tales of an American Predator" is a feature documentary about a pedophile who infiltrated her family and the effects it caused them and other families across the world.

"Fiesta Grand" is Loren's second film with husband David. Loren's IMDB link is here

Brian J Lunsford - Executive Producer

Bernie Felix Jr. - Writer - A native of Tucson, Arizona, Bernie began his career in the music industry as a songwriter and guitarist. Later, his love of movies drove him into screen writing where after several years of toiling in obscurity, fate intervened and brought him together with David Basulto. They clicked on every level and created “The Fiesta Grand”.

Tim van der Linden - Director of Photgraphy

Chandra Cogburn - Composer - Chandra was born and raised near Seattle, Washington, and began her musical studies at the age of six, playing piano in her family's living room to the kitchen timer. After three intense years of studying the classical world of composing and the technical aspects of film scoring, Chandra graduated in Summer of 2005 from Berklee College of Music with a professional diploma in Film Scoring and a second diploma in Composition. She immediately moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue her professional career.

Chandra's first year in Los Angeles was filled with many wonderful opportunities. She was first awarded the coveted Society of Composers and Lyricist's Mentoree Program, where she met many industry professionals and interned for Alf Clausen on The Simpsons for several months. Chandra began meeting established composers and assisting them with their work, including Christopher Young (Ghostrider, Lucky You), Harry Gregson-Williams (Flushed Away, Shrek 3, Déjà Vu) and currently is working for Steve Jablonsky (Desperate Housewives, Transformers). Chandra wrote additional music for the Warner Bros. film Saving Shiloh and continues to compose for independent films.  Visit Chandra's site!

Mitch Brown - Script Supervisor

Nicole M Pace - Key Makeup - Nicole Pace was born in Orlando, FL. Nicole has always had a passion for makeup for as long as she could remember. She started experimenting on her sister and friends for school dances and weddings and after a year at college, she decided to try doing makeup professionally. She attended the Joe Blasco Makeup School in Orlando, FL and finished with a certificate in professional makeup artistry: which included beauty makeup, injury simulation and prosthetics. Nicole works with various photographers and models in the Orlando area and has done various short films including “The Tale of Two Megans”, “Play Dead”, “Knuckle Down”, among many others. “Fiesta Grand” was her first feature film and it was one of the best and most valuable learning experiences ever! She hopes that her passion and love for makeup will allow her to continue to excel in this industry.

Lee Perez Gonzales - 1st Assistant Director

Zack Wilcox - Sound Mixer/Post Sound

Ben Vogt - Boom Operator

Visit our IMDB page for a full list of our amazing crew!