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The Little Engine That Could (The Good, The Bad & Tio Umberto)
The Chicon Chapters (Chp 5) The Good, The Bad & Tio Umberto: A tiny film born out of failure, that crawled its way to the top of a mountain. I was apart of a fellowship in New York, trying to green light a short about a Latino teenager who travels back in time to a family in party in the 1970s and learn the importance of his culture through the film's events. But this was a case of being blinded by ambition, thinking I'd be supplied with my biggest budget ever and wanting to
Danny Chicon
Aug 303 min read


The Pivot that Broke My Ankle (Next Point Wins)
Next Point Wins: A hard reset on my creative process, NPW, a short about two brothers competing in a basketball game across universes, fell short because of the wrong pivot.
Danny Chicon
Jul 313 min read


How to Stop Shooting on a Toaster (CAir Jordan)
The Chicon Chapters (Chp 3) CAir Jordan: A fun experiment that taught me the importance of cinematography and changed the look of of every film I made after! I honestly can't really give you a reason for why I never posted CAir Jordan. Maybe I didn't feel it had legs? Maybe I was worried it wasn't funny enough or well shot enough to go up? Or maybe I though people just wouldn't get it? Well... f*** it, it's going up now. CAir Jordan is what happens when a filmmaker considered
Danny Chicon
Jul 12 min read


Falling Flat on My Face (Crossing)
Crossing - The Chicon Chapters (Chp 2) a webseries pilot I thought would be my welcome party to Hollywood almost broke one of my best friendships.
Danny Chicon
May 273 min read


Stuck in the Desert (Meatball Mondays)
The Chicon Chapters (Chp 1) Meatball Mondays: A spur of the moment short film with a unique location at a time of uncertainty in life. Oh, the beginning of 2024 was a confusing time for me. I decided to leave a program I was in early which ended my housing in Los Angeles, I had no job prospects and I found myself retreating to stay with a friend in the middle of the desert until I figured something out (it was Palm Springs, so it was a very nice desert, but I find very funny
Danny Chicon
May 12 min read
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