Gabriel Carmona

CARMONA GEMINI is a self taught independent award winning filmaker. With over 23 films, shorts, and documentaries to his credit. He writes, directs and acts among other things. He made us film debut in the 2012 film Machete directed by his mentor Robert Rodriguez. It was there on set that another mentor of his Danny Trejo offered him life changing advice “do your own thing”. Trejo could see his drive and talent and offered him this advice to not get typecast but to explore that talent. CARMONA then went on to start his own production company titled NAC FILM THEORY. NAC FILM THEORY set a goal of one short film a month which culminated into the popular unfinished you tube series “Caballero”. Creative differences ultimately led to the disbanding of NAC FILM THEORY. Carmona believing his creative run was over stopped making film for nine years. Until AIDI Sapani an actor he had worked with nine years before reached out.Sabani convinced CARMONA to shoot a short titled “Rite of passage.” A film that dealt with grief and loss, to his surprise Sabani entered it into several film festivals. The film compiled a list of awards and accolades that inspired CARMONA to write and shoot an additional four films back to back. Each film gaining national and international attention and awards. This led to Carmona’s most ambitious project to date ” KING OF THE SOUTH.” Currently in production the film stars tejano music legend Little Joe with music from another tejano legend Shelly Lares.King of the South deals with many current issues such as immigration, human trafficking and mental health issues. Projected release date is early 2025.