Zachary Laoutides
| Zachary Laoutides | |
|---|---|
 Zachary Laoutides at an event for Adios Vaya con Dios (2014) | |
| Born |
December 13, 1986 Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Occupation | Actor, writer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Zachary Laoutides (born December 13, 1986) is an American film actor and writer based in Chicago, Illinois. He was nominated as Best Actor and Best Screenplay writer at the Bel Air Film Festival in 2014 for his work in Adios Vaya Con Dios. He was also the finalist out of Chicago for Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment nationwide talent search for new actors. He is the co-founder of Ave Fenix Pictures, an independent and international film company based in Chicago, Los Angeles and Mexico.[1]
Biography
Laoutides was born in 1986 in Chicago where he studied media and journalism. He spent his early years working in community outreach and introducing the performing arts to youth at risk.[2] He resides in Chicago and is still active in community outreach working with Mónica Esmeralda León.[3]
Career
Laoutides debuted in Adios Vaya Con Dios, the film was released worldwide by Indican Pictures on January 19, 2016.[4] Laoutides starred in the film and wrote the screenplay while living in an urban Latino neighborhood, about a half white and half Mexican gang member trying to leave the barrio.[5] Adios Vaya Con Dios was the first movie cinematically to use real gangs and streets artists.[6] Laoutides was nominated as Best Actor and Best Screenplay writer at the Bel Air Film Festival where Adios Vaya Con Dios earned an Official Selection and Runner-up for Best Audience Feature Film.[7]
Laoutides was a musician on the Adios Vaya Con Dios soundtrack, composing and producing several songs. The movie was first to integrate a British and Mexican rock soundtrack over a Latino urbanized film.[8]
In 2014 Laoutides co-founded Ave Fenix Pictures with Mónica Esmeralda León.[9] Ave Fenix Pictures is the first Latino film studio in Chicago.[10]
Laoutides wrote and starred in When my Eyes go Dark an official selection at Film Invasion Los Angeles 2016[11] Laoutides composed and produced several tracks for the movie's soundtrack.[12]
References
- ↑ Award-winning Latino filmmakers thrive in Aurora ABC 7 Chicago Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ Former Joliet man hoping to inspire young people through film he wrote and shot The Herald News Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ La actriz, productora y directora Mónica Esmeralda León unificando artistas alrededor del mundo Huellas De Mexico Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ Producers credit the people of Aurora for movie's success Chicago Tribune Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ La Revolución en las Calles de Zachary Loutides Huellas De Mexico Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ The first ever award winning film made by Chicago Latino gangs Costa Rican Times Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ The dynamic young founders of Ave Fenix Pictures, which entertainment folks describe as one of the first Latino film studio in the Chicago area Chicago Tribune Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ Adios Vaya Con Dios Soundtrack as compelling as the movie AXS Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ Laoutides ha estado en las noticias recientemente, es un actor y escritor cuya asociación con Ave Fenix Pictures Huellas De Mexico Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ One of the nation's most successful Hispanic production companies is thriving in the Western Suburbs ABC Eyewitness Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ in Chicago: Ave Fenix Pictures Comcast Newsmakers Retrieved August 25, 2016
- ↑ 'When my Eyes go Dark' has a soundtrack that will keep you awake AXS Retrieved August 25, 2016