Mayo Sanchez
- Additional Crew
- Art Department
- Location Management
Aureliano Sanchez-Arango, Jr. ("Mayo Sanchez" in many film and
television credits) was born in 1964 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. His
father, Aureliano Sanchez-Arango, was Minister of Education and
Minister of State in Cuba's pre-Batista democratic government.
Aureliano, Jr. grew up in Florida surrounded by anti-Castro activism,
which his father tirelessly championed until his death in 1976 at age
68.
Captivated by filmmaking from his childhood days watching Star Trek, Aureliano attended the University of Miami Film Program in 1983-85. He left film school when employment opportunities in the Miami film industry presented themselves, and continued working until 1994, when he returned to the University of Miami and graduated with a B.A. in political science in 1996. He then moved to Northern Virginia and attended the George Mason University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2002. He met his wife, Donna, in their first year of law school. They married in 2000.
Aureliano practiced entertainment, copyright, and trademark law as well as bankruptcy and contract litigation until 2004, when he and Donna relocated to Florida to rejoin family. Aureliano and Donna formed Me & The Wife Productions, LLC, which is now steadily building clientele. He is a partner in InDVFX Enterprises, LLC, a visual effects company serving the independent film community. He authored a case note on First Amendment law in the George Mason Law Review, and has contributed to three articles on the history of Star Trek props in Star Trek Communicator magazine with John Long, a preeminent special effects artist and historian.
He has produced, directed and edited several short films, including "6 Weeks... and Counting" (2002), "Revealing Nickie" (2004), "A Tribute to Peggie Parsons" (2004, producer/narrator) and "The Other Shoe" (2005, co-directed with David Norton).
Captivated by filmmaking from his childhood days watching Star Trek, Aureliano attended the University of Miami Film Program in 1983-85. He left film school when employment opportunities in the Miami film industry presented themselves, and continued working until 1994, when he returned to the University of Miami and graduated with a B.A. in political science in 1996. He then moved to Northern Virginia and attended the George Mason University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 2002. He met his wife, Donna, in their first year of law school. They married in 2000.
Aureliano practiced entertainment, copyright, and trademark law as well as bankruptcy and contract litigation until 2004, when he and Donna relocated to Florida to rejoin family. Aureliano and Donna formed Me & The Wife Productions, LLC, which is now steadily building clientele. He is a partner in InDVFX Enterprises, LLC, a visual effects company serving the independent film community. He authored a case note on First Amendment law in the George Mason Law Review, and has contributed to three articles on the history of Star Trek props in Star Trek Communicator magazine with John Long, a preeminent special effects artist and historian.
He has produced, directed and edited several short films, including "6 Weeks... and Counting" (2002), "Revealing Nickie" (2004), "A Tribute to Peggie Parsons" (2004, producer/narrator) and "The Other Shoe" (2005, co-directed with David Norton).