Michael Aurelio

A flesh-rotting zombie leads a support group for down and out monsters. Made at CalArts 2010.

Bella, a lively but insecure young actor, has her worldview challenged when her lifelong best friend announces she's moving across the country. Suddenly being an adult seems impossible without her confidant and most loyal fan. Does getting older have to mean growing up and does growing up mean growing apart?

An aching and sensual coming-of-age story set in Salida, Colorado: a small town on the Arkansas River shielded by 14,000 ft mountains. One night, Smith sneaks out of his house to meet a sophisticated older man named Mateo, and the two begin a summer affair that dreamily flows out of sequence like a murky watercolor memory. As Mateo's truck traces the map of Salida, Smith recalls their first hug and anticipates their goodbye, the sentimental impermanence of love multiplied by a new outlook on the town he calls home.

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.