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Michelle Espinosa

Author, Filmmaker

Award Winning Short & A Novel

Pinfeathers Short Film (Preview (01:50)

  • Winner at Chicago International Film Festival
  • American Film Institute Official Selection for Tribeca Reframe's AFI Collection (13 films)
  • Archived at Scarecrow Video's permanent viewing library
  • Distributed by Darks Art Parlour 

Reviews

  • New York Times
  • Seattle Times
  • The Stranger

All the Leaving ~ Todo lo Que Se Ha Ido

English  

  • Homeboy Industries store, Los Angeles, CA
  • Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, CA

Spanish  

  • 12 bookstores in Mexico City, Mexico
  • Mexico City International Airport, Mexico

MICHELLE'S FILMMAKER REEL IS DEMOLICIOUS

Flash Films

Under 10 minutes and always fresh

The Disambiguation of a Bad Situation, Animated Graphic Teaser (00:15)

The Disambiguation of a Bad Situation (01:00)

First Flash Film - an under 2 minute cinematic drama. 

Analog Man Preview (02:00)

The film employs the use of Morse code as a thematic visual and audio device to convey layers of meaning within a limited time.  

Conversations with Neurotypicals Vol 01 Preview (02:00)

The first in a series of short video conversations that illustrate attitudes about neurodivergent people and why words matter. We could all listen more. Everyone deserves to be heard.

Immersive vr Multimedia Installation design

can empathy be cultivated?

Animated Graphic (00:25)

We not only recognize ourselves as human in each other, we find our empathy in the hearts of others. When you cultivate empathy, you mirror compassion for others and we all radiate it out to the world. 

Cultivate Empathy with Me video (06:00)

A fully immersive VR, enhanced with orchestrated aromas, simulates a direct emotional experience that ignites a neurological domino effect - mirror neurons are fired up and resonate throughout the limbic system.

dramatic tv series

TV Series Story & Design Bible

How does a brutal thug who sees his victims as cardboard cutouts make his way to empathy and compassion? Story (03:00)

What are the micro-moments of that transformation? Like breaking bad in reverse - a corrupted man becoming uncorrupt. Each season is the same sequence of events from another character's POV. Every season ends on the same night of the L.A. uprising (riots).

Thug Series Design Bible (02:00)

DESIGNING BRUTALITY INTO COMPASSION

BLOGCAST

Spectrum Confessions

Leave your expectations and assumptions behind

documentary series

WHAT IF THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

LIES IN UNDERSTANDING A LONG INVISIBLE MINORITY NEUROTYPE?


A NEW NARRATIVE


about neurovariance, autism, and human consciousness with humor and a natural curiosity about the human mind. 


The purpose is to entertain, and not to make scientific claims but to shed light on the treatment and marginalization of a large segment of the population.

isn't it time?

“Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment? Cybernetics and computer culture, for example, may favor a somewhat autistic cast of mind.”            Judith Singer

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