Nelson Cabrera

Nelson Cabrera was raised in New Jersey and found the filmmaking bug at the early age of 12. He started his career in New York City as an assistant editor while attending the SVA and later at NYU for filmmaking. Cabrera emerged onto the production scene as a 1st Assistant Director working alongside notable directors such as Rocky Morton, Noam Murro, Frank Todaro, Erich Joiner, Leslie Dektor, Michael Bay, Tony Kaye, Ridly Scott, Bob Giraldi, Lance Accord and Bryan Singer. On the feature side he has titled some numerous motion pictures including episodic television as part of the production team. Cabrera made the jump to directing in the summer of 2005. Since then he has won numerous international awards including Silver and Bronze Cannes Lion, 2 Silver ANDYs and has worked with agencies like Crispin & Porter+Bogusky, Grey, BBDO, JWT, Merkley, Cole Weber, Zubi, La Comunidad to name a few. Alex Bougsky had this to say about Nelson, "We like his approach, which is to go to school on a project, find the right inspiration, formulate a solid plan and execute it in a pretty methodical way." (Shoot Mag March 07). He has been creating, designing, managing and shooting interactive work for the past 2 years. In 2010 Cabrera worked for Ford on an interactive campaign collaborating with agency the website, shooting 3 national spots CGI through the MILL NYC and viral videos for YouTube that have over 800,000 hits. Cabrera is one on a handful of US directors that successfully works in both the General and Hispanic markets. As a professional photographer he has several other projects in the works, including two books due out next year, a Photo Essay of the American Buckaroo and a Photo Essay titled "KING" on Elvis impersonators working and living in Las Vegas. In late 2011 Cabrera is in development of several TV shows for network television. Awards: 2 Cannes Lions, 3 Silver ANDY Award, 2 Emmy Awards, Gold and Silver NY Film Festival, 2 Silver International Automotive Advertising Awards (IAAA), 2006 Mobius Award, Gold Cresta Award, a FAB Award and FIAP and 12 AHAA (Top National Hispanic Awards). 2004 New Director's Showcase for SHOOT Magazine, Shortlisted at Cannes by CFP-F/Shots for Young Directors Award. The Ford "True Love" spot was named one of Adweek's Best Spots of the 2005. 2 time Finalist at the London International Advertising Awards.