Meet Luis Eduardo Enriquez Rodriguez of Burbank

Today we’d like to introduce you to Luis Eduardo Enriquez Rodriguez.

Hi Luis Eduardo, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Chihuahua, Mexico, is the birthplace of my love for filmmaking and audiovisual production. The scholarship that allowed me to come to Los Angeles and study filmmaking in the US became the means to pursue my career in a broader environment in terms of audiovisual production.

In Los Angeles, I’ve produced and directed various commercial, musical, and event-based productions including works done for brands like Red Bull and Carl’s Jr. I also worked for events like FMS and La Liga de la Calle and cooperated with Yoiker, Collombo, and other artists and competitors of the freestyle scene.

Parallel to my commercial career, I’ve been improving myself as a director and filmmaker through academic courses and my own creative projects.

The main goal that I have in mind is to bring everything that I learned in Los Angeles back to my home country, Mexicoespecifictly my state (chihuahua). I would like to be able to assist in creating a whole audiovisual industry, where people don’t need to travel from their homeland all the way to Los Angeles in order to have an opportunity to pursue a career or live in filmmaking.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
This journey hasn’t always been smooth sailing either. The hardest things about it are having to be far away from my home, trying to build something out of nothing, while at the same time not having any kind of blueprint for doing it. All the aspects of me go into making the project my best qualities, as well as those aspects which I find harder.

Apart from this, it hasn’t always been easy for me to live far away from my family and to try and build a career in a foreign country. Right now, I am still not sure whether all of my sacrifices will be justified by the end. I think this is something that time will show me.

However, one thing I know for sure is that all that I am proud of in life has resulted from my hard work. It has made me the filmmaker that I am, the projects I created, and the people I met along the way.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
My main professional areas of expertise include filmmaking, directing and cinematography; however, the thing that describes my approach to working the most is adaptability. Although I believe in preparation and I consider pre-production important, I realize that it is not always possible to predict everything and that filmmaking is rarely as easy as planned. Once on set, I am ready to change plans, solve problems and find a new way to reach our goals.

When working on a project, I usually start with a general idea of its atmosphere and style, and then develop the visual concept, production and make sure that all people involved in the process understand the director’s vision. Nevertheless, I am not too attached to my plans, and I can easily recognize when something better appears before my eyes.

I would say that I am very engaged into my projects and like to participate in different phases of their production and see how each of them influences the final result. I learned to be flexible, make quick decisions and work with what I have.

The most valuable thing for me is that I developed my way of work by means of gaining practical experience in various fields related to film industry. The majority of things that I know were learned in difficult conditions where I had to adapt and survive.

What I consider to be my strong point is the balance between having a plan and being able to let go of it. I can fight for my vision and defend it, but at the same time I can give up my ideas when it is necessary. For me, filmmaking is the ability to know what things should be protected and what can change.

Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
The biggest lesson that I have learned is that no matter how hard it might be, one must keep working regardless of not being sure where he/she will end up at the end of the day. Coming to Los Angeles, I had all the necessary means and a lot of aspirations, but no map leading me to success and creating something new.

It takes time to get used to the idea that everything is not always as smooth and predictable as we would wish it to be. Sometimes, the only thing we can do is to adapt to the circumstances and see what possibilities lie ahead of us.

Above all else, I have learned that what I am most proud of is not the product of my perfect planning and knowledge of the future. It is the product of hard work, failure, adaptation, and trying over and over again. That is the greatest thing that filmmaking—and, in general, creating something like Indigo—has taught me.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leer.enriquez/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@leer.enriquez

Image Credits
the Personal Photo was taken by Juan Yamman