Something Something about Brandon Lee Keropian

Something Something Podcast - A Creative Podcast

Brandon has over 25 years of experience in the world of Latino film and in the Hispanic

communities of Los Angeles, New York City, and San Antonio TX.

As a son to Edward James Olmos, Brandon began as an intern with Olmos Productions in

1991. Beginning with the production of American Me (1992) and it’s making of documentary

Lives in Hazard (1993), along with It Ain’t Love (1996) a documentary about domestic

violence.

Brandon was able to shadow Mr. Olmos and his team of producers learning about Latino film;

but more importantly following Mr. Olmos as an activist after the LA riots of 1993.

After receiving a music performance degree from Hunter College he co-produced with Olmos

Productions and The Smithsonian Institute the 1999 The Kennedy Center Presents: The

Americanos Concert. This PBS broadcast won a IMAGEN Latin Image award in 2000.

Brandon further learned the world of Latino film by assisting Marlene Dermer in her dual role as

Co-Founder of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and co-founder of Latino

Public Broadcasting.

Brandon has been a member if the MOTION PICTURE EDITORS GUILD since 2004. As a post

audio supervisor, sound engineer and mixer Brandon has over 40 film and TV credits,

composed music for over 15 films, over 100 songs, and they all sound awesome!

In 2008 Brandon produced an album with Latin Grammy nominees AMOR Y PASION in San

Antonio TX. There he met film producer Aaron Lee Lopez. From 2010-2018 Brandon Co-

Produced 10 feature films with Aaron and Mutt Productions. He also directed social and

cultural documentaries Una Noche De La Gloria 2010, Dia Del Rio/Day of the River 2012,

and This is MyCountry 2013.

Brandon consulted with the City of SA Film Commission and was a board member for the

LULAC council for the Arts. Brandon was also an advisory board member for the Cesar E

Chavez Educational Foundation. As Director of production at Phase 5 a community news

website Brandon developed the AMERICAN VOZ EDUCATIONAL PROJECT a documentary

and classroom materials about San Antonios legacy of Latino politics in America.

In 2016 Brandon partnered with Leonard Rodruigez who spent 8 years in The WHITE HOUSE

Office of Latino Initiatives. They created The San Antonio Motion Picture Academy Summer

Bootcamp - a film industry workforce development program. In 2020 they launched CINEMA

FINANCE GROUP as a film financing resource for independent and diverse cinema.

Now in 2021 Brandon is producing a remake of the 1982 TV drama 300 Miles for Stephanie a

biopic about a hispanic police officer who vows to run 300 miles in search of a miracle to save

his daughters life.

Check out Brandon's stuff

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