Directing
Daniel Chávez-Ontiveros
Place of birth
Mexico City, México
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Daniel Chávez-Ontiveros is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker and film editor based in the California Bay Area. He is known primarily for his editing work on documentary features, including two films directed by Rodrigo Reyes, 499 and Sansón and Me — the latter co-edited with Andrea Chignoli — both of which screened at major festivals including Tribeca, Hot Docs, and Sheffield Doc/Fest. He also edited Unseen, directed by Set Hernandez Rongkilyo, and American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez. He was selected as a fellow of the 2022 Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship, a distinction recognizing outstanding documentary editors, and is listed in the BIPOC Documentary Editors directory.
Known for
NRA boy sees a toucan for sale in a shop window. The image of the caged bird torments him in his dreams and pursues him to the bars of his own world. Soon, he feels a need to free the bird by trying to free himself; however, he comes to realize that the animal has lost its wild nature.
Tucán
2012
NRAn aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his family. But when attaining his dreams leads to new and unexpected challenges, what will Pedro do?
unseen
2023
NRSthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the US due to gender discrimination. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany prepares to confront her parents
El Cisne
2016
Behind the camera
NRA boy sees a toucan for sale in a shop window. The image of the caged bird torments him in his dreams and pursues him to the bars of his own world. Soon, he feels a need to free the bird by trying to free himself; however, he comes to realize that the animal has lost its wild nature.
Tucán
2012
NRA boy sees a toucan for sale in a shop window. The image of the caged bird torments him in his dreams and pursues him to the bars of his own world. Soon, he feels a need to free the bird by trying to free himself; however, he comes to realize that the animal has lost its wild nature.
Tucán
2012
NRAn aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his college degree and support his family. But when attaining his dreams leads to new and unexpected challenges, what will Pedro do?
unseen
2023
NRSthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the US due to gender discrimination. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany prepares to confront her parents
El Cisne
2016
NRSthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the US due to gender discrimination. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany prepares to confront her parents
El Cisne
2016
NRSthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the US due to gender discrimination. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany prepares to confront her parents
El Cisne
2016