Flix & More with Ben Freese and Friends E1: Inaugural show with Daniel Gonzales – Director and Cinematographer

Flix and more welcomes the one and only Daniel Gonzales, a visionary cinematographer, writer and director. We discuss with him details about his creative process and what inspires him to make movies. Along the way, we’ll have a few laughs, talk about fishing and discuss what his favorite films are and who he enjoys working with in the local scene (and who he’d like to work with). Daniel is the utmost professional and a great guy to boot, so come hear his story as guest host Nick Rivera and Ben pick his brain for some fun factoids.

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Flix and more welcomes the one and only Daniel Gonzales, a visionary cinematographer, writer and director. We discuss with him details about his creative process and what inspires him to make movies. Along the way, we’ll have a few laughs, talk about fishing and discuss what his favorite films are and who he enjoys working with in the local scene (and who he’d like to work with). Daniel is the utmost professional and a great guy to boot, so come hear his story as guest host Nick Rivera and Ben pick his brain for some fun factoids.

BIO ~ Daniel Gonzales 

Director and CinematographerFilm Actor Workshops LLC 

I was raised in Tucson, Arizona and I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Cinematography. I have been in the army for 14 years and just got back from a deployment to Kuwait where I served as a Traffic accident investigator. 

Film Actor Workshops is an acting studio and production company. Currently, we are just doing the production side of the business 

Email: Pakdoojus@gmail.com  

Company Website: www.filmactorworkshops.com 

Meet today’s Guest Host:

Nicholas Rivera 

I was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. I went to Tucson High, Pima College and Graduated from the University of Arizona’s School of Theatre, Film and Television. I was an actor for just over 11 years. I was in several local commercials, infomercials and was in the movie Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. After a lot of soul searching and endless auditions. I decided that my talents were best behind the camera either writing, directing, producing and more recently Film Composing. 

I’ve worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. I’ve been an active film composer for the last 10 years working on various projects. Beit web based, promotional or recently films Indy films like Just desserts, Witchery and Interror. I’m also a paid reviewer for SampleLibraryReview.com, where I review sample libraries and give the pros, cons and advice for how to get the most out of the products. I’ve been in numerous prestigious contests including HBO’s- Westward, CW’s- Star Girl, Netflix’s- Bridgerton and Trailer music for the independent movie Tellurian. 

I’m currently writing a collection of serials that I would like to publish in graphic novel form and compose music for them and create a play-a-long experience. Very much harkening back to the days of old radio shows where listeners heard the story in a cinematic way. I even tasked Ben Freeze to help on one of the serials, called A Hell of a Way to Go. 

Company Name: RebelNMotion Studios  

Company Number: (520) 370-1534 

Company Email: rebelnmotion@gmail.com 

Company Website: https://www.youtube.com/@nickrivera9741/videos 

Company Twitter: https://twitter.com/scoreonyx 

Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nick.rivera.146069/ 

MEET THE HOST:

About Ben Freese 

Ben Freese, a writer, director, actor and editor in the movie industry is the host of this exploratory emporium of ideas and insights into the local scene here in Tucson. Ben, sets out to make movies fun and entertaining while pushing what the local community has got going on. With his upcoming directorial debut feature film, “In Terror” releasing in 2023, Ben has his plate full with new upcoming projects as well, like his short horror film “Witchery”. Ben loves to chat it up with his guests every month: Talking about the movies!  

Contact number: (520) 909-9170