SURRENDER Director's Cut
Omnipresent Zeus finds a disturbance in his creation, his daughters are misbehaving, punishment is required.
Hector Torres Espinoza
Hector Torres Espinoza was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, to Luz Esther Espinoza, a Bank Accountant and Hector Ramon Torres, a Civil Engineer. Older Brother to Rodrigo and Antonio.
Raised in a traditional Mexican family in Guadalajara Hector with two brothers and many cousins from both sides of the family being one the third oldest from the whole bunch of cousins he always tended to lead, and organize the guys to play video games, sports, or even start entrepreneurial efforts since he was a kid.
Hector regularly visited his grandparents' house on the weekends where he discovered a gigantic collection of photography books, his grandfather was a professional photographer.
In his teenage years, Hector was given a film photographic camera by his father, a particular token that became an obsession for him, started to explore photography as a medium to spend time with brothers and cousins, and explore urban landscapes. All the knowledge acquired was absorbed by the experience, zero theory, all practice.
Hector’s father is a movie enthusiast and always took his sons to watch movies in the theatre every weekend if not one, two movies a week, years went by and Hector became also a movie fan up until one day when he watched the most influential codex film on the State Art TV that is when he discovered the difference between movies and films, was the where he also discovers the substantial influence of the director in a film through semiotics.
Hector’s dream of becoming a Film Director was put down by all his surrounding circumstances: geography, family, and friends… he abandoned the dream to enroll in college with a scholarship and went to graduate in Foreign Affairs. Which he enjoyed to the fullest.
Just out of college Hector was asked to join the Political Marketing Team of a National Political Party in Mexico his task was to manage political campaigns, budget, write political platforms, organize teams, supervise goals, and direct political ads for TV. He was back on track.
After 8 years attached to different projects in politics and media management, Hector decided to start his own video production company with Fernanda Caballero, his then-girlfriend, now his wife.
The company started with an entertainment-cultural project called Fandango, a contemporary homage to Mexican culture with 10 acts with dance, live music, and giant screens, Hector was hired to create these original video pieces to be synced with the live performance. The show was a success and is still running at the Teatro Vallarta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Between producing. Writing and directing TV Ads, corporate videos, and experimental projects, the team Fernanda producing & Hector directing decided to participate in a NY Short Film Festival (Tribeca), together they created “Lead More” which was short-listed at the festival and then became a finalist.
Fernanda and Hector embarked to Tijuana to explore a binational market for their business and started Stellory Films & Media, a Video Production Company and Online Marketing Agency.
By recommendation of Bruno Aveillan (Fashion Film Director, France) whom he met at the La Jolla Film Festival, Hector's next project was to direct his first fashion film when he wrote “Tonight… Who am I?” The project demanded a bold, in-your-face, extravagant, unique Fashion designer, enter Saul Lizacri. Fernanda, Saul, and Hector started production of the Short Fashion Film which became a success with multiple selections around the globe and a major win at Premios Lo Nuestro in Marbella Spain.
Hector is now directing his company alongside his wife Fernanda and a full team of Stellorians, creating unique story-driven-visually addictive ads, thinking big screens, loud sounds, and knocking on the door of the fashion industry with his films.