BLAZE MANCILLAS
Filmmaker & Actor
Blaze is a Mexican-American filmmaker and actor based in NYC. He also works as a director and cinematographer at reelarc, a production company that makes cinematic quality demo reels for actors in NYC & LA. He has 10 years of experience in entertainment that includes television, film, commercials, live radio, motion capture performance, voice over and comedy.
Blaze received his MFA in acting from Columbia University and is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.
FILMMAKING
Blaze likes to make movies.
FRIULI, A WW2 DRAMA
In 1943 Blaze's grandmother Luigia was a teenager on a farm in Italy when her home was occupied by Nazi soldiers for nearly a year. This past December Friuli secured $20,000 in funding and will begin shooting this September. Check out the campaign page!
MOTION CAPTURE ACTING
The latest game by Rockstar, Red Dead Redemption II, featured Blaze in the role of Milliken and many other characters. Over 23 million copies of the game were sold worldwide. Check out the scene he did with the lead Roger Clark!
WEBBY AWARD
Blaze won a 2020 Webby award for hosting daily music trivia game
SongPop Live was a music trivia gameshow that was broadcast live to mobile devices twice a day, every day in the USA, Canada, the UK and Austalia.
Check out video of our award presentation and 5 word acceptance speech.
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