
Benjamín López
Directing
Biography
Benjamín (Benji) López is a director and screenwriter. He was born in East Chicago, Indiana to Puerto Rican parents. After six years, they moved back to the island, specifically to the town of Comerío, where his father was from. López didn't start directing until his late 20s/early 30s. Before starting his filmmaking career, he was a musician serving as the singer of the band Taba Co for several years. Years after graduating from college, a project he had worked on prompted him to start his career as a director. This translated into his first film, Taínos: La Ultima Tribu. After that, López became known for directing the trilogy of Mi Verano con Amanda.
Known For

Sara, a young archaeology student, organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave. Guided by Yabey, Sara and her four friends, discover a hidden Taíno tribe, believed to be extinguished 500 years ago.
Taínos: la última tribu

Puerto Rican thriller
Amores Que Matan

A man kidnaps a drug dealer believing he might be his girlfriend lover. But is he right?
Delirium

RS and Chico bring their friend Fabio to a clinic to help with his paranoia. Along the way, they meet three beautiful young women who change the course of their lives.
Mi verano con Amanda 3

Summer is over and Chicho, Fabio, Gaby, and RS must return to their normal routine.
Mi verano con Amanda 2

Aspiring filmmaker Gaby falls desperately in love with supermodel Amanda. But he is too shy and innocent for his sassy, superficial crush — and she is also completely unaware of his feelings. Gaby and his friends decide to hit his uncle's summer house for the season, and everyone in Gaby's crew gives him the absolute worst romantic advice — but he asks for their help anyway. What could possibly go wrong?
Mi verano con Amanda

When a young woman suspects her husband is cheating on her she gets increasingly paranoid about his actions.
Love and Beans

A comedy that highlights values and shows how love can do everything, told from the perspective of Sebastián, a boy who was born with two parents and ended up with a different, tolerant and inclusive family, but with the true meaning of what it is to be family. The film tells the story of Virginia, who donates her eggs to her twin brother David and his partner Bruno so that they can become parents, hidden from her husband Miguel. After the birth of the baby, Bruno and Virginia die in a tragic accident, and Miguel and David must join together to protect Sebastian.
Padres

When the socially awkward (music prodigy) new kid on campus seeks to win the affections of the most popular girl in school, he enlists the help of an unlikely mentor--the school janitor.
Mixtape
Jack Freeman, an obsessed bounty hunter, will risk everything to catch the ultimate bounty.
Not Even the Devil
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Trapos sucios

A fugitive on the run is trying to keep a promise. But soon he will have to make the hardest decision of his life.
The End

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers the questions of who, when, and for whom have films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.
Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual

Dora, Saul, and Salvador all with different dreams of a future realize that one way or another someone has to pay the bills.