about
alan del rio ortiz is a director based in new york city working in commercial advertising, documentary, music videos and broadcast media. he is currently available for freelance work with production studios, agencies, and direct to client projects.
press
st. vincent tour videos
"each offer a beautifully shot insight into clark's touring world....together they offer an intimate, original and artful record of the tour"
- chris salmon, the guardian
a good day to me / documentary
“... aaron brown and alan ortiz’s is especially strong: handheld footage of a peanut vendor working auto traffic in winter captures the precariousness of street life, while the intercut remarks of a businessman explaining the economics of the trade give an expanded perspective worthy of dziga vertov “
- fred camper, chicago reader
interview in wow magazine
alan discusses his video work and photography with french magazine ‘wow’
murder by death / music video
murder by death music video published in the stash 70 DVD
an horse / music video
an horse ‘dresed sharply’ video premiers on mtv as part of mtv’s indie music month
blood orange / dinner / music video
director’s commentary of blood orange’s ‘dinner’ video featured in self-titled magazine
blood orange / documentary
11 minute documentary on Blood Orange featured on Channel 4 in the UK
blood orange / sutphin boulevard / music video
“...[they created] a music video of a clandestine world most of us will never brush up against....the video is fantastic”