Antonio Pantoja
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Antonio Pantoja is an American multi-award filmmaker and fine art photographer best known for his film festival darling One Must Fall which won 126 awards on the festival circuit and was later optioned and picked up by Amazon and Gravitas Ventures.
Facts About Antonio Pantoja
- Antonio Pantoja has won 194 awards in film and photography as of the writing of this entry
- Pantoja was named Top 20 to Watch in 2020 by USA Today / Courier Journal in January 2020
- Hailing from Louisville, KY, Pantoja comes from Peruvian and Italian lineage
- Pantoja's Writer/Directorial debut One Must Fall picked up 126 awards on the International film festival circuit
- Despite boasting only an 8th grade education and becoming homeless at an early age, Pantoja has been able to tell his story at packed Universities including the University of Kentucky among others
- He has amassed 13k followers on Instagram and 18k on facebook respectively
- Pantoja is working on his second film with esteemed monster creators Vincent Guastini (Requiem for a Dream, Cabin Fever) and Sonny Gerasimowicz (Where the Wild Things Are, Her)
Awards and Recognition
2019 Official Selection GenreBlast!
2019 Official Selection Diabolical Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Terror in the Bay
2019 Official Selection Horror Movie Freaks
2019 Official Selection Sin City Horror Fest
2019 Official Selection Scares That Care
2019 Official Selection PDXtreme
2019 Official Selection Death's Parade
2019 Official Selection Horror On Sea Film Festival
2019 Official Selection MayDay Film Festival
2019 Official Selection STUFF MX
2019 Official Selection BUT FF
2019 Official Selection VICTORY INTERNATIONAL
2019 Official Selection Twin Tiers International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Shawna Shea Memorial
2019 Official Selection Dark History and Horror Con
2019 Official Selection Imaginarium
2019 Official Selection Cine Underground Italy
2019 Official Selection Highlands Film Festival
2019 Official Selection FRACTURED VISIONS
2019 Official Selection WREAK HAVOC
2019 Official Selection Genre Celebration
2019 Official Selection Underground Indie Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Calgary Horror Con
2019 Official Selection Los Angeles Crime and Horror Festival
2019 Official Selection Days of the Dead
2019 Official Selection Pittsburgh Horror Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Crimson Screen Film Festival
2019 Official Selection HorrorHound Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Motor City Nightmares
2019 Official Selection Videoscream International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Indie Horror Movie Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Toronto Indie Horror Fest
2019 Official Selection Benton Park Film Festival
2019 Official Selection Horror Circle
2019 Official Selection Top Indie Film Festival
2019 Official Selection LA Crime and Horror Festival
2019 WINNER BEST FILM - Horror Movie Freaks
2019 WINNER BEST FILM - Highlands Film Festival
2019 WINNER BEST FEATURE - BUTFF HOLLAND
2019 WINNER BEST FEATURE - Terror in the Bay
2019 WINNER BEST FILM Dark History Horror Con
2019 WINNER BEST FEATURE - TWIN TIERS FILM FESTIVAL
2019 WINNER BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT - Death's Parade
2019 WINNER BEST VILLAIN - BARRY PIACENTE - GENREBLAST
2019 WINNER BEST ACTRESS - JULIE STREBLE- TWIN TIERS FILM FESTIVAL
2019 WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - GENREBLAST
2019 WINNER BEST VILLAIN - BARRY PIACENTE - SIN CITY HORROR FEST
2019 WINNER BEST ACTOR - BARRY PIACENTE - SIN CITY HORROR FEST
2019 WINNER BEST DIRECTOR - ANTONIO PANTOJA - SIN CITY HORROR FEST
2019 WINNER BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS - SIN CITY HORROR FEST
2019 WINNER BEST Feature Runner Up - Imaginarium
2019 WINNER Best Supporting Actor - Andrew Yackel - Terror in the Bay
2019 WINNER Best Poster - Terror in the Bay
2019 WINNER Best Horror Feature - Genre Celebration
2019 WINNER Best Kill - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 WINNER Best Humor - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 WINNER Best Gore - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 WINNER Best Feature - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 WINNER Best Feature - Underground Indie Film Festival
2019 WINNER Best Actor - Crimson Screen
2019 WINNER Jury Award / BEST OF FEST - Crimson Screen
2019 WINNER Most Terrifying - Top Indie Film Awards
2019 WINNER Best Special Effects - Top Indie Film Awards
2019 WINNER Best Makeup - Benton Park Film Festival
2019 WINNER Best Actress - Julie Streble - HorrorHound
2019 Nominee Best Feature - HorrorHound
2019 Nominee Best Feature - Wreak Havoc
2019 Nominee Best Film - Diabolical
2019 Nominee Best Film - Crimson Screen
2019 Nominee Best Feature - Bloodstained Film Fest
2019 Nominee Best Feature - Terror in the Bay
2019 Nominee Best Feature - Top Indie Film Awards
2019 Nominee Best Actress - Julie Streble - Terror in the Bay
2019 Nominee Best Supporting Actor - Andrew Yackel - Terror in the Bay
2019 Nominee Best SFX - Genre Celebration
2019 Nominee BEST ACTRESS - JULIE STREBLE - GENREBLAST
2019 Nominee BEST DIRECTOR - ANTONIO PANTOJA - GENREBLAST
2019 Nominee BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - GENREBLAST
2019 Nominee BEST ENSEMBLE - GENREBLAST
2019 Nominee BEST POSTER - GENREBLAST
2019 Nominee BEST SCORE - GENREBLAST
2019 Nominee Best Director - Antonio Pantoja - Fractured Visions
2019 Nominee Best Performance - Barry Piacente - Fractured Visions
2019 Nominee Best Feature - BUT FF
2019 Nominee Best Director - Crimson Screen
2019 Nominee Best Actress - Crimson Screen
2019 Nominee Best SFX - Crimson Screen
2019 Nominee Best Cinematography - Crimson Screen
2019 Nominee Best Special Effects - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 Nominee Best Scare - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 Nominee Best Nudity - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 Nominee Best Music - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 Nominee Best Editing - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 Nominee Best Director - Independent Horror Movie Awards
2019 Nominee Best Humor - Top Indie Film Awards
2019 Nominee Best Director - Top Indie Film Awards
2019 Nominee Best Director - HorrorHound
2019 Nominee Best Actor - John Wells - HorrorHound
2019 Nominee Best SFX - HorrorHound
2019 Nominee Best Cinematography - HorrorHound
2019 Nominee Best Poster - Wreak Havoc
2019 Nominee Best Director - Antonio Pantoja - Wreak Havoc
2019 Nominee Best Actress - Julie Streble - Twin Tiers
2019 Nominee Best Horror Feature - Twin Tiers
2019 Nominee Best Horror Feature - Shawna Shea
2019 Nominee Best Editing - Matt Niehoff - Shawna Shea
2019 Nominee Best Score - Joe Stockton - Shawna Shea
2019 Nominee Best Special Effects - Diabolical
2019 Semi Finalist LA Crime and Horror Festival
2019 Finalist LA Crime and Horror Festival
2019 LEO Readers' Choice Award
2019 LEO Literary Award
2018 LEO Readers Choice #1 Best Visual Artist
2018 48 Hour Film Festival Audience Choice Award
2018 48 Hour Film Festival Best Editing
2018 48 Hour Film Festival Best Film Runner Up
2018 Louisville A-List Best Videographer
2017 iHorror Photography Finalist
2017 LEO Reader's Choice Best Visual Artist
2017 LEO Literary Award
2017 Floyd Film Festival Best Film Runner Up
2016 LEO Reader's Choice Best Visual Artist
2015 LEO Reader's Choice Best Visual Artist
2015 Fright Night Film Festival Best Cinematography
2015 Fright Night Film Festival Best Actress for "AWAKENING" (Katie Stewart)
2015 Fright Night Film Festival Best Supporting Actress for "AWAKENING" (Sebrina Scott)
2015 Scarefest Best Film for "AWAKENING"
2015 48 Hour Film Project Best Cinematography
2015 48 Hour Film Project Best Costumes
2014 Genero.tv Finalist - Moby Almost Home
2014 Genero.tv Staff Pick - Moby Almost Home
2014 Floyd Film Festival - Best Actor - Paper Tiger
2014 Floyd Film Festival - Best Editing - Paper Tiger
2014 Floyd Film Festival - Best Film Runner-up
2014 #1 Portrait Photographer - Louisville A-List
2014 #1 Videographer - Louisville A-List
2014 #1 Photographer - Louisville A-List
2014 LEO Reader's Choice Best Visual Artist
2013 KYMP KAMP Awards, Music Video of the Year
2013 Floyd Film Festival Best Film Runner Up
2013 Floyd FIlm Festival Best Actor - John Wells
2013 Louisville A-List Best Portrait Photographer
2013 Louisville A-List Best Photographer
2013 Louisville A-List Best Videographer
2013 48 Hour Film Project Best Director
2013 48 Hour Film Project Best Musical Score
2013 48 Hour Film Project Best Editing
2013 48 Hour Film Project Best Cinematography
2013 48 Hour Film Project Best Special Effects
2012 Louisville A-List Best Videographer
2012 Louisville A-List Best Portrait Photographer
2012 48 hour Film Festival Best Cinematographer Award
2012 48 hour Film Festival Best Sound Design Award
2012 48 hour Film Festival Best Special Effects Award
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