Roland Esparza & Austin Savage On The Forthcoming “El Pavo Bravo,” El Paso, Eddie Guerrero, Hornitos, The Black List & More
In April 2021, Hornitos Tequila and The Black List announced a program in support of amplifying new voices in the film industry. After reviewing submissions, Hornitos and The Black List have selected 5 recipients from around the world who have hopes of turning their screenplays into proof of concept short films with mentorship from The Black List. A continuation of Hornitos’ The Shot Fund — a multi-year, investment platform dedicated to empowering today’s generation of shot-takers, taking shots at trailblazing ventures in their careers — the announced winners of the Take Your Shot grants were Ella Gale, John Killoran, Leslie Nipkow, Steve Anthopoulos, and Roland Esparza and Austin Savage.
The aforementioned Roland Esparza and Austin Savage are filmmakers based in El Paso, Texas. Esparza and Savage both have vast, authentic experiences in writing, art, comedy and film. Titled El Pavo Bravo, their short concept follows a subject who abandons a career in wrestling following the death of his best friend, and takes up a career in music in an effort to win back his long lost love. After hearing more about their work from the filmmakers themselves during a November 2021 virtual media event, I put out an interview request to speak with Esparza and Savage, which finally happened on December 21, 2021; the full Zoom-based recording of that conversation is embedded below.
More on Hornitos Tequila, The Black List, Roland Esparza, Austin Savage, El Pavo Bravo and this year’s other grant recipients can be found online by clicking here, here, here, here and/or here. More information about fundraising related to El Pavo Bravo can be found by clicking here.
EL PAVO BRAVO by Roland Esparza & Austin Savage was one of the best scripts our readers read last week. https://t.co/q5XOFdntzq #BlackListWeekendRead pic.twitter.com/O2p8sloGef
— The Black List (@theblcklst) April 28, 2021
So excited to share the filmmakers selected for the @HornitosTequila x Black List Shoot Your Shot program! Each writer will receive a $15K grant to shoot a proof of concept short.
Cheers to @hellakale, John Killoran, @steve_anth, Roland Esparza & Austin Savage + @LeslieNipkow! pic.twitter.com/7vRnQF74oU
— The Black List (@theblcklst) December 3, 2021
About the Author
Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."
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