about
alan del rio ortiz is a director based in new york city working in commercial advertising, documentary, music videos, film, and broadcast media. he is currently available for freelance work with production studios, agencies, and direct to client projects.
his short videos documenting a month-long tour with the musician and recording artist st. vincent received international critical praise for the quality of the work and for the original spin on viral videos. alan has also worked with musicians such as the fray, neon indian, kill hannah, pelican, murder by death, and mannequin men. over the years, alan has worked all over the map directing videos for clients like stop smiling magazine, vbs, atlantic records, the museum of contemporary art and the chicago architecture foundation.
currently, alan is developing an ambitious series of videos for a personal project which aims to profile contemporary fine artists in their studios while exploring their creative process. for more info, please visit thisartist.tv
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 is 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