Jose Zambrano Cassella
@josezcassella.bsky.social
Director/ Cinematographer/ Creator and Arepa Eater.
FILM: linktr.ee/Josecassella
MUSIC: linktr.ee/ksmusica
SUBSTACK: https://josezambranocassella.substack.com/
FILM: linktr.ee/Josecassella
MUSIC: linktr.ee/ksmusica
SUBSTACK: https://josezambranocassella.substack.com/
Swamped making commercials in DC for a while—hey, artists gotta eat. When clients ask for “one tiny change” for the 47th time, I escape to the National Gallery or Portrait Gallery, practically across the street. Great art restores sanity. And DC people: IT’S FREE. You lucky bastards.
#DMV #film
#DMV #film
August 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
YOUR DAILY PERFECT VINYL: Ryuichi Sakamoto — Neo Geo (1987)
Sakamoto mixing Japanese tradition, electronics, funk and world music into one wildly imaginative record. Sophisticated, strange, beautifully produced, and then Iggy Pop shows up on “Risky” because apparently it wasn’t cool enough already
Sakamoto mixing Japanese tradition, electronics, funk and world music into one wildly imaginative record. Sophisticated, strange, beautifully produced, and then Iggy Pop shows up on “Risky” because apparently it wasn’t cool enough already
August 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
YOUR DAILY PERFECT VINYL: Ryuichi Sakamoto — Neo Geo (1987)
Sakamoto mixing Japanese tradition, electronics, funk and world music into one wildly imaginative record. Sophisticated, strange, beautifully produced, and then Iggy Pop shows up on “Risky” because apparently it wasn’t cool enough already
Sakamoto mixing Japanese tradition, electronics, funk and world music into one wildly imaginative record. Sophisticated, strange, beautifully produced, and then Iggy Pop shows up on “Risky” because apparently it wasn’t cool enough already
"The hype only works if we don’t know where we’ve come from."
Studios are counting on the fact that most people don’t spend their weekends exploring the great works of the past. So every new release gets sold as if nobody has ever had that idea before.
Studios are counting on the fact that most people don’t spend their weekends exploring the great works of the past. So every new release gets sold as if nobody has ever had that idea before.
July 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"The hype only works if we don’t know where we’ve come from."
Studios are counting on the fact that most people don’t spend their weekends exploring the great works of the past. So every new release gets sold as if nobody has ever had that idea before.
Studios are counting on the fact that most people don’t spend their weekends exploring the great works of the past. So every new release gets sold as if nobody has ever had that idea before.
Your Daily Perfect Vinyl:
I stumbled onto Yellow Magic Orchestra - X∞Multiplies - because of one song: "Nice Age." That was all it took. Before I knew it, I was neck-deep in one of the most imaginative, playful, and flat-out original records I've ever heard.
I stumbled onto Yellow Magic Orchestra - X∞Multiplies - because of one song: "Nice Age." That was all it took. Before I knew it, I was neck-deep in one of the most imaginative, playful, and flat-out original records I've ever heard.
July 31, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Your Daily Perfect Vinyl:
I stumbled onto Yellow Magic Orchestra - X∞Multiplies - because of one song: "Nice Age." That was all it took. Before I knew it, I was neck-deep in one of the most imaginative, playful, and flat-out original records I've ever heard.
I stumbled onto Yellow Magic Orchestra - X∞Multiplies - because of one song: "Nice Age." That was all it took. Before I knew it, I was neck-deep in one of the most imaginative, playful, and flat-out original records I've ever heard.
Photo of the year. Today. D.C.
The masked morons are the Proud Boys, on their way to another round of shenanigans (it's 103°F outside). Apparently they're proud enough to show up, but not proud enough to show their faces. Anyway, this is part of America today, 250 years after independence.
#life
The masked morons are the Proud Boys, on their way to another round of shenanigans (it's 103°F outside). Apparently they're proud enough to show up, but not proud enough to show their faces. Anyway, this is part of America today, 250 years after independence.
#life
July 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Photo of the year. Today. D.C.
The masked morons are the Proud Boys, on their way to another round of shenanigans (it's 103°F outside). Apparently they're proud enough to show up, but not proud enough to show their faces. Anyway, this is part of America today, 250 years after independence.
#life
The masked morons are the Proud Boys, on their way to another round of shenanigans (it's 103°F outside). Apparently they're proud enough to show up, but not proud enough to show their faces. Anyway, this is part of America today, 250 years after independence.
#life
I started a Substack called CUT TO BLACK.
Film. Music. Creativity. Industry chaos. Probably some yelling.
Free to read:
josezambranocassella.substack.com
#substack #filmmaking #music #blog
Film. Music. Creativity. Industry chaos. Probably some yelling.
Free to read:
josezambranocassella.substack.com
#substack #filmmaking #music #blog
May 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I started a Substack called CUT TO BLACK.
Film. Music. Creativity. Industry chaos. Probably some yelling.
Free to read:
josezambranocassella.substack.com
#substack #filmmaking #music #blog
Film. Music. Creativity. Industry chaos. Probably some yelling.
Free to read:
josezambranocassella.substack.com
#substack #filmmaking #music #blog
May 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
If you want to up your game and you love masterful cinematography…(not, lol), I give you PIXELVISION! All you need is an audio cassette and you are basically on your way to an Oscar. When I was a kid, I actually wanted one of these things. It was a cool toy.
#film #cinematography #80s #toys
#film #cinematography #80s #toys
March 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If you want to up your game and you love masterful cinematography…(not, lol), I give you PIXELVISION! All you need is an audio cassette and you are basically on your way to an Oscar. When I was a kid, I actually wanted one of these things. It was a cool toy.
#film #cinematography #80s #toys
#film #cinematography #80s #toys
Been refining our film slate over the past few weeks and finally pulled everything into one place.
If you’re a producer, financier, or potential partner looking for material, take a look. Happy to connect.
**Visuals are early concept imagery.
www.playpenmedia.com/film-slate
#film #concept
If you’re a producer, financier, or potential partner looking for material, take a look. Happy to connect.
**Visuals are early concept imagery.
www.playpenmedia.com/film-slate
#film #concept
March 23, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Been refining our film slate over the past few weeks and finally pulled everything into one place.
If you’re a producer, financier, or potential partner looking for material, take a look. Happy to connect.
**Visuals are early concept imagery.
www.playpenmedia.com/film-slate
#film #concept
If you’re a producer, financier, or potential partner looking for material, take a look. Happy to connect.
**Visuals are early concept imagery.
www.playpenmedia.com/film-slate
#film #concept
Willie Colon, one of the greatest producers, arrangers, writers, and performers in the history of Latin music has passed.
At a time when so much of what passes for Latino music feels auto tuned and algorithm built, he made immortal records. #williecolon #musica #music
At a time when so much of what passes for Latino music feels auto tuned and algorithm built, he made immortal records. #williecolon #musica #music
February 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Willie Colon, one of the greatest producers, arrangers, writers, and performers in the history of Latin music has passed.
At a time when so much of what passes for Latino music feels auto tuned and algorithm built, he made immortal records. #williecolon #musica #music
At a time when so much of what passes for Latino music feels auto tuned and algorithm built, he made immortal records. #williecolon #musica #music
Robert Duvall. The man. The myth. A master actor and a straight-up force of nature in every film he touched.
“One of the greats” does not even come close. He did not just act in cinema. He embodied it.
Rest in peace, sir.
#cinema
“One of the greats” does not even come close. He did not just act in cinema. He embodied it.
Rest in peace, sir.
#cinema
February 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Robert Duvall. The man. The myth. A master actor and a straight-up force of nature in every film he touched.
“One of the greats” does not even come close. He did not just act in cinema. He embodied it.
Rest in peace, sir.
#cinema
“One of the greats” does not even come close. He did not just act in cinema. He embodied it.
Rest in peace, sir.
#cinema
So I joined the silly trend going around social media and asked ChatGPT to create a picture of me based on what it knows about me.
#chatgpt #trends #filmmaker
#chatgpt #trends #filmmaker
February 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
So I joined the silly trend going around social media and asked ChatGPT to create a picture of me based on what it knows about me.
#chatgpt #trends #filmmaker
#chatgpt #trends #filmmaker
February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
My country has been liberated!
Thank you, Epstein and tanking approval ratings. Thank you both so much.
#venezuela #news
Thank you, Epstein and tanking approval ratings. Thank you both so much.
#venezuela #news
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
My country has been liberated!
Thank you, Epstein and tanking approval ratings. Thank you both so much.
#venezuela #news
Thank you, Epstein and tanking approval ratings. Thank you both so much.
#venezuela #news
December 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.”
-Mark Twain
Here’s to 2026!
#newyear #happynewyear
-Mark Twain
Here’s to 2026!
#newyear #happynewyear
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.”
-Mark Twain
Here’s to 2026!
#newyear #happynewyear
-Mark Twain
Here’s to 2026!
#newyear #happynewyear
I create because I must, the way lungs take air. When it gets brutal, I do not negotiate with doubt, I go inward and work. There is a light in me that does not dim when life throws its weight on it. It burns through everything and stays on, even after I am gone. Artist. Still here.
#film #music
#film #music
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM