Memo Salazar. Filmmaker.

Memo Salazar is a Mexican-born, Emmy-Award winning DGA director, writer, and producer. He began writing and directing indie films early on, creating one of the first-ever web series, Boy George Michael Jackson Browne, which ran on multiple web platforms (before YouTube even existed!) Since those early days, he has directed and produced everything from music videos for bands like Public Enemy and Paleface… to innovative & entertaining educational films on topics ranging from quantum physics to how the internet works for the World Science Festival… to collaborating with theoretical physicist Brian Greene on a Ted Talk… to segments about homelessness starring Sesame Street’s Elmo and Rosita.

As a Supervising Editor, Memo has worked with almost every network around, including HBO, NBC, MTV, Nickelodeon, Discovery, CBS, The History Channel, TV Land, A&E, Comedy Central, The WB, Disney, PBS, and more. He’s worked in every genre you can imagine, including scripted television, documentary, investigative journalism, comedy, children’s media, sports programming, unscripted tv, the daily news, music videos, educational television and more, garnering three Emmy Awards in the process.

As a Supervising Producer and Writer, Memo has overseen and written for a variety of projects, including short narratives, docs and stop-motion animations for Sesame Street, segments for the 9-11 documentary When Pop Culture Saved America, the theatrically-released farming documentary American Meat, and Gold Anthem Award-winning Playtime With Noor & Aziz, which was the first (and to this day, only) major TV series made specifically for the Rohingya population. He most recently served as Supervising Producer on Sesame Workshop’s Watch, Play, Learn– an epic, 140-episode animated series starring Cookie Monster and Elmo, which has been translated into over 20 languages worldwide.

He is also a graphic designer responsible for several album covers and posters for a variety of events. On the audio side, Memo is a composer & musician. His graphical and musical skills factor  greatly into his holistic approach to filmmaking and storytelling- at the end of the day, it’s all about telling the best story possible!