Memo Salazar. Director.

Memo is a DGA director who has been making films for over 25 years. He’s directed music videos for Public Enemy, innovative science films with theoretical physicist Brian Greene, and a host of videos with Elmo and Big Bird on Sesame Street, including studio shoots with Jim Henson’s Muppeteers, fascinating docs about eggs and cheese, music videos, road trips with Big Bird, and socially-relevant pieces with real children on important topics from homelessness to food insecurity.

His vast experience as a 3-time Emmy Award winning Supervising Editor has given him a unique edge as director, allowing him to shoot efficiently and creatively, knowing exactly how the pieces will fit in the edit room. The result is a production that runs smoothly and comes in under budget while maintaining a strong and unique personal vision.

This centerpiece film for a Sesame Workshop Housing Insecurity initiative had the production team visiting shelters all over New York City. Shot by award-winning cinematographer Claudia Raschke, this piece revisited the classic 1970's Sesame Street method of having Muppets interact with real kids in an unscripted, unpredictable manner.​

An except from a longer documentary about the burgeoning, vibrant, and mostly unknown immigrant communities in Staten Island, this scene features Miranda, a young trans activist and fashion model part of a Mexican LQBTQ+ collective known as L'Unicorns.

A series of shorts where theoretical physicist Brian Greene breaks down heady scientific concepts for the average person.

This Comedy Central pilot for comedian Rachel Feinstein was produced by Amy Schumer. The entire show packaging, including this show open, was directed by Memo.

This music video for indie rock giants Paleface features a variety of old time effects and hand-drawn animation to accompany this 60's-influenced dreamy pop tune.​

A hilarious short film combining two things that rarely go together: comedy, and quantum physics.​​

A series of films helping families eat healthier. Starring real families interacting with Lily, the Muppet, and shot on location in their homes, Healthy Habits showcases a variety of Americans in urban, suburban, and rural settings.

The concept behind this Sesame Street music video was to make it feel like it was one long, fluid take, always moving, never stopping, while celebrating the diverse array of names floating around this world.​

This animated music video for hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy fused music and politics to expose then-president George Bush, years before Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary managed to do. ​

A stop-motion animated odyssey into the world of patterns, made for Sesame Street and HBO.​

A live-action short for Sesame Street about a little boy who stages a fashion show with his stuffed animals using his mother's old Polaroid camera.

Music video for underground hip-hop artist John Robinson, dropping some rhymes about the crazy history of neutrinos.​

Commissioned by McSweeney’s Wholphin series, this short excerpt from a longer film was part of a project where all the films connected to each other in unpredictable ways. ​