Victor M. Medina

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Victor Medina-San Andrés (born Victor M. Medina) September 25, 1974 Guayaquil), Ecuador is an American filmmaker who emigrated to the United States in 1990. Victor and his brother Guillermo moved from Ecuador at an early age and resided in New York City and Virginia Beach, Virginia where they both were adopted by an uncle on their father's side. When the family split Victor decided to stay in Virginia Beach and finish high school at First Colonial High School where he met wonderful teachers and mentors.

After finishing high school Victor moved to New York City and studied design. Getting jobs with different design and furniture showrooms in New York City, he quickly built his clientele and started his own company Modern Loft Design Group which he built to have up to 30 employees. After a few years of doing design work, he decided to travel and sold his company to undisclosed buyers. Victor took a long trip on and off for three years, he traveled all over South America, Europe and the west coast of Africa until he decided to come back to New York City. When he returned he started consulting for a few companies and got the opportunity to work in a short film called Psychonaut as an art intern. Victor's film career took off since then; he has worked not only as a production designer and art director but also as an actor along with Elijah Wood and Chris Klein. He was discovered while working on The System Within by music video director Dale Resteghini. In addition, he helped produce Victoriana which is to be released in 2007.

He is a contributor of The American Film Institute (AFI). Victor is attached to work in the action film Malek which is slated for Spring 2007.