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Kristian Mercado Figueroa
Kristian Mercado Figueroa (Director, Writer) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker living in Spanish Harlem whose music-driven short film Pa'lante won the SXSW Jury Award 2019. Mercado has…
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Kristian Mercado Figueroa (Director, Writer) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker living in Spanish Harlem whose music-driven short film Pa'lante won the SXSW Jury Award 2019. Mercado has directed films for Hasan Minhaj, Billie Eilish, Awkwafina, Bad Bunny, Bob Marley, MF Doom, My Chemical Romance and Adult Swim, among others. He's also directed comedy specials for Hannibal Buress, SL's Sam Jay, and London Hughes for NETFLIX. His episodic series Cheat Sheet with llana Glazer demystified the voting process for its wide audience.
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2026
They Killed Pedro
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2024
Fortune Feimster: Crushing It
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2024
Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All
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2024
If You Were the Last
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2023
MELA
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2022
Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You
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2021
Michael Che: Shame the Devil
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2021
Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words
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2021
Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman
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2021
Ilana Glazer Presents Comedy on Earth: NYC 2020-2021
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2021
Nuevo Rico
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2020
London Hughes: To Catch A D*ck
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2020
Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning
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2020
Hannibal Buress: Miami Nights
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2020
Colors
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2018
Pa'lante
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