Sledgehammer Films

Joaquin Montalvan was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Alhambra and Pasadena. He studied filmmaking and acting at U. C. L. A. And completed his 1st feature The Sleep of Reason in 2000. His 2nd feature Adagio was completed in 2002. He was the lead actor in both of these films. It was during the making of Skinhead, his 1st documentary, that he discovered he would rather be creating images from behind the camera, instead of acting in front of it.