J. Budro Partida
- Director
- Editor
- Producer
J. Budro Partida is an Emmy award-winning video producer and award-winning filmmaker from Austin, Texas.
He has worked professionally in television and media production for nearly 25 years. His spectrum of work includes award-winning short films and music videos, television commercials, and multiple television series, including "Professor Griffin's Midnight Theatre" and the Emmy award-winning late night TV series, "Austin After Hours".
He is a 14-time Telly Award winner (including two Silver Tellys), and has garnered multiple industry awards throughout his career. His short documentary "Sunset at Dry Creek" won "Best Documentary" at The Longhorn Film Festival (2022) , "Best Short Documentary" at the Grand New York Film Awards (2022), and "Best Short Documentary" at Austin Indie Fest (2023) . In 2020, his micro-short, "Devastated" won the Platinum Award (beating 375+ other short films) and named Season 6 Winner of the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge Competition in 2020. His 2019 werewolf short, "Bewere", won "Best Horror Film" at the 2020 Austin Indie Fest, "Best Picture" at the 2020 Demonic Brilliance Film Festival and won "Best Horror Short" at the 2019 San Antonio Horrific Film Fest.
He is currently serving as Director and Producer on the feature-length documentary in-production titled "Bloody & Bruised: The Untold Story of The Back Room" set to release in Spring 2024.
In 2013, he formed his production company, PennyRock Productions LLC.