The ambitious horror flick, seven years in the making, is unlikely to ever see the light of day and has left Avendano fending off accusations of engaging in unethical, unprofessional and possibly illegal actions.Īvendano was born in San Antonio in 1970, but he moved with his mother when he was still a baby to Las Vegas, where most of his relatives lived. Instead of launching him into a directing career culminating with a shot at Hollywood, Avendano's Zombie Reign ended up dead on arrival.
A film project he spearheaded has created deep-seated controversy and animosity among his peers. "We would build model spaceships and play Star Wars and pretend we were the heroes."īut to many members of the San Antonio film community, he's turned out to be the villain of his own story. "We made movies on our free time," Avendano recalled. He found his own creative outlet when he started making short films with his friends with his family's clunky video camera. For young Ramiro Avendano, those Sunday afternoons with his grandmother, huddled inside a movie theater taking in double features, was when he began falling in love with film.Īvendano's enthusiasm for cinema grew as he grew up.
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