Carlos A. Ortiz
Storyteller Extraordinaire!
Born and raised in East Los Angeles, California, but currently living, working and
playing in Tacoma, Washington, Carlos A. Ortiz with Zeta-Maya Entertainment
(ZetaMaya.com) is a filmmaker, community leader and social entrepreneur who
as an experienced, unique and passionate storyteller knows about adversity and
how to use education, creative imagination, storytelling and the power of positive
thinking to overcome any obstacle, problem or challenge in life, as well as in the
film business. As an American Latino, he’s an exciting new voice for our
community; and as a family man, educator, and mentor, he devotes his time to
helping others achieve success in order to make a positive difference, create
meaningful social change, and leave a lasting legacy for our future generations.
His focus as a Writer/Director/Producer is on narrative feature films, featurelength
documentaries, and original TV series that are in some way insightful,
groundbreaking, inspirational, educational, entertaining, and that tell timeless
stories that are universal in their appeal. His films explore the darker side of the
human condition as a way to shed some light on controversial topics, current
issues, and hopefully start a dialogue in order to find equitable, inclusive and
creative solutions to the many challenges and problems we face as humans.
He is the Co-founder and former Chairman of LUNA, an education-based,
charitable nonprofit helping underprivileged and under-represented youth attain a
professional career. He also has over 20 years of video production, sales,
community engagement and business development experience, including over
15 years of multimedia marketing and advertising experience.
He has sat on the panel of judges for the Emmy Awards®, featured as a panelist,
among other notable speakers, at the 2021 and 2022 Poverty to Possibilities
Summit by United Way of Pierce, the keynote speaker at the 2022 Town Hall
Meeting for LULAC in WA, and participated in several speaking engagements.
He is currently working with the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, the Seattle Film
Summit, the WA Filmworks Film Leadership Council, and in development on the
feature film “The TacoMan (2024), as well as working on several films, series,
multilingual content, documentaries, commercial and community projects. He
plans on being one of the greatest storytellers in the history of the universe.