From America's finest city (San Diego) and now residing in the entertainment capital of the world (Los Angeles), Cassandra Pimentel is a Filipina American Director/Writer most known for her festival selected short film PLAZA BLVD (2017), the web series IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME (2014) starring Yoshi Sudarso (Nickelodeon’s Power Rangers Dino Charge) and Chris Dinh (Comfort, Wong Fu Productions' Single by 30) and MyxTV's original digital series A.S.S. - A SCARY SLEEPOVER (2018) starring Thia Megia (American Idol, NBC's Days of Our Lives). Plaza Blvd premiered at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, and to name a few, it was also a finalist at the FACINE Philippine Arts & Cinema International Film Festival and Los Angeles Cinefest.
Cassandra strives to incorporate culture and diversity in her projects; her short film, BATTLE OF THE STICKS (2016) shares the Filipino cultural dance, Tinikling. This project was an entry to Justin Lin's YOMYOMF Interpretations 2.0 contest sponsored by Comcast and NBC Universal. In her efforts to be a voice for inclusion, she participated in the 2019 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge and directed the short film TAKE IT BACK starring Santina Muha (Netflix One Day At A Time). Out of 71 film entries, Take It Back was 1 of 5 nominated for BEST FILM. The Take It Back cast and crew were also featured on CNN Entertainment and RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad) "singled out “Take It Back” as a movie designed to change the perspective of how someone with a disability is viewed" (The Wrap).
Cassandra built her feature film experience as the First Assistant Director on the film Chalk It Up (NETFLIX) in 2014; From 2016 to 2018 she assisted Producer Deborah Del Prete (Wedding Planner, Ender’s Game) in producing the feature film Locating Silver Lake starring Josh Peck (Nickelodeon’s Drake and Josh) and Finn Wittrock (LA LA Land, American Horror Story).
Not only does Cassandra create film narratives, she also takes delight in music videos. The Filharmonic (NBC's The Sing Off, CBS's The Late Late show with James Corden) released a Christmas music video featuring Spencer Ludwig which Cassandra had a blast directing. It was a one shot take with three set changes. In the late fall of 2018, Cassandra directed a live talk show on MyxTV - AND WE'RE LIVE - starring Trace Gaynor and Farina Aguinaldo. Currently, she is in post production for the short film Morning Beautiful starring Dia Frampton (NBC's The Voice, Meg and Dia).
Cassandra believes in the art of storytelling and the power of representation and entertainment. She aims to share diversity and culture to mainstream media.
