COMMUNITY FILM WORKS
We are the Ramossss...
A husband and wife creative team making films that reflect our diversity in culture and experience. Our perspective lends itself to a versatility in approach and a connection with subject matter outside the mainstream. We are always pushing to tell intimate stories with cinematic techniques that are applied with the utmost of care and lightest of touch. Mostly, we love meeting people and hearing their stories. We'd love to hear yours too.
Currently based in Oaxaca, MX with hubs in Los Angeles, CA and Eugene, OR.
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Davon Ramos was born and raised in Los Angeles, California to a Mexican-American and Chinese-Hawaiian parents. Growing up in a home where jook was served side-by-side with arroz mexicana and lau lau is probably the biggest influence for his insatiable curiosity about the world, not to mention food.
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He studied creative writing as an Undergraduate at USC and returned a few years later as a Grad Student to study film at the School of Cinematic Arts. Somewhere in between he picked up a camera and filmed projects for Jurassic 5, People Under the Stairs, DJ Shadow and Nipsey Hussle. Later, he established himself as a writer and editor with a client list that includes CNN, EA Sports, Interscope, Netflix, The Smithsonian Channel and PBS.
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Now, with skills sharpened by the creative world, Davon has returned to documentary where he can blend his visual craft with his love for humans. He is an admirer of all things analog, which has resulted in an alarming collection of cameras, records and bicycles that outgrew his living space long ago. In the end, he finds that nothing compares with being given a passport into someone else's world and being entrusted to tell their story.
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Paloma Ramos picked up a violin at 3 years old and hasn't stopped playing it since. The violin has taken her around the world with bands such as DaKah Hip Hop Orchestra, Spritualized, The Eels, and Gnarls Barkley. In 2006 she traveled to Afghanistan with LA based band Lion of Panjshir to record an album with Afghani musicians, which also resulted in a documentary film.
Paloma is also an accomplished Arts Administrator specializing in the design and management of music education programs with a social justice framework. For over a decade she worked at Harmony Project, a nonprofit providing free instruments and music lessons to youth in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles. She now works as the Fellowship Manager with Academy for Impact through Music, an international teaching artist fellowship for musicians working in educational programs for social impact.
Paloma's mother is Mexican and her father is of Slovenian and Irish descent. She has a strong connection to Mexico, having spent her childhood summers with family just outside of Mexico City. Her experiences have influenced her focus on social justice, equity, and transnational community.
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