Victor Patrick (VP) Alvarez has known since a young age that his mission in life is to uplift those around him and support raising a greater consciousness. Fascinated with films and the stories they tell, VP has always seen cinema as a vehicle for truth—whether through superhero adventures, comedies like Wag the Dog, or dramas such as Good Will Hunting. His dream has always been to use this medium to both entertain and inspire, and he has dedicated his life to telling stories that matter.

VP got his start as a scholarship student in the Santa Fe College theater program, where he immersed himself as an actor, stage hand, and set designer. This early foundation in stagecraft, lighting design, and live performance gave him a deep respect for collaboration and organic storytelling. Toward the end of his theatrical studies, VP sold his car to buy a high-definition camera and moved to New York City to attend Brooklyn College, where he studied filmmaking. While there, he directed, shot, and edited his first documentary with the late Brittany Murphy—an opportunity that became his first break as a documentarian and cemented his path as a truth-driven storyteller.

He soon discovered his calling in journalism and documentaries. An early career highlight was collaborating with filmmaker José Enrique Pardo on a film chronicling the migration of over 2 million Cubans. Growing up in a Cuban-American household, VP always carried questions about his family’s story—both his parents had been separated from their families as teenagers. This work resonated deeply, and ultimately led to Cubamerican (2013), a critically acclaimed documentary that explored Cuban exile identity and aired on public television in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and South Florida.

Building on this momentum, VP founded mindfull.tv, a production company dedicated to documentaries, journalistic content, and branded storytelling. His projects have taken him across the globe, from Taiwan and Indonesia to Borneo, filming a natural medicine series later acquired by ABC. He also collaborated with Cuban-American Janelle Gueits on 13 Million Voices, which documented one of the world’s largest peace concerts in Havana and explored how Cuba’s youth are forging connections with the modern world.

For much of his career, VP lived between Los Angeles and New York, where he created documentaries that blended cultural storytelling with global impact. A milestone came with Revolution Rent, co-produced alongside Andy Señor Jr. and Alex Dinelaris, which premiered on HBO. The film chronicles the staging of Rent in Havana—the first Broadway musical performed in Cuba in over 50 years. More than just a cultural event, the documentary revealed the collision of politics, identity, and art, while highlighting a new generation of Cubans seeking to express themselves freely. For VP, Revolution Rent was also a profoundly personal project, part of his larger mission of healing his culture through storytelling and using film as a bridge for reconciliation between Cuba and the United States.

In addition to producing and directing, VP has continued to act and edit. His editing work on Black Man in America (2019), an experimental dance film, received critical acclaim and was an official selection of the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. On the acting side, VP stepped into the lead role in the short film Fenced, earning Best Actor at the Cross Over Film Festival. These experiences reaffirmed his belief in versatility—being able to work both behind and in front of the camera adds richness to his storytelling.

After years of international filmmaking, VP returned to Florida, where he spent five years teaching high school students editing, cinematography, and storytelling. That time shaped him in unexpected ways, deepening his appreciation for mentorship and proving that storytelling is just as much about empowering others as it is about crafting one’s own work. Today, VP has fully integrated those lessons into his career as a full-time filmmaker and video coach, helping creators, businesses, and storytellers unlock their voice and bring their visions to life.

Beyond the camera, VP remains committed to service. He has volunteered as a camp counselor at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a recreational camp for children with cancer and their families. His lifelong mission remains constant: to merge storytelling with advocacy, to create films that heal culture, and to use art as a tool for consciousness, creativity, and positive change.

Follow his journey @vp.videocoach or through his company @mindfull.tv.