Amiga Pictures is an LGBTQ and Latinx-owned, full-service production company founded by long-time collaborators, Taryn Kosviner and John Gutierrez. We are committed to telling nuanced stories featuring underrepresented voices, as well as creating engaging, cinematic films for agencies and brands. Amiga is based in Brooklyn, New York with an office in Los Angeles, CA, and an outpost in Cape Town, South Africa. We have worked within a wide range of budgets on jobs ranging from high-end commercials to independent, micro-budget films. We believe that it is this range of experience that helps us deliver exceptional quality at the best possible prices.
Amiga Pictures is a certified minority-owned business.
John Gutierrez
– Writer/Director
John Gutierrez is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. His debut feature, SONS OF THE SEA won Best South African film at Durban IFF 2021 and was in competition at the Austin and Urbanworld Film Festivals.
His short films have screened at several international film festivals and been exhibited at the Balenciaga Museum in Spain and The Wallace Collection in London. In 2010 he participated in the BFI’s Feature Film Program.
He’s currently directing a true crime docuseries for Amazon and BBC Studios.
Taryn Kosviner
– Producer
Before her role as Executive Producer on Amiga’s first feature film, Sons of the Sea, Taryn produced multiple award-winning short films, some of which have sold to HBO.
Through its development phase, she served as the producer of Brownsville Bred, which recently won the audience award at SXSW.
Taryn has 15 years experience producing commercials and branded content, including a large-scale, multi-continent documentary series for Red Bull and Microsoft.
Andrew Michau
– Executive Producer
Andrew Michau has joined our team as a lead marketing executive. He will lead our campaign to engage and build an audience for the project from the earliest stages of pre-production.
Andrew started his career in theatre as a producer. Andrew is currently a Chief Strategy Officer at Publicis Groupe. He has worked as a senior marketing and communication consultant to global brands in Africa, Europe, and now Asia.
Andrew was one of the executive producers of Amiga’s most recent film, ‘Sons Of The Sea’.