J.A. Carrillo got his start in the independent world with films like Some Prefer Cake, Tot Veri, From Here to Salinas and Mona, working his way up from production assistant to Assistant Director and Associate producer.

Some years later, having been exposed to numerous international productions, he was hired by the mythical Mexican producer of Superman, Ilya Salkind, to head his Production and Development department at Scent films in Orlando. While in this post, he had the opportunity to work with the Oscar winning director for The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino; Lethal Weapon helmer Richard Donner; and For your Eyes Only director John Glenn, as well as top writers like David Newman, Rodney Vaccaro, and other recognizable names in Hollywood.

He started his own development company based out Barcelona, Spain called Inedit Films, from which 12 film and 4 television projects were developed, both in English and Spanish. Upon his return to Los Angeles, he started collaborating in production at Estrella Television in Burbank, the largest independent Spanish television network in North America in a variety of shows like Tengo Talento Mucho Talento, Mi Sueño es Bailar, Estudio 2, as well as other networks like Telemundo, Univision, CNN, etc.

Having co-written and edited “I Don’t Speak English” and the hit “El Chapo: The Escape of the Century”, he was invited to direct the sequel of El Chapo in Mexico." Recently he wrapped The Club of Broken Hearts, currently offered on the Blim platform, wrote and directed the comedy "Nine", wrote and produced the short drama “Son Monarcas,” and "That's what it's all about."